Results 21-40 of 480 for going forward speaker:Pearse Doherty

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...is €5,500 extra on an average rent compared to before. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are not out of ideas. There are plenty of ideas. This is why you are making the situation worse. You are bringing forward proposals that actually make things worse. The first thing should be to do no more harm. Many of the issues we discussed previously during the Finance Bill, and we might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2023: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That is the point. The bombs are raining down on children, women and innocent civilians right across Palestine. It does not require a change in the law. We have put this forward. The Government has delayed this by nine months but it does not require a law to be changed for ISIF, in my view, to do the right thing. I do not understand it. A change in the law is not needed. ISIF's...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...tithíochta foilmhe agus tréigthe. Léiríonn sonraí atá eisithe ag an Roinn Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta nach bhfuil ach 21 deontas tarraingthe anuas faoin deontas athchóirithe do thithe folmha le bliain go leith. Níl fiú amháin deontas amháin tarraingthe anuas i mo chontae féin i nDún na nGall...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister accept that today's opinion will shine an unwelcome spotlight on the former tax affairs of the State and inflict further reputational damage? What is the Government's strategy going forward as a result of this opinion?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...know, and I have looked at data on the number of acquisitions that happened during that period. They were quite significant. I do not have the figures to hand but I looked at them about a year ago. There are a large group of properties that fall within this scope. I am concerned that as time goes on, people may see the benefit they have of the full CGT exemption being reduced and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...point is that at a time when house prices are at the levels they are, when so many people are locked out of home ownership that many people are losing hope in that regard, and as I said, since this Government took office average house prices have increased by €70,000, what we need to do and what public policy needs to be about is to reduce the cost of building homes. This policy...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the latter point. That is the point that I was going to bring up here. It is an issue that I raised with the Minister's officials during the briefing, namely, that under the current drafting, it does not allow for the on-sale of precast concrete products, and the tax will fall on them. I gave the example of garden kerbs. They will be exempt from the levy if they are manufactured...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Seriously, what the Minister is saying just does not make any sense. First of all, this has been going on, as Deputy Nash said, for nearly a decade. A decade ago interest rates were zero at ECB level and many customers were on tracker or fixed rates. Let us therefore be clear about this and have a proper discussion with regard to the facts. Mazars was very clear. The intention of this...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...and how the Minister would lock out 130,000 people with his proposal. It is important to remember that landlords are able to avail of mortgage interest relief of 100%. The Minister has brought forward a proposal that provides twice as much money to landlords as to tenants, a proposal that provides more money to landlords than to mortgage holders. It makes absolutely no sense but it is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...are out of scope are concerned, if a 5% increase equates to €13 million, it means they are getting €65 million currently and all of the other tax credit, amounting to nearly €700 million, is going to companies with a turnover in excess of €750 million per annum. That is a serious concentration of this credit. I am not arguing against the proposal, but it...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...it has been introduced. Our economy has faced a number of inter-related shocks in recent years. We have seen an energy price shock; a spike in inflation, which has impacted prices across so many goods and services; and a tightening of monetary policy, which has increased borrowing costs for households and firms. Despite these challenges, the domestic economy has displayed resilience....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...trolleys daily, it has not provided for a single additional hospital bed anywhere in the State. This budget is a disaster for our health service. It means the crisis in our health service is going to continue. Chronic waiting lists will continue. Overcrowding will continue and the Government has made sure of that. When things in hospitals get bad this winter, and when they get...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: He has decided to put taxpayers' money into the pockets of landlords. You simply could not make this up. In this budget, the Government has provided nearly twice as much to landlords as it has to struggling renters. The Minister knows fine well, because the experts in his Department told him, that the vast majority of these landlords never even thought about leaving the rental market....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Banking Issues: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...BPFI as a representative body and the banks have met a number of occasions, I believe four times, a very professional organisation representing affected homeowners. Mr. Hayes mentioned that he has gone to the Minister in relation to a funding proposal. My colleague and I had the opportunity to be briefed on that last week and we appreciate that. Has he had any engagement with the...

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...speakers who spoke on this motion today. Many of them mentioned that this is the third time we have had a motion of this nature before the House. Sinn Féin will continue to campaign and to put forward proposals that will provide relief for hard-pressed workers and families in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. We are very conscious that there is a portion of workers and people...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...The question is whether the executive team we have, which is drip-feeding information and is having to come before Oireachtas committees and correct the information provided in the past, the team that is going to lead us forward. When the Taoiseach says there will be swift action from the chairperson, what does that mean? Does he believe there will be resignations from the executive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...all the rest. The Minister is aware of the Regulation of Tenderers Bill, which would have dealt with this issue and is in compliance with EU law. My colleague, Deputy Mairéad Farrell, brought it forward in December 2021. The reality is that he voted against it so he cannot complain. When I spoke about this, I used the national children's hospital and BAM as an example of past...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Secondment: Minister for Health (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...allowed in the future, which the Government voted against. It was previous Governments and now the Minister's Government that is dealing with BAM. The issue is that it is not us who are saying it is going to be more expensive. As has been mentioned, independent experts are saying that getting this issue resolved will be more expensive and will become more time-consuming. The board tried...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Táthar ag dréim go n-ardóidh An Banc Ceannais Eorpach rátaí úis don ochtú uair ó a bhí mí Iúil ann. Méadóidh sé seo costaisí morgáiste do na céadta mílte de teaghlaigh arís. Tá sé in am faoiseamh úis morgáiste a thabhairt isteach le tacú leis na teaghlaigh seo. Today,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Before we go there, it is important, therefore, and it is strong message, that the individuals come forward-----