Results 41-60 of 480 for going forward speaker:Pearse Doherty

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil uafás léirithe ag muintir na hUaimhe agus léirithe ag daoine ar fud na tíre faoin ionsaigh ar an mbuachaill a bhí ceithre bliain déag d’aois agus é ag siúl abhaile ón scoil ar an Uaimh inné. Tá ár smaointe leis an ngasúr agus leis an teaghlach ag an phointe seo. Níl áit ar bith...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (9 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...county of Donegal and right down the west coast. However, tonight I want to focus on one part of it which is the issue of the banks, mortgages and access to finance. Because of the scheme brought forward by the Government, all families are left with a significant shortfall in rebuilding their homes and rebuilding their lives. Despite this, they are trying their best under the scheme....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Inniu, táthar ag dréim go n-ardóidh an Banc Ceannais Eorpach rátaí úis don seachtú huair ó bhí mí Iúil ann. Tiocfaidh sé seo mar bhuille eile do na mílte teaghlaigh. Is é anois an t-am chun faoiseamh úis mhorgáiste a thabhairt isteach chun tacú leis na teaghlaigh seo. Today the European Central Bank is...

Re-introduction of Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I move: That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges the most recent Stability Programme Update 2023, which forecasts a general government surplus in excess of €10 billion this year; agrees with: — the Free Legal Advice Centre that "spikes in the cost of living and interest rates threaten an increase in new arrears cases"; and — the Money Advice and Budgeting Service...

Finance Bill 2023: Financial Resolution (18 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an rún atá os comhair na Dála inniu agus muid ag déileáil leis an ráta VAT ar phainéil a úsáideann grian le fuinneamh a ghiniúint. Beidh seo ina bhuntáiste mór do go leor teaghlaigh atá ag iarraidh na solar panels seo a chur ar a n-árasáin, rud a ísleoidh an costas muna n-ardaíonn an...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom a bheith associated leis na focail a dúirt an Ceann Comhairle ansin. Guím gach rath ar Noel agus ar a theaghlach. Tá súil agam go mbaineann sé sult as an am atá amach roimhe. The figures given by the HSE to my colleague Deputy Cullinane have confirmed that there is a real crisis in mental health services for children and young people. That...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the U-turn by the Government on this issue. Just a couple of weeks ago the Minister's predecessor was arguing black and blue that people had enough time regardless of the cost-of-living crisis, which was put forward as an argument by me and others in terms of the changes to BIK. The principle of how we apply taxes and try to change behaviour is one that I support. That is why...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The scheme would cost in the region of €25 billion. I would never argue that the Government has brought forward a scheme that had a price tag of €25 billion. The price tag was €1.2 billion. The reason is there were assumptions built into it with regard to the likely cost, by looking at where energy prices are. We know that TBESS did not cost a fraction of that. Only...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: However, the Minister could not guarantee that. The Minister and the Department built in assumptions, which are very reasonable, but he made the point to the committee that he would not bring forward a scheme unless he could cost it properly. The argument against a scheme for households is that energy prices may go through the roof. What if they went through the roof for businesses? What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...to inform it of exactly what is happening in some of these financial institutions. I will move on to direct some questions to the representatives from Free Legal Advice Centre, FLAC. When we go through the process here, the vulture funds are asking mortgage holders to fill out a standard financial statement. Since these loans have been sold on now for a couple of years, they are in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: We put forward a proposal in the those terms. I told the Minister that we could introduce baselines whereby it would not kick in until a certain point. I refer, for example, to trackers and so on. The Central Bank is not going to intervene with regard to these interest rates, which will continue to go rise over the coming period. This relates to the €6,000 or €7,000 a person...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: To clarify, will that occur regardless of the rate of inflation at that point in time? When the Minister selects 1 September for a tax rate to go up it is an appropriate time because the Dáil is in recess. The Dáil is in recess for a number of weeks before and after that date as well and that sometimes creates a little bit of pressure. Is the Minister saying the decision is...

High Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...increased to 29 per cent, a record high; — the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Ireland launched a report this week which confirms the number of households unable to heat their homes more than doubled in 2022; — the Government demonstrated zero foresight and a complete inability to plan for the very predictable increase to prices when they refused to reduce and cap...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: .... That needs to be our focus in the time ahead. We are conscious that this is still, as the Tánaiste said, an emergency phase but we need to hear of some actions now in relation to where we go forward. There are the concerns, as the Tánaiste will recognise, of people who have had appointments cancelled. Is there any information that we can provide them in relation to...

Financial Resolution No.3: Value-Added Tax (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...x20ac;164.23 €11 1.14 €142.76 €79.17 €9.36 .".I have tabled five amendments. Is é an chéad leasú atá ann ná leasú ó thaobh an mhéid cánach atá á gearradh ar ola agus, go háirithe, ar ola faoi choinne an tí a théamh. Is é ceann de na laigí is...

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

Pearse Doherty: ...five did not have enough food at some point last year and nearly one in three skipped meals so that their children could eat. The pressure on food banks and charities is growing. Prices are continuing to go up and people need a further response from the Government to meet the needs of families. We have put forward proposals. Many of the families queuing at food banks own their own...

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

Pearse Doherty: Tá oibrithe agus teaghlaigh ar fud an Stáit seo ag streachailt leis an ngéarchéim costas maireachtála agus tá daoine ag fulaingt. Feicimid ón staidéar a rinne Barnardos go n-úsáideann duine as gach deich dtuismitheoir banc bia chun bia a chur ar an mbord dá chuid páistí. Aréir, vótáil an Rialtas in éadan...

Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...simply turn the heating off. The figures released by Barnardos last week, which should shock all of us, reflect this. One in ten parents surveyed are now visiting food banks to feed their children and one in three are going without meals. Energy price rises have hit the living standards of these very households. The impact on middle- and low-income households has been the most...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (15 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...the members believed they could not carry out their functions in a way that was consistent with the needs of those with permanent and severe disabilities. We are told that the board of appeal is going to be in place soon. It is really welcome that there has been movement on this. The first round did not elicit any individuals to come forward to populate the board. However, the core...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (15 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...the Minister give an indication of when he expects that, after considering the report, decisions will be made and clarity given to individuals with severe and permanent disabilities on the scheme going forward? I will give an example of a disabled driver and how the scheme operates currently. This individual has a severe, permanent disability and, because of the nature of her...