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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The Revenue is important.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I am just interested, although I know the answer of the Minister of State is that this is the way it has always happened. However, for the last 180 years we also had the right to appeal to the Circuit Court which he has just got rid of overnight. I have a genuine, no-nonsense question. I presume there will not be that many cases, but why would we tie up the time of the District Court in...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Will legislation be needed to bring forward the commitment that remains-----

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Pearse Doherty: -----in the programme for Government to bring this about?

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Pearse Doherty: Sorry, with respect-----

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Pearse Doherty: A Cheann Comhairle, Irish Water has produced a plan that is unlawful at this point in time.

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Pearse Doherty: The question is-----

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Pearse Doherty: That shows the farce of Irish Water, that it is not a matter for Dáil Éireann.

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Pearse Doherty: The question is that we have a State agency which is producing a plan which is unlawful. Irish Water has stated in its report that there is a proposal before the Minister.

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Pearse Doherty: Is the Government planning to introduce-----

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Pearse Doherty: The question I have is whether the Minister is planning to introduce an amendment to the Water Services Act because in a presentation to me, Irish Water said-----

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Pearse Doherty: -----it will raise the debt to €3 billion which is clearly unlawful.

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Pearse Doherty: So it will remain unlawful in terms of its plan.

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Pearse Doherty: I have two questions. Irish Water has published its seven-year business plan. It stated in a presentation that it would raise €3 billion through borrowing. Clearly, this is unlawful, as the House passed the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013, section 35 of which states that Irish Water can only have a combined debt of €2 billion at any given time. What does the Taoiseach...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: It is. Is the Taoiseach seeking to amend the Water Services (No. 2) Act to allow Irish Water to raise additional debt? The rate was set at €500,000 and the current law states it is €2 billion. Is the Taoiseach intending to-----

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Pearse Doherty: -----amend the legislation to allow Irish Water to comply with the law? My second question concerns a commitment in the programme for Government. The last time I asked the Taoiseach about the matter he said he would refer to the advice of the Attorney General. There is a clear commitment that no retired politician will get a political pension until the national retirement age. Many...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: -----will still be entitled to a political pension as long as they reach 50 years of age or-----

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (7 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of homes that have applied for; that have been paid the Water Conservation Grant. [34821/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (7 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if his view on the legal enforceability of the code of conduct on mortgage arrears has changed following the Supreme Court's ruling on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34870/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (7 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend or introduce legislation to put the code of conduct on mortgage arrears on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34871/15]