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

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 35. In page 23, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Report on Mortgage Interest Relief 14. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the introduction of temporary mortgage interest relief, available in respect of mortgages on principal private residences, applied at...

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

Pearse Doherty: No matter what way you dice or splice those numbers there is significant under-claiming for this, which I hope will change. There are 800,000 renters in total. I am sure the Minister has the numbers on how many renters have actually applied for this because every unit has to state whether it is for an individual or a couple. The reality is that even if all the 800,000 renters were couples...

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

Pearse Doherty: I will press it.

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

Pearse Doherty: The Government got there four years later.

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

Pearse Doherty: That is not true

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

Pearse Doherty: I know the Minister is quoting from a report on the refundable tax credits but the refundable tax credit in relation to rent relief will have no impact on the labour market and the Minister should acknowledge that. The report references refundable tax credits in relation to other matters. A refundable tax credit is doable and is possible but that is not at the core of this. There is an...

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

Pearse Doherty: Our amendment relates to rent relief. My colleague, Deputy Conway-Walsh, has addressed many of the issues. It is interesting to listen to members of Fianna Fáil, a party of government, talking about how well the rent credit is working. We argued with the Government for years, until we were blue in the face, to do something for renters, only to be repeatedly told "No". We were told...

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

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister said, all of the data on distributional impact and the number of people paying are available on the website, and the options to reduce the burden are well known. Nonetheless, it is good that Deputy Moynihan has put down this amendment because it allows us to discuss the issue. I was looking forward to hearing the Minister's contribution in opposing the amendment from the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It does apply to nurses.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It does apply to nurses and the Taoiseach should correct the record of the Dáil.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, the Taoiseach should correct the record of the Dáil. This recruitment ban, if he is not aware of it, does apply to nurses-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The only nurses it does not apply to are newly graduated nurses.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach should correct the record of the Dáil or he should inform himself of how his recruitment embargo applies.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I want to return to the issue of the scourge of vacancy and dereliction that blights our cities, towns and villages. It grates all the more in the teeth of a deepening housing crisis created under this Government. The local property tax returns for last year found that more than 50,000 properties were recorded as vacant. Figures released to me by the Minister for Finance yesterday show...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach talks about not being honest. What about saying that increases in PRSI are a tax on jobs and that is why people should not vote for Sinn Féin? Those are the words that came out of his mouth. What has he done now? He has increased PRSI. We have always made it clear that these measures have to be funded. The right to retire on a pension has existed while the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Do not embarrass yourself.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That is not true.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: There are so many untruths coming from the Taoiseach it is unbelievable.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: When the Taoiseach has to resort to that-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Of course it does but the Taoiseach still has not answered the question of what he would say to the brickie or the hairdresser.