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

Pearse Doherty: -----and has seen this crisis deepen as rents continue to go out of control, as house prices are out of control and as those in emergency and homeless accommodation have never been higher in the history of this State?

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

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach said very many.

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

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach should apologise for his comment.

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

Pearse Doherty: Not very many people of these 12,000 people have been offered accommodation and the Taoiseach knows this fine well.

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

Pearse Doherty: He should apologise for putting the blame for the housing crisis on their shoulders.

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

Pearse Doherty: It was disgraceful. They have to deal with enough without the Taoiseach trying to blame them for being homeless.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (12 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year saving associated with restricting the employer's PRSI exemption for share-based remuneration for all companies other than small, micro and SME companies. [34405/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Chair. I welcome the Ministers. I am under pressure so I will start with a question. Yesterday, the Minister spoke about the scope for one-off measures. How will that be calculated in terms of the summer economic statement? Where is the scope for these measures? Will they take effect in 2023 or 2024 or, indeed, both? Will the Minister clarify the funding source for the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It could go beyond that. Is that possible? Is that what is being said? It could eat into the general Government balance, potentially?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The idea that some of these revenues may come from windfall taxes, though, has not been ruled out given these measures will be once-off in nature. Would it be fair enough to say that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Turning to the long-term savings vehicle, the Minister outlined that he wanted to address the longer-term challenges the State will be facing arising from having an ageing population, demographics and health issues. The Minister has departed from this position. I understand he is now talking about two different funds. One would be a capital fund. The other would be what the Minister had...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, I got that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That is helpful. I am sorry for interrupting the Minister, but I have a few other questions. The problem for this committee is that we are reading about these proposals. I am not going to get into an argument, but we sometimes find out more information from reading The Irish Timesand the Irish Independent. Articles have been published today suggesting that this fund will have a minimum of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, has made it clear that when we look at the allocations set out in the national development plan, we can see that two things have happened. We are spending less. Capital spending has been revised downwards, while inflation has increased. We are going in the wrong direction in capital spending. I know this is increasing nominally but we are not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Central Bank of Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Cuirim fáilte roimh Colm Kincaid agus roimh an chuid eile den choiste. Tosóidh mé le cuid den mhéid a bhí le rá aige sa ráiteas a léigh sé amach. I want to deal with something Mr. Kincaid mentioned in his opening statement, namely, SEPA. We touched on it last week with other witnesses. Mr. Kincaid talked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Central Bank of Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: If I were to pay a supplier today for a service it provides to me and the bill was €2,000, when would it receive payment to its account?