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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Tá brú ollmhór ar theaghlaigh de bharr praghsanna atá ag ardú. Ní chreideann daoine a gcluasa nuair a deir an Rialtas nach ndéanfaidh sé a dhath le tacú leo. Ní féidir leo a thuilleadh de na praghsanna seo a fhulaingt. Caithfidh an Rialtas pacáiste tacaíochta a thabhairt chun cinn láithreach a thabharfaidh faoiseamh...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste says inflation is falling and it will take a while for people to feel the effects, but he knows the phrase "inflation is falling" means pricing are still going up. It just means they are not going up as fast as they were in the past. It means the prices people have seen go up in recent years are higher today. That is the real lived experience of Jackie, Paul, Lorraine and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of eligible applicants to the grassroots music venue supports scheme who met necessary criteria to avail of the scheme; the total number of successful applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34898/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of eligible applicants to the grassroots music venue supports scheme who met necessary criteria to avail of the scheme; the geographical distribution of the successful applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34899/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I want to raise the issue of the criteria that were used for the grassroots music venue support scheme. I commend the Department on introducing this scheme. As a festival director, I am acutely aware of the challenges for major festivals, like our own, but also the grassroots music venue supports. The scheme was very welcome, but it is devastating to learn how the Department divvied out...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the scheme and that money was provided. It was announced that the scheme was open and there was a closing date for it. The only venue in County Donegal that is eligible for the scheme is The Social in Gaoth Dobhair. I will give an example and the Minister will be aware of it because all the details were provided. The Social operated 84 eligible grassroots events during the two...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I am a Donegal TD. I will not stand here and say that the Department did a great job when it excluded the entire north west from this support scheme. The venue that I am talking about provides more grassroots events than many of the others that were eligible. I am sure that the Minister will be delighted when he goes back to Limerick. How many got the grant in his own county? Was it four...

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 7: In page 5, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 17 of Act of 2012 7. Section 17 of the Act of 2012 is amended— (a) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “0.000742” for “0.001029”, (b) in subsection (5)— (i) by the substitution of “€1,260,000” for...

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: This is where there is a difference of opinion. The Minister has eloquently outlined why we are not going to tax one group but, rather, will tax another group instead. In fairness, the local property tax will affect everybody. Everybody will pay more in tax this year, but the guy who has a pension pot of €2.5 million can afford the extra bit in local property tax. That is the...

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: It is a dangerous thing to say the public was not convinced by my argument. Those are the words the Minister used. I remind the Minister that in excess of 18,000 people voted for me. The people in Donegal were fairly convinced of my arguments. I am not sure how many people voted for the Minister as a first preference but it was not at that level. I would not go into that silly type of...

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Mar a dúirt mé, tá an Rialtas ag cur na cánach seo ar achan teach ar fud an Stáit agus go leor i gcruachás ó thaobh costas de. The Minister rightly made the point that if you abolish the local property tax, then you have to provide the money to the local authorities. He gave a figure of €600 million. We have shown the Minister time and time again...

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: "Report outlining a roadmap for the removal of local property tax from principal private residences without loss of revenue to local authorities 3. The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report outlining a roadmap for the removal...

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for clarifying that thousands of families in homes with defective blocks will have to continue to pay local property tax. That is the reality. The defective blocks are there. The fact only 1,000 have an exemption shows the restrictive measures in place. There are families living with this horror and this nightmare. Let us be clear: the local property tax will not...

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “Report on the accessibility of the local property tax exemption for those affected by defective concrete blocks 3. The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the accessibility of the local property tax exemption for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Insurance is going up.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 21 May 2025, if he accepts that the register of beneficial ownership has been effectively closed to all journalists; if he is aware than many countries in the EU have not taken the same approach in relation to the CJEU ruling mentioned; if he will bring forward new legislation to ensure journalists can access the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (19 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance in situation where a legal title is owned by a credit servicing firm and the loan related to the same mortgage is owned by a special purpose vehicle, as is the case form many residential mortgages in the State, which legal entity determines the rate of interest to be applied to the mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33347/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (19 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance if credit services firms as only the legal title holder under current legislation are allowed to enforce a credit agreement including repossessions, to outline the legislation that provide credit servicing firms with this authority in situations where they are only the legal title holder but not the beneficial owner of the underlying loan of the mortgage;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide in tabular form the total amount of capital gains tax paid by credit servicing firms and special purpose vehicles holding specified mortgages each year since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33348/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (19 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the future Ireland fund and the infrastructure, climate and nature fund that are invested in debt instruments of other countries such as bonds; the share of each fund invested in this manner; to provide a list of all countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33413/25]