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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (19 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 261. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of exemptions sought each years since 2015 for the 25 limit on directorships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33350/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I have a couple of quick questions. We can try to keep it brief. Do the witnesses accept that the Irish Central Bank is the only central bank in Europe that is authorising the sale of Israeli war bonds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Without the Central Bank's authorisation, Israeli war bonds could not be offered anywhere in Europe at this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: That is the same billions of euro, possibly, that is funding the bombs and bullets used to attack and kill those 51 people, as was mentioned, who were queueing up for food.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: The word we use is "authorisation". As we stand, that money could not be raised in Europe without the authorisation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Following on from the previous questioner, based on Dr. Nuseibah's legal expertise, is it a defence under international law to say that we did not facilitate the funding of genocide because we thought some other European country would just facilitate it anyway?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Going to Deputy Brennan's question on funding, do the witnesses accept that Ireland is funding or potentially funding genocide because ISIF, which is an organ of the State, has invested in these bonds? We have not got ISIF's annual report, which is usually out in June. I do not know why it is not earlier. Do the witnesses accept that millions of euro were raised in Israeli bonds and, while...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Legislation has been prepared that, unfortunately, has not gone further because certain people voted against it, obviously. There was a majority and that is democracy. A very compelling argument has been made regarding the Central Bank so I will focus on that. The Central Bank states that it does not fall under the Genocide Convention. Is that a legal position? Can the Central Bank say...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: The responsibility under the Genocide Convention compels us all to make sure that we are not supporting genocide, which we all accept is happening. In fairness to the Government, it has recognised that what is happening in Palestine is a genocide. That is very welcome. We have a legal obligation to make sure that we are not supporting and funding genocide. The Central Bank has made it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: It is only fair to say that there will be those, and people have voted against the legislation, who say that by doing this the State is not complicit in genocide. They will argue that. Politicians who voted against national restrictive measures to stop these war bonds being sold in Europe and Ireland will say that we are not complicit. Do the witnesses have a different view? These are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: There is not much I can say. I drafted the legislation. We will try to see if we can get it back up again. I thank the representatives for their work and their robustness in answering the committee's questions. I will not elaborate on what is happening in Palestine. It is absolutely heartbreaking and horrific. It is why I concur that this issue is so important. I have no doubt history...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of delayed departure and arrival times for the Bus Éireann Expressway routes (details supplied) for each month in 2025; the reason for each delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33135/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance when Revenue first became aware it had not received the correct amount of chargeable excess tax and withholding tax from senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33009/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any limitation on the ability of Revenue to clawback chargeable excess tax and withholding tax from the 30 cases if underpayment occurred more than four years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33011/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any retired civil servant contacted any branch of Government or State to highlight the undercharging of chargeable excess tax and withholding tax on pensions above €2 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33010/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of cases that involve overpayment of over €250,000, €200,000, €150,000, €100,000, and €50,000, respectively, of the 30 cases of senior civil servants overpaid chargeable excess tax and withholding tax, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33012/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of retirements form the position of Secretary General each year since 2010; the average pension pot at the time of retirement; the number of secretary generals retiring with a pension pot above €2 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33013/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the time period when the 30 civil servants with irregularities in payment of chargeable excess tax and withholding tax retired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33014/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the over payment of senior civil servants the total value of over payment related to chargeable excess tax (CET) and withholding tax (WHT) respectively; to outline the total value of CET and WHT collected in the correct manner from civil servant in the same time period and the total collected in the correct manner from...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the overpayment of 30 senior civil servants, the number of them who held the position of Secretary General of a Department at some time in their careers; and the range amount of overpayment for this cohort. [33016/25]