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Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Sorry?

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I was not aware of that when we were debating.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I was not aware that the amendments could not be moved. I knew they were grouped for debate purposes and given the guillotine the Government placed on the debate I restricted my contribution. If I had known there would not be a vote, which was not explained, I would have contributed further.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: It is no reflection on the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I understand the fact the amendments were directly opposite to each other. This is a missed opportunity for the Government and, indeed, this House to do the right thing. We have a serious problem right across the board, in every village and every community, where families are hard-pressed as a result of the cost-of-living crisis. The...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I want to reflect on sections 5 to 10, inclusive. Given the deadline that was imposed for Deputies to submit amendments, it was not possible for me to capture all that was required but I think it is important to reflect on the extension of the debt warehousing scheme, which will now apply to directors and employees with a material interest in a company who will be allowed to warehouse tax...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I want to reflect on sections 5 to 10, inclusive. Given the deadline that was imposed for Deputies to submit amendments, it was not possible for me to capture all that was required but I think it is important to reflect on the extension of the debt warehousing scheme, which will now apply to directors and employees with a material interest in a company who will be allowed to warehouse tax...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: My apologies, I was in the Dáil dealing with the Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022. If my questions are repetitive, I can look at the blacks. This is the first time I have seen the Minister since the passing of his mother so I want to sympathise with him and his family. I hope they are all keeping well in these difficult times. We are here to discuss the SPU,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I criticise the fact that the Minister increased the price of home heating oil. That impacts people on fixed incomes and people more widely. I believe the Minister could do more about petrol and diesel prices. They are broad measures. If I brought in a package, some measures would be broad and some would be targeted, such as rent relief. I would bring in a social welfare package that...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I explained that to the Minister.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Is that a modest surplus for next year?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: May I conclude on these two points? To clear up confusion, the Department's package should have been bigger, but in making the broad package bigger it cannot forget about the most vulnerable. That is what I contend. Even with the fuel rebate, core social welfare rates should have gone up. I wish to ask the Minister about the impact of global tax reform on the level of corporation tax...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I asked about the €3 billion for the Ukrainian humanitarian contingency.