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Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I do not know if it was an error on the part of the Minister but the amendment speaks to tapering out the tax credits on incomes between €100,000 and €140,000 at a rate of 2.5% for each €1,000. The Minister, in giving his figures, mentioned 5%. Anyway, that is not the biggest issue. I am not surprised that the Minister has decided to vote against this amendment....

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 7: In page 20, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “Report on tapering out of income tax credits 16.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on tapering out income tax credits for incomes between €100,000 and €140,000 at a rate of 2.5 per cent for each...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome Revenue's pragmatic approach on the extension of this waiver allowing those individuals to avail of this relief during the time of public health restrictions, which may go into next year. That was what I sought to achieve by raising this on Committee Stage. On the wider issue of the amendment, I have always said we need to look at this from an all-island point of view and in...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I acknowledge the Minister has met the groups and I appreciate his comments that he will continue to monitor the matter. However, this is a very important issue, and not just for the workers. It is challenging for somebody who works from home even three, four or five days in a year because the relief is not available. The Minister referred to the principle that somebody who is resident...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I do not have an issue with amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive. This is about ensuring that students are exempt from tax in terms of the PPG. This measure is directed at student nurses. Where is the front-line workers' bonus? Where is a bonus for all of the other nurses? The Taoiseach committed in June of this year to bring forward a bonus without delay. The Minister for Public...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister referred to a speedy decision. The Taoiseach said six months ago that a decision would be made. One thing the Government cannot be accused of is speed, especially when it comes to rewarding those on the front line. We stood in the Chamber months or years ago and gave nurses a round of applause. They are, unfortunately, back on the front line dealing with high levels of Covid....

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I hate to shock the Minister, but it is agreed.

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 6: In page 20, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “Report on Trans-Border Workers’ Relief in the context of Cross-Border Workers 16.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a comprehensive report on the Trans-Border Workers’ Relief in the context of people who...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Today the Government is cutting the rate of payment available to employers under the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS. It will be cut by a quarter for workers whose weekly wage is below €203 and by 40% for other workers. This is a one size fits all cut. We know that the recent public health restrictions are affecting certain sectors more than others. The public guidance is to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 12 o’clock A Thaoisigh, glac cúpla nóiméad agus éist leis na focail labhair Nancy Healy agus Susan Ní Bhriain ar Nuacht TG4 aréir. Bhí cumhacht millteanach leis na focail, úinéirí tithe i dTír Chonaill. Labhair siad ar son mórchuid na ndaoine atá thíos leis agus atá cráite ag an scannal mica...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ----does the Taoiseach not understand this? Is every single homeowner who has rejected the scheme wrong? They know their own lived experience because they need the house that is crumbling around them fixed. They are facing another Christmas where they do not know where they will be next Christmas. These houses are in a terrible state and they need a proper scheme. We came in here on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that that non-Irish citizens living in the State that were vaccinated in the North are excluded from applying for an EU Digital Covid Certificate when they do not hold an Irish passport; his plans to change this anomaly;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59141/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if he received a submission for a specialist centre for intestinal failure; if he plans to deliver a specialist centre at St James’s Hospital;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59142/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a funding mechanism for healthcare assistants currently employed by the HSE for emergency medical technician courses run by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59294/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Go raibh maith agat. Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe chuig an gcoiste. Mr. Blažek talked about KBC's role in the tracker mortgage scandal. We heard the KBC Group's CEO basically calling on the Central Bank to "turn the page" on the whole tracker mortgage stuff. Those comments were quite insulting given the fact that KBC was forced to pay €153 million that it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: We know, as part of the scandal, there is a "stop the harm" principle in the Central Bank. KBC adopted a "continue the harm" principle during this process. Despite the intervention of the Central Bank, KBC continued to overcharge customers incorrect rates and continued to repossess homes, despite the fact it was as a result of its own malpractice. Has Mr. Blažek been able to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Does Mr. Blažek dispute what the Central Bank has found against KBC as part of its €18 million fine? It found that KBC continued the harm despite its intervention and the stop the harm principle was not adhered to by KBC. It continued to overcharge and continued to repossess homes. If KBC accepts those findings, which are part of the €18 million fine, has it identified...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Moving on to the fact that it is regrettable that KBC is withdrawing from the Irish market, Mr. Blažek is aware that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, has decided to carry out a full phase 2 investigation into the proposed acquisition of certain assets and liabilities of KBC by Bank of Ireland. Can Mr. Blažek outline the acquisition by Bank of Ireland,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with KBC (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Mr. Blažek for a comprehensive response. My next question is in two parts. One relates to non-performing loans. We know KBC has sold non-performing loans related to 5,000 buy-to-let homes to a vulture, namely, CarVal, to be administered by Pepper Finance. Mr. Blažek will be mindful that the deputy governor, Ed Sibley, said in November 2019 that: The Central Bank does...