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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Minister for Finance (14 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister talks about changing the corporate tax landscape, big changes are afoot internationally in the base erosion and profit shifting, BEPS, process. The Minister has outlined to the committee, in response to questions I put to him, his determination to secure Ireland's interest and the 12.5% tax rate. He committed to not having this rate increase in the foreseeable future....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Minister for Finance (14 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I believe we shared the same objective on these negotiations. The reason I say it appears the Minister is failing is because this comes down to the level of countries and where they want to see it. There are big influencers, as the Minister mentioned, such as the United States. With 132 out of the 139 signing up to pillar 2, it appears the odds are very much against this country and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Minister for Finance (14 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Last year, the Minister did not publish a summer economic statement and was criticised by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council as a result. We expected this year's summer economic statement to be published yesterday. Another committee of the Oireachtas is to discuss it with the Minister tomorrow morning. We understand there are squabbles within Government, memorandums have been pulled from...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Minister for Finance (14 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: When the Minister says he will provide clarity to the budgetary oversight committee, does that mean we will actually see the summer economic statement before that committee is due to discuss it? Does the Minister expect Members of the Oireachtas to go to the committee meeting tomorrow and talk about something we have not seen?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (13 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 44. To ask the Minister for Health when respite care services will recommence in their full capacity; when services provided in locations (details supplied) in County Donegal will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28645/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (13 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister of State is aware, Covid-19 has presented a particular hardship for those caring for a loved ones. They have been without a break and respite. It is heartbreaking to speak to mothers and fathers who are finding it difficult to cope. In particular, I want to ask about two respite facilities in Donegal. When does the Minister of State plan for these facilities to resume the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (13 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I assure the Minister of State there is no decent complement of services for families in Donegal. We have been aware of the realities of Covid-19 for well over a year. Notwithstanding the fantastic job many staff are doing in facilities such as Drumboe Respite House, Stranorlar, which is being used as emergency accommodation for a number of vulnerable adults, children and families are being...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (13 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: It is not open for respite services and the families would like to know a date. Seaview Respite House in Mountcharles is another facility that provides a lifeline for many families in south Donegal and further afield. I have been raising the issue of this critical service for many years. The Minister of State said it is open for five days a week and she would like it to open seven days a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (13 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil an comhfhreagras faighte aici ó Choiste Mhná Tí Thír Chonaill an 11 Meitheamh 2021; an bhfuil freagra tugtha don ghrúpa sin; an bhfuil an tAire Stáit sásta cruinniú a eagrú leis an ngrúpa sin; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [37537/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Last night, the Government pulled a political stroke by forcing through a last-minute amendment that gave a tax break to vulture funds to buy up thousands of homes throughout the State, pushing up house prices and outbidding first-time buyers. We really could not make this up. In the middle of a housing crisis, when the Minister knows and every person in the House knows that young people...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister should share them with the Dáil.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Tá rudaí ag dul in olcais ó thaobh an bhreithiúnais atá déanta ag an Rialtas ó thaobh ospidéal náisiúnta na bpáistí. Tá na hamlínte sínte amach arís agus tá an buiséad imithe suas go dtí níos mó ná €1 billiún. Tá an cuma ar an scéal, ón méid a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, from listening to the Minister's answer, I believe that the Cabinet has taken a hands-off approach to this. The Government does not know what the estimated costs are. Maybe it does not want to know. Where I do agree with the Government is that the root cause of this is the two-stage procurement process, a process Deputy Varadkar, as Minister for Health, signed off on. The...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Given the disgraceful amendment passed by the Government, the Bill needs to be opposed by the House.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Complete nonsense.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: This is nothing but a pure political stroke. It is a last-minute amendment shoehorning in a tax break for vulture funds, cuckoo funds or investment funds, whatever you want to call them, that are now incentivised to bulk-buy homes and get a tax break if they lease them back to the local authorities. The Minister knows only too well that, in May, members of the public were outraged when they...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (7 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a property (details supplied) can connect to fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36734/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (7 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the survey for fibre broadband will be undertaken for the townland of Gleneely, County Donegal; if it is planned to expedite this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36735/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (7 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when surveys will be completed and fibre broadband rolled out across County Donegal by townland and yearly quarter in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36736/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (7 Jul 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is possible to renew a driver learner permit for a person (details supplied) whose driving test was cancelled due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36737/21]