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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Ms Rowland.

Dublin Mid-West By-election: Issue of Writ (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the moving of the writs for the by-elections for Cork North-Central, Dublin Mid-West, Dublin Fingal and Wexford. I also welcome the fact that we are not waiting an undue period for these by-elections to be held, as we were in this House ten years ago when the then Fine Gael-Green Party Government delayed the holding of by-elections and I was forced to go to the courts.

Dublin Mid-West By-election: Issue of Writ (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I apologise - Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government. They are interchangeable these days.

Dublin Mid-West By-election: Issue of Writ (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Ten years ago, I was forced to take a Fianna Fáil Government to court, which included Deputy Micheál Martin, who is the party's present leader, to ensure that the people of Donegal South-West were afforded proper representation in the Dáil, which was denied to them for 17 months, the largest delay ever in the history of the State. The Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Across the State, insurance costs are continuing to rise to unaffordable levels. This is putting serious pressure on motorists and businesses are closing in every sector of the State. From 2014 to 2018, the value of personal injury claims paid out through the courts and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board fell by 15%. Between 2013 and 2017, the total number of motor insurance claims...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: As companies are closing and people are being fleeced, the Minister is sitting on his hands and will not implement legislation passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas. This matter needs to be dealt with.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Did the Minister sign it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday, I heard the Fianna Fáil leader, Deputy Micheál Martin, speak on RTÉ radio and tar entire communities on the Border as being lawless and out of control. He did likewise in the House on Tuesday. I raise this issue because that is not the case. As a representative of a Border county, I know that no one is more disgusted at the recent attacks on Kevin Lunney and the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The actions of small groups of criminals cannot be used as an excuse to insult or demonise people who live and work in the Border region. My colleagues, Deputies Ó Caoláin and Martin Kenny, Michelle Gildernew and other Sinn Féin representatives met representatives of the Quinn group last Friday and relayed the message to them that local people in those communities are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I acknowledge we are being told that progress is being made, but we must ensure that those involved in the commission and orchestration of this brutal attack are apprehended. This is a serious issue with implications for the entire region and its economic fortunes. The livelihoods of the 850 employees and 2,500 indirectly in employment as a result of the work of these directors and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a structural survey of Carndonagh courthouse, County Donegal, has taken place in order to assess its condition and prioritise the work required in order to re-open it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45923/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a programme of remedial works for Carndonagh courthouse, Carndonagh, County Donegal, has been put in place; the likely timeframe involved; the steps taken to provide for an alternative to ensure that court sittings continue to be held in Carndonagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45924/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Promotion (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the conservation management plan for Grianán of Aileach, County Donegal which the OPW said it would commission in February 2017. [45929/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Promotion (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW can recruit a tour guide for Grianán of Aileach in view of the fact it is the most visited site in County Donegal. [45930/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Promotion (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there has been collaboration between the OPW, Fáilte Ireland and Donegal Tourism in promoting Grianán of Aileach as a tourist destination; and if so, the details of same. [45931/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Data (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the most recent visitor numbers at OPW sites in County Donegal that are open to the public. [45932/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (7 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will co-ordinate a range of appropriate State commemorative events to mark the 1,500th anniversary of the birth of St. Colmcille in December 2020, working in co-operation with the National Museum, the National Monuments Service, an organisation (details supplied) and Donegal County Council; and if she will liaise with her...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 70: In page 82, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “Report on restoring cap on intangible assets 34.The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on restoring the 80 per cent cap on intangible assets onshored between 2015 and 2017 that can be written off against profits at...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for his reply, in respect of which there are two issues arising. It is not a theoretical cashflow issue. Rather, it is a cashflow and it does bring in €750 million. To suggest that it is theoretical is to suggest it is not there when it is there. If we decide to amend this, there will be an additional €750 million that can be accrued to the State coffers...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I have given the Minister the suggestion, and we have argued this up and down over recent years as to what is happening. I welcome his walk through how the figure of €722 million is arrived at in respect of intangible assets. There are questions as to whether these companies had a tax liability in the year and whether they used the full amount, which could reduce the figure and so...