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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Slowing the pace. The rate of increase 9.5%. The rate of increase in respect of apartments in Dublin is 12%.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Since the last general election we have been subject to the concoction that is the confidence and supply deal between the Tánaiste's party and Fianna Fáil. Last night the leader of Fianna Fáil confirmed that he has once again bent the knee to renew Fine Gael's deal for another year. On the one hand he is quite happy to come to the House and criticise the Government week in,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Fine Gael opposed our proposal to introduce tax relief for renters and, along with Fianna Fáil, has continuously voted down the Focus Ireland amendment that would stop landlords evicting families into homelessness. Shame on both parties. We need real and meaningful action to tackle the housing crisis. We need a change in direction and we need that change fast. Now that the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Let there be no doubt that we will keep the Government under pressure and we will scrutinise it because we are the real Opposition in this House.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste talks of vulnerability and carnage, but the vulnerable people I speak of are those 4,000 children in emergency accommodation. Disgracefully, many of them-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: -----will be waking up on Christmas Day in a hotel, for the third year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: This is the carnage that has been left behind by the confidence and supply arrangement. I have asked the Tánaiste what the Government is going to do about spiralling rents. In Dublin it is €1,692 more expensive to rent a house now than it was this time last year. Not a single affordable or cost rental house has been delivered by the Tánaiste's Government or by the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: This is more of thestatus quo.The Tánaiste talks of proposals. The Focus Ireland amendment was a sensible proposal. It provided that landlords who received tax reliefs should not be allowed to evict people into homelessness. Who in God's name could refuse to accept that? I will say who. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil could, and shame on them for doing so. The people for whom they...

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil d'achan Teachta a labhair ar an ábhar seo agus faoi choinne na tacaíochta a thug an mhórchuid acu faoi choinne an Bhille seo, go hairithe an tacaíocht ó mo chomhleacaithe i Sinn Féin agus ó Deputy Michael McGrath agus an Teachta Murphy ó Fhianna Fáil a labhair ar son an Bhille. I acknowledge all...

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It has been six and a half years since I brought the Bill before the House. Is it not telling what the then Minister of State with responsibility, the former Deputy Brian Hayes of Fine Gael, told me? He said:[T]his issue must be examined carefully to ensure the solution proposed does not adversely affect the most vulnerable members of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: How naive is the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach is embarrassing himself now.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Permanent TSB is in the process of selling €1.3 billion worth of mortgage loans to a vulture fund, Glenbeigh Securities. No one knows who owns the fund. It is completely secret having only been established one month ago. A key issue is that this is now tax free, as it is a section 110 company with charitable status. Despite the fact that the loophole in the Finance Acts 2016 and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It already exists in Britain.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: And bankers going to prison.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Correspondence (11 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if correspondence sent to him by the parent of a member of the Defence Forces was received (details supplied); when a response to this correspondence will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51571/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether legislative changes are required to the tax code in view of a Tax Appeals Commission ruling (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51690/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (11 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the parents (details supplied) of children with special needs in County Donegal can expect to receive a decision with respect to school transport requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51746/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Staff (11 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the child behavioural psychologist post for the north west region based in Letterkenny is vacant in relation to the NEPS; if so, the date on which the previous post holder vacated the role; the efforts being made to fill the post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51974/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Data (11 Dec 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in the north-west region who, having been referred to the NEPS by schools, are waiting to have a psychological assessment carried out; the number of children waiting three, six, nine, 12, 15 and longer than 15 months, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51975/18]