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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Property Loans (Project Glas) By Permanent TSB: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I have a final question on this matter. I am looking for details. Mr. Masding talks in bravado terms and asks to be shown the court cases that will change these legal documents and so on, but that is not the issue. We all know what the issue is. A large number of the customers on whom Permanent TSB is now turning its back have arrangements with it and these arrangements will come up for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Property Loans (Project Glas) By Permanent TSB: Discussion (11 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: They are the bank's loans at the minute. I would ask the Chairman to try to pursue this matter. They are Permanent TSB's loans at this time. The State owns them. The State owns the witnesses' bank. We are the Oireachtas finance committee. How many of the family homes are in restructuring and at what periods are those restructures up for review are appropriate questions that should be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (11 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance if changes will be introduced to bring clarity and consistency to the VAT rating of health food supplements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41553/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Construction Industry (11 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to commence discussions on mutual recognition agreements with non-EU countries to allow construction workers qualified abroad to work as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41563/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach should listen to what Fr. Peter McVerry says.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach should listen to what Fr. Peter McVerry says.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Sinn Féin welcomes confirmation of the Christmas bonus this year. It will go some way towards lifting the hardship of families at a crucial time. This is during a time of year when many citizens across the State become more vulnerable and their State must be there to offer a helping hand. This is especially true for those who consistently endure fuel poverty throughout the harshest...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Thousands of citizens, young and old, crowded the streets outside this building to demand their rights and substantial change but the Government has delivered nothing. It has let them down miserably. What has been given in the budget? There will be €120 million more than pre-committed expenditure and €80 million in addition to NDP commitments for 2019. The only additional...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The serviced site initiative for 2019 is €75 million.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: The crisis is happening now.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: I know this is difficult for the Deputies to swallow, as they spent the past two weeks in Government Buildings.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: They walked out with €14 million for social housing.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It is unbelievable. No wonder the rest of their party has abandoned them.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It is important to point out that €75 million for the serviced sites initiative is there for 2019.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Fianna Fáil found €89 million in total, an additional €14 million.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It is a pathetic amount in the context of what is required to address the crisis.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: Even if it were €89 million, which it is not, nearly ten times that amount is required. In our alternative budget, we proposed €1 billion in additional investment in capital infrastructure to deal with the social crisis. It is not about tinkering around the edges and presenting this to what Fianna Fáil must believe is a gullible public as a real or genuine effort to deal...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: It is all well and good for Fianna Fáil to come in here, make jokes and quote Brendan Behan. However, Brendan Behan also said, "It is a good deed to forget a poor joke" and maybe Deputy Cowen should keep that in mind. Fine Gael's budget is a poor joke, but Fianna Fáil laughing in the face of homeless children is even worse. Let me remind Fianna Fáil of the backdrop to...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: We know that there are 10,000 other Amandas out there. For them budget day is like "Groundhog Day". The question people ask is why they should trust that anything will change in budget 2019. Will anything be different? Will we be standing in this Chamber again next year, talking about Amanda or another Amanda? The answer to that is probably "Yes". That is because despite all the numbers...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Oireachtas Banking Inquiry (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on implementing each recommendation of the banking inquiry with relevance to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40631/18]