Results 61-67 of 67 for data protection speaker:Pearse Doherty

Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...that financial assistance and relief provided by the State should be structured and made with strict conditionality and that public money must not be diverted towards shareholders or used to cushion or protect profit margins. Unfortunately, that is not what happened. We have seen companies that are receiving wage subsidy payments make dividend payments to their shareholders. We have...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: ...it more accessible for SMEs.". I have raised this matter consistently in the past few years. We have seen a slight drop in the number of claims for this credit in the past year. We can see from the latest data available that €523 million of the amount of €670 million claimed went to very large companies in 2016. We have evidence from the reply given under a freedom of...

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...tax on fuels used to heat homes on 1st May, 2022 and transport fuels on 12th October, 2022 will increase fuel prices even further; and — the Government has failed to establish an expert advisory group on energy poverty to review the existing data on energy poverty levels, examine research both domestically and internationally on the causes, impacts and remedies to address energy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (30 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ..., and the premiums they have been charging over the past three years, and that will have to be audited before they give it to the UK Financial Conduct Authority, FCA. Why can we not capture those types of data in the national claims information database in order that we can genuinely say the reason premiums have fallen relates to less traffic, better safety standards or whatever other...

Insurance Reform: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...such as insurance pose a risk to the competitiveness of our economy and the ability of businesses to thrive and grow and that risk remains. Insurance is also crucial for citizens, however. It protects them from financial loss should unexpected circumstances come to pass such as illness, home damage or accidents on the road or elsewhere. Indeed, insurance cover is a legal requirement for...

Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: ...last year, this Finance Bill is a disappointing missed opportunity. I live in the real world. In the budget the Minister had the chance to reduce the deficit fairly, to stimulate business and to ensure that middle and low-income families were protected from the worst of the necessary financial adjustment. Because I live in the real world, I submitted a budget alternative to the...

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: ..., citizens with disabilities and carers who are our most vulnerable and rely on social security supports hope for an increase in their payment rates. This is because they know that the current rates are simply inadequate and do not protect households or children from poverty. Had the Minister listened to what Sinn Féin had put forward for many years, he would have taken our...