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Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: The Secretary General of the Department of Finance still earns more than the permanent secretary to the treasury and the CEO of An Post earns more than the managing director of Royal Mail. We still earn far more than our neighbours in these areas but the Government made empty gestures to address this issue.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: The message that comes from this Government is that protecting its own backside is its first and foremost concern. The same sort of yapping continues to come from the benches opposite.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Through the successful efforts of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, our public health budget subsidises the private health care sector to the tune of billions of euro although not everyone can afford private health care. This is where savings could have been made instead of sacking nurses, cutting front-line services and closing wards and beds. That is what Ministers...

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Ar Rúin Airgeadais 20, 21 agus 22, iarraim ar an Aire na faoisimh cánach atá ar fáil faoi alt 23 a shoiléiriú. Nuair a bhí mé ag éisteacht leis an Aire Airgeadais níos luaithe, dúirt sé go gcuirfí deireadh leis na faoisimh seo i 2014. Ag amharc ar na sonraí, áfach, tá sé soiléir go mbeidh cuid dóibh ar fáil go dtí 2021. Iarraim ar an Aire é sin a shoiléiriú. Níl...

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I return to the section 23 reliefs for properties that are not sold. The Minister spoke of proportionality, but it is wrong if the Government is willing to allow for section 23 reliefs to be paid up until 2021. The whole country is demanding that we end these property based reliefs. I stated already that the Government is moving in the right direction, but it is fundamentally wrong to...

Financial Resolution No. 33: Income Tax and Corporation Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: May I speak briefly?

Financial Resolution No. 33: Income Tax and Corporation Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I listened to Deputy O'Donoghue earlier. There are many things I do not understand in the week I have been in this House. One thing I cannot understand is Deputy O'Donoghue sympathising with people who are losing their incomes because of these levies given that he is the same person who bled the expenses system dry, travelling to horse race meetings all over the world-----

Financial Resolution No. 33: Income Tax and Corporation Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: -----and had to be kicked out of the position in which you now sit, a Cheann Comhairle. Regarding the tax relief-----

Financial Resolution No. 33: Income Tax and Corporation Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: -----on trade union subscriptions, never did we have greater need for reliefs on such subscriptions, which should be at the lower rate of tax. At a time when the Government will reduce the minimum wage and employers will use it as a guise to drive down wages, I cannot understand how any party that claims to be on the left would support such a measure as getting rid of union tax reliefs.

Financial Resolution No. 33: Income Tax and Corporation Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister talked about phasing out rent reliefs. In effect in the next 20 minutes somebody entering into a rental contract will have no rent relief because new claimants into this system will not have rent reliefs after midnight.

Financial Resolution No. 33: Income Tax and Corporation Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Where is the proportionality in that? How do we allow section 23 property speculators-----

Financial Resolution No. 33: Income Tax and Corporation Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: -----to continue up to 2021, but yet rent relief will be finished by tonight?

Financial Resolution No. 33: Income Tax and Corporation Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: How do we allow the owners of those buildings to continue to get mortgage interest relief but people in their own domestic homes do not get it, people in private rental accommodation will have it phased out and people entering the system from midnight will not get it? Where is the proportionality?

Financial Resolution No. 33: Income Tax and Corporation Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Where is the impact assessment into that?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: Ní ghlacfaidh mise barraíocht ama mar tá cuid mhór ráite ag mo chomhghleacaithe, na Teachtaí Arthur Morgan agus Martin Ferris, cheana féin. I support this amendment. The spirit of the amendment is to protect those already in existing contracts. It has been spelled out that many of that 52,000 would not be able to avail of that protection even if the amendment was accepted. While...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: It was Deputy Gogarty who started talking about morals.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: It was he who was asking for forgiveness. It is morally corrupt.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: The measure is morally corrupt.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: I am speaking of the measure in this Bill. As we know, the Bill does not just deal with the reduction of €1 in the minimum wage, but the measure in the Bill is morally corrupt. Since the two Ministers of State came into this Chamber two hours ago, they have earned half of what those on the minimum wage will earn in a full week, but not one cent will come from his gross salary as a result...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Pearse Doherty: We need a new type of politics. The idea that a Deputy would say he supports the amendment but will not vote for it is ridiculous. Deputy Gogarty is bringing the House into disrepute. That is why people do not trust politicians. We have heard the Deputy say he agrees with the amendment, but will not support it. He said my paymasters are the unions, but his paymaster is the Government...