Advanced search
Most relevant results are first | Show most recent results first | Show use by person

Search only Pearse DohertySearch all speeches

Results 9,001-9,020 of 36,192 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I will give the Minister two opportunities.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Carry on. He is making a charge.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: What does the Minister mean by my bad month? I do not understand where the Minister is coming from. If the Minister wants to get personal that is fair enough. This is about deflection. The Minister can make it very obvious. As I said at the very start, I believe it was an unfortunate use - this was my first comment - when he suggested that this cohort of workers were the hardest working...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The record will reflect what we say. I mentioned that I believe the Minister used an unfortunate phrase when he suggested that the cohort of individuals earning €70,000 were the hardest working in society and I asked him to clarify that remark. That is as far as it went.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: That would have dealt with it.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I did let you in and you responded at length but you avoided that issue. When I raised it again, because you refused to answer it, that is when I was making accusations and so on and playing the man, not the ball and all the rest. The reason this is fundamental is because of Government priorities. The Minister has explained why he has decided to focus on those in the cohort earning up to...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: With respect and through the Chair, as my amendment suggests, we take those earning the minimum wage out of the USC tax net. That is why the Minister's suggestion, which he has now clarified, that those earning €70,000 work hardest, is relevant to this debate and is relevant to the facts. The Minister has clarified it and we have wasted 15 minutes when he could have provided the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Of course I did.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Of course I did. That is what is called playing the ball, not the man. I have continually referred to the facts. I am willing to move on.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I will pick up on Deputy McGrath's point. The Minister has given us a timeline, and the information that was available at the end was not available in June or July. We appreciate that; it is not the issue. Seven days before the budget was announced, Deputy McGrath and I had to use our priority questions on the floor of the Dáil to try to elicit some information. The Minister said we...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I have one final question on the 8% rate of USC that counters the reduction from 41% to 40% on incomes over €70,000. I have the figures for the yield of introducing the 8% figure, but what is the comparison cost to the Exchequer of reducing income tax on incomes above €70,000 from 41% to 40%? I am looking for that figure because the 8% rate will bring in €71 million in...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: That is my point - what is the gap? We are talking about €71 million. I know the Minister may not have the figures there.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 4: In page 11, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “3. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options on introducing a third rate of tax payable at 48 per cent on income over €100,000.”This wording looks at the impact of a third rate of tax. We have been...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 5: In page 11, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:"3. The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann an analysis of the tax changes in this Act, and the total of tax changes and spending adjustments of Budget 2015, setting out the continuing impact on people based on their gender, income, age,...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I was thinking about the non-statutory and then statutory role of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. Under its mandate, it provides very comprehensive detailed analysis. This mandate is very simple, and primarily comes from the treaty and ensuring we meet the deficit and debt rules and the other rules contained in the austerity treaty at the time. We have empowered a body to do this, which...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “3. The Minister shall, within nine months from the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options available for the introduction of a comprehensive asset tax otherwise known as a wealth tax, the report shall include options for the collation of data necessary...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I look forward to seeing the data from the CSO when they are concluded. I do not think there is any reason the Government should not look at this itself. There is obviously an ideological reason. God forbid this Government would tax high income earners in society, in particular those we are targeting in this amendment who have assets above €1 million. I would give Deputy Walsh one...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: For the record-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: For the record, the amendment does not mention the family home tax which was the accusation that was levelled by the Deputy.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Deputy Walsh should inform himself. I gave him some good advice.

   Advanced search
Most relevant results are first | Show most recent results first | Show use by person

Search only Pearse DohertySearch all speeches