Results 13,081-13,100 of 36,274 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----amend the legislation to allow Irish Water to comply with the law? My second question concerns a commitment in the programme for Government. The last time I asked the Taoiseach about the matter he said he would refer to the advice of the Attorney General. There is a clear commitment that no retired politician will get a political pension until the national retirement age. Many...
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----will still be entitled to a political pension as long as they reach 50 years of age or-----
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Will legislation be needed to bring forward the commitment that remains-----
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----in the programme for Government to bring this about?
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Sorry, with respect-----
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: A Cheann Comhairle, Irish Water has produced a plan that is unlawful at this point in time.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: The question is-----
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: That shows the farce of Irish Water, that it is not a matter for Dáil Éireann.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: The question is that we have a State agency which is producing a plan which is unlawful. Irish Water has stated in its report that there is a proposal before the Minister.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Is the Government planning to introduce-----
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: The question I have is whether the Minister is planning to introduce an amendment to the Water Services Act because in a presentation to me, Irish Water said-----
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: -----it will raise the debt to €3 billion which is clearly unlawful.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: So it will remain unlawful in terms of its plan.
- Corporate Tax Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an díospóireacht atá againn anocht faoin gcáin chorparáide. Bíonn an díospóireacht seo againn go rialta sa Teach seo anois, go háirithe ó thaobh an ráta de, ach tá an rún atá os comhair an Tí níos leithne ná seo agus sílim gur rún iontach maith é agus go ndéanann...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of homes that have applied for; that have been paid the Water Conservation Grant. [34821/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if his view on the legal enforceability of the code of conduct on mortgage arrears has changed following the Supreme Court's ruling on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34870/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend or introduce legislation to put the code of conduct on mortgage arrears on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34871/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will discuss with the Central Bank of Ireland whether changes are required to the code of conduct on mortgage arrears following the recent Supreme Court ruling on the matter of the legal enforceability of the code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34872/15]
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: On amendment No. 8, obviously there is flexibility in this regard, but this creates an open-ended provision whereby the appeal commissioner can decide on any other matters. Are there restrictions as to what an appeal commissioner could do, which could make the process too cumbersome to appeal? While four different areas are laid out in the legislation, the fifth - namely, the additional...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Pearse Doherty: The amendment includes the phrase "any other matters that, for the time being, are stipulated by the Appeal Commissioners for the purposes of this subsection". The Minister of State should correct me if I am wrong, but someone who is making an appeal will be guided by this provision in terms of "the grounds for the appeal in sufficient detail for the Appeal Commissioners to be able to...