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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...of up to €63 million, or just in excess of it, to be paid by Ireland or Ireland to be on the hook for that amount. This new proposed Ukraine facility is going to replace the previous loans. Does the Minister of State have a forecast of the State's envisaged contributions over the medium term, inclusive of the Ukraine facility in relation to this? I ask her to perhaps on touch on...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: No. In the context of the MFA+, which is dealt with in Part 6 of the legislation, does the Minister of State have any forecast in relation to the State's envisaged contributions? Schedule 4 deals with the schedule between us and the EU in terms of the MFA+, is that correct?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: This section allows, for the first time, the State to enter into an MFA+ contribution agreement. Therefore, it is enabling legislation. That is what section 18 does. The terms of that agreement are set out in Schedule 4. Is that not correct?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Does that mean there will be no variation regardless of the GNI of each member state during the lifetime of the agreement?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State made the point that in a war scenario, there is always a risk or fear of corruption. Does she have concerns about corruption in the pre-war period in Ukraine?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: EU supports have been paid to Ukraine in recent years and they have, rightly, dramatically increased in the past two years. Does the Minister of State or the Department have knowledge of any incidents that gave rise in the European Commission to concern about corruption, where the money has been paid and it is questioning whether it has got to the right end point?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...because Russia is not listening and the sanctions have not yet had the desired impact in regard to Russia's activities. We also have another almighty war in the Middle East, in Palestine. Does the Minister of State support a similar type of support package coming from the European Union to support the people of Gaza and Palestine to rebuild their economy, country, lives and livelihoods...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I have one short question. I welcome the unanimity on the Bill on Committee Stage. When does the Minister of State intend to have Report Stage in the Dáil Chamber? Is it envisaged before the end of the year?

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (28 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...and his party's U-turn, he needs to come clean. He needs to tell the Irish people where he would deploy Irish troops that is not part of a UN peacekeeping mission. Maybe the Minister of State opposite me will answer that question but I expect that he will not because the Government does not want to show its real hand or real agenda here. The real problem with our defence policy is the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...from this. He can scratch the bottom the barrel all he wants. I am talking about the future. I am talking about the missions that do not have a UN mandate to which he wants to deploy Irish troops. I am saying to him that he does not have a mandate for that. He never campaigned for that. The programme for Government did not state that. If the Tánaiste is secure in his position,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: .... It has been warned that the facilitation of lenders to sell NPLs to vulture funds that are not based in the EU and could outsource debt collection activities could lead to a race to the bottom. How does the Minister respond to some of those concerns from European organisations?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Economic Data (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...mentioned the reasons we are seeing some contraction and fiscal tightening, such as geopolitical issues, conflict and the level of uncertainty that is now gripping different parts of the world. Where does he see employment being next year? Obviously, the CSO figures are robust and that is to be welcomed. Employment has remained robust throughout, despite the pandemic and recent...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...going to landlords who never even thought of leaving the market. The Minister says there is a risk of deadweight. Is he telling me that he has not even calculated the deadweight? He probably does not want to calculate the deadweight because it is absolutely massive. He should consider the view of his own Department, which noted this year: Finally, taxation of rental income is often...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister's officials, experts and professors on the outside are telling him this is not going to work but he is going ahead with it because that is what his party does in terms of the interests of landlords. There is a perverse incentive in our tax code, which I addressed at the finance committee, that Fine Gael introduced many years ago and that encourages landlords to sell. All the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...as soon as possible. As we know, the issues that led to the previous board resigning en masseis the fact this scheme is not fit for purpose. There is supposed to be a new grant-based scheme. When does the Minister expect this? It will be a transition away from the Department to a separate Department. When does he expect it to be operational? Will he take me through what role the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister have a breakdown of this €12 million? How much is in consultancy? How much is in IT? I am not sure whether this has been shared with us. I do not have it before me.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ..., the big winners are landlords. We spend more of taxpayer's money providing support to landlords. This is a tax break that will not work. That is not just my view but the view of many others. It is a tax break that does not make any sense. It provides a tax break of €600 next year for landlords, €800 the following year, €1,000 the following year and €1,000...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...there is an issue of fairness. Even if somebody can switch, and the Minister says he is introducing the €80,000 limits because such people have a lower loan-to-value ratio and can switch, that does not mean they are going to get a lower interest rate. That is not the case. They have already absorbed this increase in the first instance. Even if they are switching to a fixed rate,...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...have said it. This is the fact but you batter on. We have to question the motivation. Is it that the priority here is for developers and landlords? This legislation here provides more for landlords than it does for renters. One of the biggest reasons for child homelessness is that rents are going through the roof and families cannot afford them. That is why more children will spend...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...Party actually say "Oh God we have done something terrible"? Maybe that is the plan. Is it the case that it just wants to support landlords? It is a fact that this budget provides more support to landlords than it does to tenants. That is the reality. They are the priorities and that is the issue. When will the Government measure this and actually say that its policies are not...