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

Pearse Doherty: Which mission in the last five years would you like to deploy using Irish troops without a UN mandate?

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

Pearse Doherty: That is a serious challenge.

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

Pearse Doherty: D’fhógair an Tánaiste inné go raibh sé i gceist aige deireadh a chur le ceann de na príomhchosaintí a bhaineann le neodracht na tíre seo, sé sin, go mbeadh tacaíocht ag na Fórsaí Cosanta ón UN do na misin a bhfuil siad gníomhach iontu. Déanfaidh sé seo damáiste do neodracht na tíre seo, nó...

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

Pearse Doherty: Those were your words.

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

Pearse Doherty: I was quoting you. Those words were your words.

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

Pearse Doherty: I was just quoting you back.

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

Pearse Doherty: I cannot claim credit for them.

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

Pearse Doherty: I cannot claim credit for your words.

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

Pearse Doherty: I did not say that either.

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

Pearse Doherty: I did not say that.

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

Pearse Doherty: It is desperate stuff from the Tánaiste. I know it is difficult to hear his own words back when Fine Gael tried to do exactly what he is doing and he talked about this ideological nonsense. He talked about undermining Irish neutrality: "Fianna Fáil reaffirms its commitment to the retention of the Triple Lock... prior to committing Defence Forces personnel on overseas service."...

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

Pearse Doherty: Is it not the case that the directive will provide for the outsourcing of debt collection and enforcement of the security, which could involve eviction proceedings by a credit servicer or a vulture fund? A number of concerns have been raised by consumer rights advocates, for example by Professor Padraic Kenna of the University of Galway. He says this directive could transform the treatment...

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

Pearse Doherty: It has been noted that these vulture funds and debt collection servicing credit agents will operate under different legal traditions and consumer protection codes. It is clear that this directive will have a greater impact on poor households. There is every possibility that Irish households could see decisions made about their loans being made by vulture funds that are not registered in EU...

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

Pearse Doherty: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which he will transpose the credit servicers' directive by means of a statutory instrument; his assessment of warnings that the provisions of the directive could lead to an erosion of consumer protection and citizens’ rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51434/23]

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

Pearse Doherty: An estimated 113,000 mortgage borrowers in this State have had their loans sold to vulture funds. That includes approximately 80,000 primary dwelling homes. The aim of the credit servicers directive is to encourage the development of secondary markets of non-performing loans. Will the Minister inform the House of his Department's assessment of the impact this directive will have on...

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

Pearse Doherty: Those results from the CSO are welcome in relation to some of the other measurements we have seen in recent times, in particular, the Commission's forecasting, which I am addressing in this question. We all know the growth rate in the domestic economy, which was always going to ease from its post-pandemic surge, is expected to slow further as we have capacity constraints that have become a...

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

Pearse Doherty: It is important that none of us become complacent. We understand the likely fall-off in GDP and GDP projections is in large part due to the reduction in pharmaceutical exports since the pandemic. Obviously, we had a surge and a bonanza during the pandemic as regards that sector and it played into our receipts. That was obviously going to drop off and return to a more normal level. We have...

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

Pearse Doherty: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the European Commission’s forecast of a 0.9 percentage point fall in GDP for 2023; the drivers of this revision; and his views on the outlook for the Irish economy and the labour market in the context of this downward revision. [51435/23]

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

Pearse Doherty: My question concerns the recent economic forecast from the Commission updating its projections on the Irish economy, in which it predicts a 0.9% fall in GDP this year. Notwithstanding the fact we know GDP has become essentially decoupled from the performance of the domestic economy as an accurate measure, will the Minister outline his assessment of the Commission’s latest projections,...

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

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance for his and his Department's analysis of the estimated deadweight loss associated with the rented residential relief; its implications for social equity within the taxation system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51792/23]