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Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: -----and the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, in relation to not accepting the findings. It is important the Taoiseach informs the House of his position and that of the Government on the Moriarty Tribunal findings.

Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister accept the findings?

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I am sure there will be plenty of opportunities to correct the record, including by the Minister, Deputy Alan Shatter, who made a complete and inappropriate slur against the whistleblower in October-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: -----and has still failed to correct the public record.

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister should be informed that the review set up has nothing at all to do with the confidential recipient, the transcript of that conversation or the file the Taoiseach has received. I am sure the Minister, Deputy Joan Burton, is aware of this and, if she is not, she must make herself aware of it. I am sure that what the Government is trying to do is to confuse the public, if it can...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister, Deputy Joan Burton, asked us for additional information. We have no additional information, but she should ask the Minister for Justice and Equality because in 2012 he received a document which showed there was widespread abuse in small sections of the Garda in connection with various serious matters. He failed to investigate them at an appropriate level. He said-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The person who had the full information, the confidential recipient, said the Commissioner should be asked to stand aside as he had a vested interest. He said he should stand aside during the investigation as he was investigating himself again. What is required for public confidence to be restored in the Garda at all levels is an independent commission of investigation. The Government...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: -----alleged bugging within GSOC, and inappropriate or misleading comments being made in the Dáil, that the only person held accountable in all of the scandals in the past 11 days is the confidential recipient who, as Deputy Charles Flanagan outlined, had to go because he had made comments that were considered inappropriate against the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister might as well sit down. That is a pathetic response which disrespects those who want transparency in the system.

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: We have reached the eleventh day of a scandal in which the Minister, Deputy Shatter, has been at the epicentre. First, there was the alleged bugging of the GSOC offices. Then there was the rubbishing of those claims as baseless innuendo by the Minister. He misled the Dáil last Tuesday regarding the report he received from GSOC. Now, there is new information in the public domain as a...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: He said the Garda Commissioner had made a serious error of judgment and that he knew, or should have known, about the malpractice. He also goes on to suggest that the Garda Commissioner should stand aside. He also said:I think the Commissioner has a case to answer. I think you have the evidence they destroyed you. A man has only got his reputation. You were just standing up for what is...

Other Questions: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I need an answer to my question. For example, the Apollo Group which bought 2,000 mortgages from Bank of Scotland last year has indicated it wants on a voluntary basis to enter into the code of conduct on mortgage arrears, CCMA, with the Central Bank and the Department of Finance. What does that mean? Is that a cast-iron guarantee for those 2,000 mortgage holders who reside in the State...

Other Questions: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister had more time left and I asked a second question.

Other Questions: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: You cut off the Minister. The second question still stands. If the loans revert to NAMA, will the Government facilitate the people whose loans they are in purchasing them from NAMA at a reduction, similar to that offered to the markets in the process taking place in March or at a lower rate? I assume there will be an administration burden on NAMA. It is important for the Minister to have...

Other Questions: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 10. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will fast-track the sale of loan books to unregulated third parties Bill to safeguard the rights of those whose mortgages have been sold or will be sold to unregulated entities. [8345/14]

Other Questions: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: This question also deals with the issue of mortgages and the real concern people have in this regard. There has been some good news, which should be acknowledged at this point. In regard to the two tranches of loan books sold heretofore in 2012 and 2013, one of the institutions is obliged to comply with the CCMA and the other has voluntarily agreed to do so. I understand the party...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Code (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate what the Minister is saying. Obviously, the Government is still committed to an austerity budget next year that will take €2 billion out of the economy. Perhaps it is the fact that we are facing into the local and European elections in a couple of months but somewhere in the middle of that, the Minister has found it within himself to announce that he wants to increase...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Code (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: I am trying to feed into that debate in a productive way. I ask the Minister to acknowledge to the House that by increasing the standard threshold, 1.3 million taxpayers in this State will not benefit by one penny and many others may not benefit because of the way it is calculated. One could have married couples treated as a single unit. We know that 1.3 million taxpayers would not benefit...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Code (20 Feb 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance the way he will lift the tax burden of lower and middle income families in such a way that the most vulnerable are given a break from the tax burden. [8572/14]