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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers that have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023 by grade for CHO1, in tabular form; and the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate. [51636/23]

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

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 36: In page 25, after line 37, to insert the following: “Report on Anti-Tax Planning Measures with respect to PRSA Products 20.The Minister shall, within six month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the removal of the 75-year age restriction which applied to payments from new and existing Personal Retirement...

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

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 38: In page 30, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Report on Landlords’ Tax Relief 22.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the introduction of the new personal income tax allowance introduced with respect to individual landlords in the private rental...

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

Pearse Doherty: That is what all Government Deputies are going to vote for including, I am certain, the Acting Chair, in the next few minutes.

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

Pearse Doherty: There is no misrepresentation here. It is without doubt that the Minister negotiated an extension of the relief with the previous Administration. I have put quotes from the Minister on record. This is on the record of the Dáil. The Minister made the point that this was the best he could negotiate, although he wanted 100%. That is fact. It is not a misrepresentation. It might be...

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

Pearse Doherty: The Minister acknowledges that many people cannot switch so 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...

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

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 35. In page 23, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Report on Mortgage Interest Relief 14. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the introduction of temporary mortgage interest relief, available in respect of mortgages on principal private residences, applied at...

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

Pearse Doherty: No matter what way you dice or splice those numbers there is significant under-claiming for this, which I hope will change. There are 800,000 renters in total. I am sure the Minister has the numbers on how many renters have actually applied for this because every unit has to state whether it is for an individual or a couple. The reality is that even if all the 800,000 renters were couples...

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

Pearse Doherty: I will press it.

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

Pearse Doherty: The Government got there four years later.

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

Pearse Doherty: That is not true

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

Pearse Doherty: I know the Minister is quoting from a report on the refundable tax credits but the refundable tax credit in relation to rent relief will have no impact on the labour market and the Minister should acknowledge that. The report references refundable tax credits in relation to other matters. A refundable tax credit is doable and is possible but that is not at the core of this. There is an...

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

Pearse Doherty: Our amendment relates to rent relief. My colleague, Deputy Conway-Walsh, has addressed many of the issues. It is interesting to listen to members of Fianna Fáil, a party of government, talking about how well the rent credit is working. We argued with the Government for years, until we were blue in the face, to do something for renters, only to be repeatedly told "No". We were told...

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

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister said, all of the data on distributional impact and the number of people paying are available on the website, and the options to reduce the burden are well known. Nonetheless, it is good that Deputy Moynihan has put down this amendment because it allows us to discuss the issue. I was looking forward to hearing the Minister's contribution in opposing the amendment from the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It does apply to nurses.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It does apply to nurses and the Taoiseach should correct the record of the Dáil.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, the Taoiseach should correct the record of the Dáil. This recruitment ban, if he is not aware of it, does apply to nurses-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The only nurses it does not apply to are newly graduated nurses.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach should correct the record of the Dáil or he should inform himself of how his recruitment embargo applies.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I want to return to the issue of the scourge of vacancy and dereliction that blights our cities, towns and villages. It grates all the more in the teeth of a deepening housing crisis created under this Government. The local property tax returns for last year found that more than 50,000 properties were recorded as vacant. Figures released to me by the Minister for Finance yesterday show...