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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (24 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister mentioned that the transactions relate to a small portion of the market. That is what is in the speaking notes the Government has been given but the reality is that the portion is not small. In fairness, the Minister was told this by his officials through the tax strategy paper. It states the measure has not been entirely successful in its goal and that hundreds of homes, new...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (24 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I have one final question on the detail. I assume the Minister's accepts the CSO data. The CSO data, and the Department, uses a proxy for institutional investors as finance and insurance, and real estate.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (24 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Those are the two main categories; I think we can all agree on that. The data for 2022, which is the latest we have as the new data for last year will be published in March, shows that institutional investors in 2022 bought 5,887 homes. That figure includes apartments but let us look at houses. There were 2,053 houses but for the same year, in terms of the bulk purchases where stamp duty...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (24 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Can I reply to the Minister?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (24 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That is a problem.

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That is not true.

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, the Minister has named me here in the debate but that is not true and he knows it is not true.

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That is only where 10% stamp duty was applied. It was actually 10% that were purchased by funds.

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister cannot peddle untruths here. In fairness, he cannot make up his own facts and name me, as if I was giving that information. Correct the record.

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Please correct the record.

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Minister correct the record?

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is avoiding the issue. Will he correct the record?

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister cannot spout lies in the Chamber.

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Ten per cent is not small; it is 6,000 units

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That is completely untrue.

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: This Government has been in office for nearly four years. The housing crisis is getting worse under the Government, as we heard Deputy Ó Broin outline. Of that there is no question. If soaring rents and rising house prices were not enough for struggling homebuyers to contend with, they are now forced to compete with investment funds that have more financial power than they could ever...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Hear, hear.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Hear, hear.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Hear, hear.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Hear, hear.