Results 32,281-32,300 of 36,054 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: I ask the Taoiseach to clarify the position regarding the property tax. He mentioned previously that the legislation would be published on budget day. Is that still the case? I also ask him to update us on the health amendment Bill, which proposes to provide free GP services. When is it likely to be published and debated in the Dáil? The programme for Government committed to...
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: I seek clarification because the Taoiseach said previously that the property tax Bill would be published on budget day. Is that now off the agenda? Will the legislation be published next week?
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: It is not agreed. It is unlikely all of the time provided for Report Stage of the Credit Union Bill 2012 will be required as the Minister engaged fairly on it on Committee Stage, when he indicated he would be bringing forward additional amendments on Report Stage. The practice of imposing a guillotine is wrong and should be stopped. There is no need to provide for a guillotine in respect...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Next week the Government will introduce a budget in which it will heap additional hardship on low and middle income families throughout the State.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: At the centre of the budget-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Next week the Government will introduce a budget-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: For the third time, next week the Government will introduce a budget which will impact heavily on those on low and middle incomes. A central part of the budget proposals will be a property tax, a charge on the family home. We know that many people will simply be unable to afford to pay this charge.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Last week the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, indicated or announced to me in a reply to a parliamentary question that 13 Ministers had claimed a second home tax break known as the dual abode allowance. The Taoiseach will be aware that this tax break is exclusively for Ministers and officeholders. Those from outside Dublin are allowed to write off €6,500 against their...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: When the Taoiseach was in opposition and Deputy Micheál Martin and his gang were availing of this lavish tax break, the Taoiseach promised to abolish it. Since he has taken office, far from abolishing it, we have seen the cost increase by 30% to €112,000.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Is the Taoiseach one of the 13 Ministers availing of this tax break? Which of his ministerial colleagues are availing of it? How can he justify it to people at home who fear the introduction of the Government's property tax on their family home when 13 of his Cabinet colleagues are writing off against their income tax bill the cost of a second home in Dublin?
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: First, this is not an allowance. Ministers must write to the Revenue Commissioners to ask that their income tax bill be written down by an amount that can be up to €6,500 in unvouched expenses.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: I will outline what it includes.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: This is my question. If a Minister decides to buy a house in Dublin, all of the mortgage interest will be written off against his or her income tax bill. His or her solicitor's fees will be written off against his or her income tax bill.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: His or her auctioneer's fees will be written off against his or her income tax bill. No one knows whether the Taoiseach is one of the 13 Ministers who have availed of this tax break. How many Ministers have availed of the €3,500 deduction for the purposes of having their laundry done because they stay in a hotel or guesthouse? The people deserve clarity and openness.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: All of the expenses paid to Deputies are published on the Oireachtas website. At this point no one knows the 13 Ministers who are reducing their income tax bill by this scheme which the Taoiseach when in opposition promised to abolish when the other gang was availing of it.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: No Deputy is allowed to reduce his or her income tax bill.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Perhaps the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, is availing of it.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: Hands up those who are availing of it.
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will give an undertaking not to cut or reduce in any way funding to the Arts Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53056/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (28 Nov 2012)
Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown by bank of the number of employees in each of the covered institutions who receive a salary in excess of €250,00 per year and the total aggregate value of the portion of the salary above €250,000 for each institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53103/12]