Results 33,881-33,900 of 35,959 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Our measures are fair, would be non-deflationary and the most likely to work.
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: The domestic economy is on its knees. People's spending power has been demolished and today the Government has added to the mess by cutting it more. Less money in people's pockets means less money in tills, and less money in tills means fewer jobs. It is a vicious cycle, which is why we proposed measures such as a wealth tax, a third rate of income tax on earned income over â¬100,000 and...
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: I will remind him.
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Point 1 was a â¬7 billion stimulus package to create 100,000 jobs. The Labour Party had a similar plan.
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Today 444,000 people are on the live register, which is 9,500 more than when the Government took office. We cannot count all the people who have emigrated or those who are not eligible for welfare assistance such as the self-employed, for whom no safety net is provided.
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach seems to think emigration is a safety valve for unemployment. I know it is hard to take-----
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: -----but if he listens, he might learn something. A total of 54,000 have emigrated since he took office. I want to tell him what emigration is really like. Emigration will mean empty chairs at the dinner table this Christmas; it means grandparents never seeing their grandchildren and families and communities being devastated. Has the Taoiseach walked through any of our third level...
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Has he? Has he found a student who believes emigration is not part of his or her future? He will be hard-pressed to find a student who does not believe this.
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: How does the Taoiseach tell the parents of these children the reason he is driving them out of the State and he has prioritised private bank bondholders over the future of Irish schoolchildren? Tá a fhios ag an Taoiseach nach dtiocfaidh cuid mhór de na daoine seo ar ais go dtà an tÃr seo choÃche. Nà bheidh an deis sin acu. Tá daoine inniu sna Stáit Aontaithe, san Astráil agus i...
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Bhà ar m'athair agus mo mháthair an tÃr seo a fhágáil agus imeacht go hAlbain, an áit ina rugadh mé fhéin, mo dheartháireacha agus mo dheirfiúracha. Bhà an t-ádh linn go raibh deis againn teacht abhaile go hÃirinn i ndiaidh 20 bliain thar lear. Nà raibh an deis chéanna ag go leor daoine eile. NÃor éirigh go maith le go leor daoine nuair a d'fhág siad an tÃr seo. D'obair...
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Enterprise Ireland's budget was cut and the Government went after disposable income. Today the VAT rate and fuel prices have been raised. Taoiseach, you are actively trying to cut jobs.
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: The 2% hike in VAT will see more businesses put under strain from diminishing consumer spending and more of them will go to the wall. The vicious cycle began by Fianna Fáil and the Green Party of relying on indirect taxation is being continued under the watch of the Government. Not only will this measure be tough for business and jobs, it will disproportionately affect lower income earners...
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: One cannot squeeze any more blood from the stone; it is dry. The VAT rate rise announced today is a mistake. The Minister knows this because it is the argument he made in opposition. This is not to mention the impact the VAT rate rise will have on already struggling Border towns, including in my home county of Donegal. Increasing VAT in the hope it will generate enough cash to reduce the...
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: The Government's attacks on education will do little to help the knowledge economy. The State cannot come out of the crisis without the tools to do so. These tools include a well trained and well educated workforce. By making education the preserve of the elite and allowing an opportunity only for those who can afford it, the Government is not ensuring a workforce for the future. This is...
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: It is also abolishing maintenance grants for postgraduate students. The Government is pulling down the shutters on the futures of thousands of young men and women not lucky enough to be born into a wealthy family. In this day and age, in a First World country, I do not know how anyone can stand over this. This is a mantra that is meant to distract people while the Government is holding...
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach talks about jobs. I got a message from someone in my own constituency who said he was closing up and jobs would be lost because of upward-only rent reviews. The Taoiseach will probably say that there is nothing he can do about it, but does he know that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is applying the upward-only rent review? That Department is putting that...
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: That is something the Taoiseach can deal with straight away, here and now. There are 100,000 families in serious mortgage distress, but where is the fairness for them in this budget? Almost 70 families are falling into serious mortgage distress every single day. While repossession rates have been low in comparison with other countries, that will not last forever. Some 1,048 families have...
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Nobody believes the Taoiseach; not the public, the markets nor this House. I urge the Taoiseach to bring the Opposition parties into Government Buildings to discuss this issue, in confidence if required.
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: The Government must urgently reassure the public that it is taking this crisis seriously and preparing for all scenarios. The events unfolding in Europe are frightening people. Agreements are being reached between powerful EU member states and Ireland is not even represented at the table. Last week the Taoiseach said clearly he was against further treaty change but this morning, the...
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Does it support ruling out any private sector involvement in burden sharing in dealing with the currency crisis? I ask these questions because these are the key elements of the proposals that Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel will bring to the EU crisis summit on Friday. These are the demands they will be making. More importantly, these are proposals that will consign this State and its...