Results 34,641-34,660 of 36,133 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Previously on the Order of Business, when I asked the Taoiseach about legislation to give effect to the programme for Government commitment in respect of burden-sharing with senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank, he replied that the Government would wait until after it had discussed the matter with the ECB. Will the aforementioned legislation pass through both Houses of the Oireachtas...
- Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: It can be done. As a point of order and to correct that statement, it can be done by unilateral decision. Nothing legally prevents the Government from applying burden-sharing in respect of non-guaranteed bonds in any bank. If I may correct the Taoiseach, there is nothing to that effect in the memorandum of understanding.
- Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Whether we wish to do it unilaterally is a different question.
- Commercial Leases (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: I am surprised that Question No. 70 has not been taken with this. The Department has obviously appealed the decision on the upward only rent review, or sought an independent arbitration. Does the Minister of State believe it is fair that other Departments in the Government are operating such rent reviews? The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food operates an upward only rent review...
- Moneylender Regulation (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: On the issue of licensed and unlicensed moneylenders, given that many people, especially those on low and middle incomes, are going to moneylenders because they cannot get access to credit from the banks, does the Minister believe the APR they are allowed to charge is too high and that we need to revisit that issue owing to the economic conditions in which we find ourselves? In regard to the...
- Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the 0.25% ECB interest rise of April last and in anticipation of the ECB interest rate increase due in the coming week, the way he intends to achieve the Programme for Government to direct any mortgage provider in receipt of State support to present him with a plan of the way in which it intends to cut its costs, over and above...
- Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: We are all aware that the number of mortgage holders in distress is increasing daily. As of March this year, there were 86,271 mortgage holders in distress, which equates to approximately 500 families being subjected to serious mortgage distress every week. We know that 50,000 mortgage holders are more than 12 weeks in arrears. This is the largest increase in the level of mortgage holder...
- Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister has not answered my question. It is stated in the programme for Government that the banks will be instructed to forgo the 0.25% interest rate rise. My question on behalf of the 200,000 mortgage holders crippled by mortgage repayments is whether the Minister has instructed the relevant banks to come up with a plan which will enable them to forgo the 0.25% interest rate increase...
- Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. However, my question relates to the interest rate applicable to mortgages and the banks being instructed to forgo the 0.25% interest rate increase. While I welcome all of the other information provided, have the banks been directed to forgo the 0.25% interest rate hike?
- EU-IMF Programme (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance if, during any of his meetings at the European Council, he has raised the fact that the European Union will profit to the tune of â¬10 billion as a result of the 3% mark up on the interest rate charged on the EU portion of the EU/IMF bailout loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18895/11]
- EU-IMF Programme (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: The Exchequer figures yesterday showed that just over 20% of all taxes collected in the State are now needed to pay off the interest on our national debt and that figure is about to increase given the figure for servicing the interest on our national debt is â¬5.2 billion this year and will increase to â¬9.2 billion by 2015. We often talk about figures when dealing with questions in the...
- EU-IMF Programme (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: As a supplementary question-----
- Tax Code (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: How many of the companies subject to the 12.5% rate pay a lower effective tax rate as a result of various measures allowing them to write down their tax liabilities? Does the Minister have numbers or percentage figures in respect of companies that have not paid tax as a result of these initiatives?
- Tax Code (5 Jul 2011)
Pearse Doherty: While I agree with the Minister on comparisons between the French rate or even the European average and Ireland's effective rate, I would like to know the number of profitable companies which pay a low effective tax rate as a result of being able to write off their taxes against the various initiatives introduced in successive budgets. Can an argument be made for a minimum effective tax rate...
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: My question relates to the sittings of the House, not promised legislation. The ministerial rota has been circulated and it is clear that the Minister for public expenditure and reform will not be accountable to Members until at least September. With regard to the sittings of the House, when is it intended that the House will rise for the summer recess? When is it intended that Deputies...
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: What about oral questions?
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: So do we.
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: In light of the Minister's comments on the "Tonight with Vincent Browne" programme last night, will he confirm that the legislation to undermine the joint labour committees will end Sunday premiums and, in his own words, significantly reduce the take home pay of new entrants in the relevant sectors? Will he indicate what legislation is promised to protect existing workers from being fired...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm when the review of the universal social charge promised in the Programme for Government will commence; the terms of reference of the review; the person that will conduct the review; when the outcome of the review will be presented to Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18135/11]
- Hospital Services (30 Jun 2011)
Pearse Doherty: Maybe if we had interfered with the last regulator we might not be where we are.