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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I would always encourage people to switch, whether they are in the hands of vulture funds or with the mainstream banks and lenders. They should always look at the option of switching if better value is available to them. I have serious reservations on the effectiveness of the measures that were announced. We know that 80,000 households have mortgage loans held by vulture funds and they...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Union (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister for his response. I believe it is important there is political consensus on this issue but also across Europe in trying to build support for our position. The Commission's proposal, as the Minister said, is one of own resource that would be calculated at 0.5% of the notional company profit base, an indicator calculated by Eurostat on the basis of the national count...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Union (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister mentioned, the cost of this proposal to the State would be an additional €1.124 billion per annum and, obviously, that could increase depending on our gross operating surplus. It is a significant increase and I understand Ireland would be one of the highest contributors as a result of this mechanism. In his response, the Minister might outline the distributional...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Union (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s position on the European Commission’s own resource proposal based on company profits; the estimated additional contribution the proposal would require on annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43392/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Union (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: In June, the European Commission published an adjusted package for the new generation of own resources. With this package, the Commission proposes a new statistical-based own resource linked to the corporate sector. The proposals are, on the face of it, the Commission’s grab for Irish corporate profits. Sinn Féin opposes the proposal. Will the Minister outline his position and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department are considering tax measures to support households with the rising cost of home heating oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43391/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister is aware, the volatility in the international oil markets has seen a steady increase in the price of home heating oil. Home heating oil prices have increased by 30% in the past two months. More than a one third of households across the State use home heating oil as their main source of fuel. In this context, is the Minister considering tax measures to support households...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: More than one third of homes across the State use home heating oil as their primary heating source. This rises to two thirds if you look at the border region, including my own county of Donegal. More than half of households in the south-east and western regions use home heating oil as their primary heating source. In the past two months, the average price of home heating oil has increased...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Since the energy crisis began, this Government has increased the price of home heating oil twice, and is planning to do so again next May, unless it changes track in the budget. Everything the Minister has said so far suggests that it will not. This is in addition to the increases we have seen in the market price. This is putting additional pressure on households, and there has been an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce temporary and targeted mortgage interest relief to support struggling households with rising mortgage costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43390/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: In the past 15 months, the European Central Bank, ECB, has increased its key lending rate ten times. The Minister knows now that many households are feeling the sudden, sharp increases in the mortgage crisis. For many it is a massive income shock. As we know, this has happened in the context of the wider cost-of-living crisis. Will the Minister commit to introducing temporary and targeted...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: This has been going on now for 15 months. The ECB has said very clearly that one in five mortgage holders have seen their mortgage interest increase by €5,700 on average since last year and one in three is paying €3,000 more than last year. We have come up with a proposal that would take 30% of that increased mortgage interest into the State's coffers and where it would be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The reality is that the Government has been found wanting in relation to mortgage interest relief. For the last year, as letter after letter landed in the letterboxes of families across the State, month after month, with ten letters now telling them that their mortgage interest rate has gone up if they are on a tracker mortgage, the Minister has come forward with nothing. There are no...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Defective Building Materials (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the operation of the defective concrete products levy, its application to precast concrete products and autoclave aerated concrete, its impact on residential construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43135/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Stock Exchange (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance his views, and his Department's analysis, of the recent departure of companies from Euronext Dublin; the causes of these departures and potential policy measures to support the Irish stock exchange; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43139/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; when the disabled drivers medical board of sppeal will recommence hearings; the number of appeals and request for appeal hearings that have been lodged since November 2021 and his response to the recent annual report of the Ombudsman with respect to same. [43137/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Defective Building Materials (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his engagement with the retail banking sector, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and representative groups of homeowners affected by defective concrete blocks with respect to bridging finance and the significant funding shortfall homeowners face to remediate their homes. [43136/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (4 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the situation with a school in County Donegal (details supplied) where a dangerous incident almost occurred when children were crossing the road; if so, if his Department has been in touch with the school; if his Department has taken any measures to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Facilities (4 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any financial supports are available through her Department to facilitate the board of a school (details supplied) purchasing off-road parking; if she is aware of the urgency of this matter, in light of a near-tragic incident occurring on the N56, with children crossing the road to attend the school; and if she will make...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: What we have just heard from Deputy Clarke is example after example of families in crisis. That is what it is for those families. If you cannot get your children into school and you have to make alternative arrangements, in some cases, it is a crisis within the family. I spoke to a constituent last week who has written to many other elected representatives through tears, as she put it,...