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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister said it is all right but that is the problem.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: People are under pressure.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Just make it up, Darragh.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Tá an Rialtas seo in oifig anois le breis agus trí bliana. Tá plean tithíochta an Aire seo i bhfeidhm anois le dhá bhliain agus tá a fhios ag madraí an bhaile go bhfuil teipthe ar an bplean sin. Tá na spriocanna tithíochta ró-íseal agus tá an plean agus an Rialtas seo ag ligean síos ár muintir. Tá a fhios ag Sinn...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: We do not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: If people who are struggling with a cost-of-living crisis in the middle of a housing crisis wanted hope, they were not going to get it from the Minister opposite today.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That is the really shameful thing. He talks about Sinn Féin and tries to mislead the public with some of his commentary. Let us deal with reality. I am talking about affordable housing. How much did he deliver in year 1? Zero. How much did he deliver in year 2? He delivered 75. How much did he deliver in year 3? Fewer than 1,000. In year 4, the Minister promised 5,500 but how...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (21 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue to be generated by the temporary solidarity contribution and cap on market revenues in each of the years 2024 and 2025, respectively (disaggregated by each - Temporary Solidarity Contribution and Cap on Market Revenues); and if the revenue with respect to each is included in the revenue base for 2024 and 2025, as outlined in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (21 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the level of excise applied to home heating oil from €122.83 to €100, €72.83, €60 and €0.00, from 12 October 2023 to end-2023 and from 1 January 2024 to end-March 2024 respectively, in tabular form. [40897/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing a €100 lump-sum payment for each social welfare and social assistance scheme on 1 November 2023, 1 October 2023 and 1 March 2024 respectively, disaggregated by social welfare payment type, in tabular form. [40898/23]

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank all of the speakers who spoke on this motion today. Many of them mentioned that this is the third time we have had a motion of this nature before the House. Sinn Féin will continue to campaign and to put forward proposals that will provide relief for hard-pressed workers and families in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. We are very conscious that there is a portion of...

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (20 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — the cost-of-living crisis is exacting enormous pressure on household finances; and — mortgage costs are among households’ largest monthly expense, with the unprecedented and sustained rise in interest rates resulting in significant financial pressure for households; notes that: — on 20th September the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I am keeping an eye on the Chamber as our Private Members' Business debate is coming up. IFAC speaks about the national spending rule. It is the only organisation that calls it the national spending rule. IFAC wants us to legislate for the rule but there is no legislation underpinning the rule and it is not a national rule. It is a Government rule that appeared in the summer economic...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I understand IFAC's logic because its members have it clear and asked for the rule to be legislated. However, as a point of fact we do not have a national expenditure rule. There is no legislation underpinning it; the Government describes it as the Government's rule. It is not a national rule. It is not like the fiscal rules that had an underpinning and despite IFAC wishing it did, it...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: There is no agreement. There is no agreement of the Oireachtas. This rule-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Which means it is not national.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It is not national. The Oireachtas has never agreed to this rule. This is a majority of Deputies who make up the coalition agreeing to it in their parties. It is important. It is more than semantics, because as I said IFAC has a crucial role in educating and guiding people on complex issues and there is no national rule. Unfortunately, I will have to go the Chamber because time is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. I can extrapolate from that that in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis where we expect inflation to decrease by 2025 across the EU at 2.1%, and less here next year, that one-off measures to provide support with the cost of living could be dealt with as non-core expenditure because they are genuinely only there to deal with the inflationary pressures on families.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Nevin Economic Research Institute (20 Sep 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I understand and I agree on that. I am sorry I need to cut this short, but I thank the council members for coming in and for their answers.