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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It should not have to take this meeting to recognise that the financial industry, which is at the coalface of this because its customers are the ones discovering that payments have been being taken out, should not have to select a violation from a drop-down menu, which is the same level of access my mum has. That is not acceptable. Financial institutions have information that they should...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: In last week's budget the Government made a conscious decision to under-fund the health system. That is well established. The impact is going to be felt by those unable to get a hospital bed, those who will remain on long waiting lists and thousands of seriously ill patients who may not be able to access potentially life-saving medicines. The Government is now playing the blame game,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste should talk to his Ministers, three of them together.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The question is whether the Tánaiste accepts the under-funding of the health system.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, we allocated €2.5 billion. The Government allocated €800 million.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I am not going to allow----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I am not going to allow the Tánaiste to mislead the Dáil on this issue.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, the Tánaiste is misleading the Dáil deliberately on this issue.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I made the point that the Glanmire flood relief scheme was announced in 2016. The floods happened in 2012 and it took three years for ministerial consent. Nobody in the community is opposing it or objecting to it. They desperately need it and they were hit again yesterday with devastating floods. The Tánaiste spoke about humanitarian assistance funding. It is means-tested. Will the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I will finish on this point. Many community facilities took years to be replaced. Sarsfields summed it up in one quote, "'We won a county, lost a pitch but hopefully saved a part of the Glanmire community."

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Now it is time for the Government to step up and support not only Sarsfields GAA but also other facilities, including our hospitals, crèches, businesses and households-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: -----very quickly without delay. Crucially we need to speed forward the type of schemes that will protect communities in the medium to long term.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: You are hilarious.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I dtús báire, is mian liom mo dhlúthpháirtíocht a chur in iúl do mhuintir Chorcaí agus pobal iarthar Phort Láirge sna ceantair sin inar tharla tubaiste tromchúiseach inné nuair a bhí tuillte ansin. Bhí tionchar mór ag na tuillte ar go leor tithí agus gnóthaí ar fud an cheantair sin agus bhí go leor...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any financial supports are available through her Department to facilitate the board of a school (details supplied) in purchasing off-road parking; if he 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 a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school bus ticket can be provided for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45917/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Engagement: Economic and Social Research Institute (18 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Dr. Doorley and Dr. Tuda for their presentation and their insights on budget 2024, as well as the analysis of the budget, particularly in certain sectors and income deciles.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Engagement: Economic and Social Research Institute (18 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to touch on the health allocation, which we just discussed briefly in private session. It is an area of great concern following the announcement of the budget. The HSE and the head of the Department both stated that the expenditure required in a standstill scenario for 2024 was between €1.9 billion and €2 billion. We can see from the estimates provided in the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Engagement: Economic and Social Research Institute (18 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The rationale for establishing the Committee on Budgetary Oversight is to have a greater understanding, not just by ourselves as parliamentarians and therefore allowing for better decision-making but also a greater understanding by the public. One of the biggest challenges is to question a Department with regard to what ELS is and how it is calculated. We were told in this committee up...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-Budget Engagement: Economic and Social Research Institute (18 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Perfect. I thought I would take the opportunity. It was an excellent piece of work. Regarding the presentation the witnesses provided, I wish to focus on the at-risk-of-poverty measure across specific groups when temporary measures are excluded. In the ESRI’s post-budget briefing, it found the at-risk-of-poverty measure increased across adults, the elderly, children and those...