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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: We will stand up for mortgage holders. There is no doubt about that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome Trim's Men's Shed with us in the Gallery. I commend all the Men's Sheds across the State for the work they do. Ó mhí Iúil na bliana seo caite, tá rátaí úis morgáiste méadaithe sé huaire ag an mBanc Ceannais Eorpach. Tá cuma go n-ardóidh an banc na rátaí seo arís an tseachtain seo chugainn, rud a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: These families need support now. They need support from the Government. Yes, the ECB will set the rates independently but the Government can act. Mortgage interest relief was here until 2021 and the Tánaiste's party campaigned for its extension. I gave examples of people who are paying an interest rate of 8%. The governing council of the ECB is going to meet next Thursday. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (27 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has brought to the British government’s attention the concerns of the family of a person (details supplied) who was killed by the RUC in 1973 and their desire for a public inquiry into the killing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19447/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (27 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the issue that houses that have outer leaf repairs carried out under the Mica redress scheme may not qualify for SEAI home energy efficiency schemes grants; if it is the case they are prohibited from applying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11940/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue in time for a student (details supplied) in Donegal travelling on a school trip that was submitted in January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20144/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (27 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 327. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a full response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) sent in March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19978/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Government is just after changing tax last week.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (26 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 185. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will be made regarding who is to avail of the community recognition fund 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19733/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Tá fáilte roimh an dá Aire chuig an gcoiste. To pick up on that point about the spending rule the Government has adopted, this year core expenditure will increase by 7.4% compared with 2022. The Minister, Deputy Donohoe, says that is to do with cost-of-living pressures, but those pressures are outside of the core expenditure in the main. Is that not the case? That...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: What, then, is the Government's rationale for increasing core expenditure by 7.4%, which is about 50% higher than the rule it had?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Is it the Government's intention to stick to its 5% rule for next year in terms of core expenditure? Obviously, this rule does not include taxes, so there could be a package of €2 billion in terms of taxes and it would not include non-core expenditure, which last year was over €5 billion. In core expenditure terms, is the Government wedded to the 5%, even with inflation...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: But there may be a departure again, and that will be outlined in the summer economic statement. Is that what the Minister is saying?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That is fair enough.