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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Did the ESRI look at the eviction ban or at what is happening in Scotland, where it was extended?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Dr. McQuinn says the ESRI does not expect the level of inflation predicted last year. Inflation dropped in January and went back up in February. Where does the ESRI see inflation at? If it moderates, it does not mean prices are coming down. Prices are locked in at the levels they are at and are still increasing. The ESRI made the point in previous commentary on the role one-off...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The ECB has released interesting data showing profits are rising much faster than wages. There was much speculation we would have a wage growth spiral, which has not materialised, but there is significant profit growth in many sectors, including construction, manufacturing and mining. Agriculture saw the biggest rise in profits across Europe, compared with wage growth. Is price gouging...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The point I was picking up on was that the ESRI did its analysis, and the one-off measures have created a buffer for some of our lower-income households, but the prices are locked in and are continuing to rise. With regard to those one-off measures, the €200 is spent. It can not be spent again. Social welfare rates did not increase to buffer them. If you look at it just through a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Online Safety (22 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons to whom online platforms have paid compensation following said persons being victims of authorised push payment fraud as a result of fraudulent advertisements on their platforms; and the total value of compensation paid, in each of the years 2018 to 2022, inclusive. [14335/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (22 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is planned that respite services for children and young adults will recommence at Drumboe House, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13993/23]

Eviction Ban: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Hear, hear.

Eviction Ban: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Listening to the Minister and the Minister of State, you would swear to God we were not in the middle of a housing crisis. You would swear to God we did not have rents at record levels, house prices at record levels and a whole generation locked out of any prospect of homeownership the longer the Government stays in power. Listening to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, you would swear 11,754...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: There are 3,000 children in emergency accommodation.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: They have not bought them yet.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Those are the facts.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It is true.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: You cannot make them homeless, as the Government is planning to do in ten days. The Minister for homelessness; that is who you are.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Never in the history of the State before.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Unbelievable. Shameful.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: There is no hiding place anymore. That was disgraceful.

Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill 2023. This legislation at its most general is a response to the cost-of-living and energy crisis that has impacted the financial resilience of households and businesses right across the State. In what follows, I wish to comment on the main provisions of the legislation. First, however, I would like to make a point regarding the very...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for employment purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12852/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 323. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rent tax credit is envisaged as being a permanent part of the tax base in the years ahead; if the rent tax credit is in the base for 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028; and if so, its cost in each year. [13089/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 324. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will provide a five-year forecast with respect to the fiscal position in the upcoming Stability Programme Update (details supplied). [13092/23]