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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Táimid ag maireachtáil i lár ghéarchéim tithíochta de bharr pholasaí an Rialtais. Bhí an cinneadh deireadh a chur leis an gcosc ar dhíshealbhú fuar agus cadránta. Tá údaráis áitiúla ag rá le teaghlaigh, is é sin, na tionóntaí sin a bheidh díshealbhaithe, nach bhfuil áit ar bith acu...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Where are they going to go?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Where are they going to go?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: In the Tánaiste's four-minute diatribe, he did not answer the question I put to him, or the question Teachta McDonald put to the Taoiseach yesterday. Where are these individuals going to go? The Tánaiste may want to focus on me or Deputy Ó Broin or whatever; I am focusing on people like this parent with two children who South Dublin County Council told there is no emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (9 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with his Ministerial colleagues regarding increased places for those intending to study veterinary medicine. [11792/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (9 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that homeowners with properties affected by Mica are continuing to pay full mortgage costs on their homes, some of which are uninhabitable or now demolished; if he recognises the additional financial strain this is putting on homeowners; if he has engaged with the Central Bank and lenders regarding this issue;...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: You have made a conscious decision to increase homelessness and it is shameful.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It is a conscious decision to increase homelessness.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, this is a Government that cannot deal with the fact that it has made a decision to increase homelessness.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Government is out of order.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That is not a point of order.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That is not a point of order.

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: We hear more and more talk about moving to a cashless society but cash remains a critical pillar of the financial system and access to it is crucial for citizens and businesses. Despite widespread commentary regarding the transition to a cashless society, most consumers value having cash. Its importance is even more critical for certain cohorts, including the elderly and those on low...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: What would a proper plan look like from the point of view of the IFA? What would need to be included in it to encourage the necessary investment - the large numbers to which Mr. Cullinan referred - in alternatives? The horizon is clear in terms of climate change and the need for all sectors to do their bit. The agricultural sector is ready, willing and able to step up but it needs to know...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: It is not today or yesterday that farmers started talking to me about their frustration at the barriers preventing them generating solar electricity and feeding it back into the grid, which would be a way of keeping their farms viable, even though we are missing our overall targets in terms of climate change objectives. Mr. Cullinan gave the example of rooftop solar. Tomorrow morning, my...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That uncertainty and stories circulating through the agricultural sector of farmers being hit with an unforeseen tax bill will probably unsettle people who may be considering taking the necessary steps we want them to take. To go back to the equalisation of the levy on agricultural fuel, what percentage of the component cost does fuel make up in the context of agriculture? If the proposal...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Mr. Cullinan. May I ask a question of the IRHA?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I hear the comments of the witnesses from the IRHA. I am mindful of the fact that a ferry company in Norway is now banning hybrid cars and electric cars from boarding its ships because of the issues in respect of putting out fires. In terms of the trajectory, the manufacturers have come together to state that there will be no more diesel trucks in Europe by 2040. They have already signed...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the witnesses to the committee and thank them for their opening statements and the answers to the questions so far. I will try not to be repetitive in that regard. I will begin with the IFA. Its opening statement mentions the proposal by the Commission on Taxation and Welfare for equalisation on the levy on excise duty and that agricultural diesel be the same as marked gas oil....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and I thank our guests for coming before the committee. I have missed some of the earlier interaction but have read our guests opening statements and I have been briefed. Unfortunately, I was at another engagement. I wish to tease some matters out and if I am going over ground already covered, I can look over the transcripts, which I will do in any event....