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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday, at the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, Ms Lisa Hone of the Mica Action Group spoke of how one year after the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage announced his intention to bring forward a new redress scheme, households felt abandoned by this Government. They remained locked out of the scheme and facing a shortfall of tens of thousands of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Tax cuts for the rich.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Government called for the ECB to increase interest rates earlier this year and now they are suffering as a result of that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Táthar ag súil ar maidin go n-ardódh an Banc Ceannais Eorpach a ráta úis arís faoi 0.75 pointe céatadáin eile. Sin méadú de dhá phointe céatadáin ó mhí iúil, agus beidh tionchar láithreach ag an ardú seo ar theaghlaigh a bhfuil morgáiste rianúcháin acu, le go leor ag feiceáil a gcuid...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: All those excessive profits the banks are making go untaxed under the Tánaiste's Government. The banks have told us themselves that, despite making nearly €1 billion in the first six months of this year, this will boost their interest income by another €1 billion. The Central Bank has told us that, of all European banks, Irish banks will benefit most from the hikes. It...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: That is not true.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: It is Fine Gael's sister party that wrecked the economy across the water because it introduced tax cuts for the rich.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (27 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 122. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if any efforts will be made to provide an organisation (details supplied) based in County Donegal with an alternative source of funding after the foundation has been informed by Pobal that it can no longer avail of the vital funding that it requires. [53605/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (26 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will obtain an appointment for occupational therapy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53721/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Given that we are talking about a defective block levy, I will start with Ms Hone if that is okay. We are very conscious that it is now a year since the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy O'Brien, announced that enhancements would be made to the redress scheme. One year later can Ms Hone describe the situation and the human impact on the ground in her county of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Many of the homeowners are obviously continuing to pay the mortgages they have with financial institutions. They face a lengthy process to even get accepted onto the old scheme in the first instance, and they are waiting for the second scheme. We have heard in different committees about the shortfall families will have to make up themselves. Ms Hone touched on that in her opening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I will touch on that later with the SCSI in relation to the levy and the figures being provided. I am not questioning it but when you decide to exclude certain things, then the overall costs and the true costs are also excluded. I will turn to Mr. Parlon with regard to the Construction Industry Federation, CIF. I welcome his statement which took into account of the changes that happened...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Anecdotal evidence that developments are being paused or reconsidered was touched on. I see it in my own community, mostly with self-builds, where people pausing for a couple of years to see if the rates will come down. Suppliers in my area tell me that people are just trying to get the house closed in and then just leaving it like that because they cannot afford to continue at the present...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland for its analysis of the impact of the concrete levy. Mr. James went much further in his opening statement, if he does not mind me saying that. He suggested that the Government will be challenged in terms of meeting its targets, that it has missed targets and that we would need to be reaching 45,000 by the end of the decade. He made it very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Of course, some will use timber joists.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I want to clarify the witnesses costings and those of the Department. First, the Department has carried out costings based on returns it got in September. It states that ''the cost ranges based on September 2022 tender returns and the impact on cost caused by hyper inflation, temporary works, Russia-Ukraine conflict, rising energy costs, abnormal ground conditions are also excluded''. All...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Department also believes that two thirds of this levy will be hard costs and one third will be soft costs. The witnesses' figure of up to €1,200 is on hard costs only. The soft costs they have estimated are itemised as professional fees, contingency finance and risk. If you were to add that on, that could potentially take it up to €1,800. Would that be correct, using the...