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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I am raising this issue once again because families living in crumbling homes in my constituency in Donegal, but also in Mayo, Sligo and Clare, are waiting for a fit-for-purpose scheme to rebuild their homes and lives. They have been given promises and they have seen missed deadlines, and the defective concrete block grant scheme is not fit for purpose. Thousands came onto the streets...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach is not a commentator. We all know the external factors that are pushing up prices. They have been referenced many times before, but that does not absolve him as Taoiseach or the Government from acting and doing everything in their power to protect households and families here. Households are struggling to make it to the end of the week and the Taoiseach is telling them that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: -----and at least to look at the proposals that we brought forward, and it needs to support workers and families in these extraordinary times.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: What I am proposing is that the Taoiseach should sit down. He is embarrassing himself.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: We support the people who are queuing at food banks. What about that for an idea?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Níl dabht ar bith ach go bhfuil an ghéarchéim sa chostas maireachtála ag tiomáint níos mó agus níos mó teaghlaigh go dtí pointe na bochtaineachta, agus nár oibrigh an méid atá déanta ag an Rialtas go dtí seo. Tá rudaí ag dul ó olc go holc agus tá daoine ag streachailt chun íoc as earraí...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28412/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal who is travelling on 5 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28418/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue for a child (details supplied) who is travelling on 17th June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28420/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a child passport will issue on time for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal travelling on 8th June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28419/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28439/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing times for disability allowance applications for each month to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28440/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome our witnesses and thank them for their fiscal assessment report. There is always a wealth of information contained in the council's high-quality reports. In the context of the unequal impact of heightened inflation, the council outlines in its report that there is potentially space for additional, targeted one-off measures to support those who are most vulnerable to the current...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: It is good to hear that. Just before coming in here today we heard an announcement from PrepayPower that electricity prices would increase by 10% and gas by 20% on top of what has already happened. There is a breaking point here and some have already passed it. The council has been critical of the Government's lack of a targeted approach in its interventions to date. The report refers...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Barnes mentioned the welfare system. To date, since the start of the year we have not seen an increase in core social welfare working-age payments. In order to be in line with the average inflation rate that we are likely to see over the course of the year, predicted to be 6.2%, those rates would need to increase by €7.50. Would that be the type of targeted measure that would...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Large parts of that underspend come in the area of health and recruitment in health, so not trying to catch up causes problems there and accentuates the problems we have. I believe it was the Institute for Fiscal Studies in Britain that analysed Boris Johnson's measures and suggested that they shielded the most vulnerable by giving the types of payments that were made for those on social...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: That is fair enough. In its report, the council does guide us along the way with some of the boxes, including boxes E-1 and E-2 and the impact of inflation on Government revenue. Will Mr. Barnes talk us through, in simple terms, what this means. For example, are the figures in table E-2 the total amount of additional revenue the State is bringing in as a result of the increased inflation...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Overall, on the basis of no policy change, and given what we were looking at last year compared to now as a result of increased inflation, will Mr. Barnes explain what the numbers in these tables reflect? For example, table E-2 refers to this year's income tax of €1.4 billion, social contributions of €613 million and VAT of €202 million.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Are the factors that lead to this €2 billion improvement outlined in table E-1: nominal compensation of employees; nominal personal consumption, which is in the negative territory; nominal building and construction, which as we know is also very high; and the inflation rate? Is it correct to say that it is very much in the area of inflation?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I do not have the reference here, so correct me if I am wrong. In the report the council refers to the measures the Government has introduced since the start of the year which is the €1.1 billion, and then we had the VAT extension, which is about €200 million. The council makes the point that this is less than the bump in tax revenues the State is generating as a result of...