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- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2022)
Pearse Doherty: He said it was €560. That is what moneylenders currently charge - €560. The Minister of State did not even know what the impact of his own legislation, which I presume he is taking through the House, will be or what is at the core of the legislation, which relates to requiring a cap. What his legislation will do is reduce it to €480.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2022)
Pearse Doherty: I should not have to tell the Minister of State what his own legislation is and does, or how little it does, when he is using that as a stick to beat this legislation down. This Bill would reduce the cost of credit for borrowers by a far more significant amount. That is the form, however. The Minister of State just voted down a section with which he completely agrees. It is disappointing....
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2022)
Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Short title, collective citation and commencement 2.(1) This Act may be cited as the Consumer Credit (Amendment) Act 2018. (2) The Consumer Credit Acts 1995 to 2010 and this Act may be cited together as the Consumer Credit Acts 1995 to 2018. (3) This Act comes into operation six months after...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2022)
Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 5: In page 3, line 6, after “1995” to insert “; and to provide for related matters”. The Minister of State has made a dog's dinner of this legislation. It is one of the worst examples of parliamentary practice I have seen in the 13 years I have been here. It is legislation that has a commencement and a Title but nothing else. It is...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2022)
Pearse Doherty: That is nine times what a credit union charges at this point in time.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2022)
Pearse Doherty: The only reason the Minister of State and the Government will not oppose section 2 is that they would send back a blank piece of paper to the House and show up this farce and the fact that they refuse to co-operate. We will have a debate on the Minister of State's legislation. I am glad certain things will move on this. However, is the Minister of State serious about €560, with no...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (3 Mar 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting times for NCT test centres in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12206/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (3 Mar 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that a NCT date was cancelled in the case of a person (details supplied); if an emergency test date or a further extension will be given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12305/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (3 Mar 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that a NCT date was cancelled in the case of a person (details supplied); if an emergency test date or a further extension will be given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12306/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: United Nations (1 Mar 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 537. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the next periodic report on Ireland's implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child will be submitted and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10962/22]
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Feb 2022)
Pearse Doherty: I want to ask about the rights of citizens with disabilities. Documents released to me under freedom of information show that, for years, the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal has called on the Minister for Finance to change the criteria of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme. It warned that it excluded and discriminated against citizens with genuine, permanent and severe...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2022)
Pearse Doherty: Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom a rá go gcáineann Sinn Féin gníomhaíochtaí na Rúise agus iad ag sárú teorann agus ceannas na hÚcráine. Seasann muid le muintir na hÚcráine ag an am iontach deacair seo, agus is cinnte go seasann an Dáil leo fosta. I begin by expressing on behalf of Sinn Féin our complete...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2022)
Pearse Doherty: I thank the Tánaiste for the response and for the clarity regarding the support of the Government for economic sanctions, including banking sanctions. Will the Government this afternoon put forward an argument for some of these sanctions with its European counterparts? We are learning through media reports that there is disagreement, or at least there was, with some countries looking...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Registration Tax (24 Feb 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if motor tax can be refunded for a vehicle that was off road for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10560/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Feb 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving licence can be renewed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10716/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Feb 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10717/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Feb 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 288. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue for a person (details supplied) submitted in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10827/22]
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)
Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach cannot even defend his own policy.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)
Pearse Doherty: What is the Taoiseach's response?