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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 7. To ask the Minister for Finance if the advantageous tax provisions applying to real estate investment trusts and Irish real estate funds apply for the purchase of both new and existing housing stock; the number of new and existing housing units purchased by Irish real estate funds in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10106/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: We just discussed how the Minister for Finance is going to continue to push up tax on ordinary families in the form of carbon tax, despite them being pushed to the pins of the collars because of the cost-of-living crisis. I ask him to explain to the House why he is not going to allow the vulture and cuckoo funds to pay any tax on their incomes from rent or any capital gains tax, CGT. Are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister did not answer my question concerning whether these tax provisions will apply to the purchase of new and existing housing stock. The housing crisis, as I have said on many occasions, is not an accident. It is a direct consequence of the policies of the Minister's party, and of the decisions made by that party and by its partners in government, Fianna Fáil. It is an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has again refused to answer the question because the facts are terrible for him. These funds, which he ensures pay no corporation tax, and which in some cases have rental income of €61 million, pay no CGT when they dispose of their assets. No other Irish company can enjoy that advantage. No other individual who rents out properties can enjoy it. The Minister, though,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: They want to see the funds paying.

Carbon Tax: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas le achan duine a labhair ar an rún seo anocht. I thank all the Deputies for their contributions so far. I have listened to the points that have been made from all sides. My understanding of the carbon tax the Minister announced on budget day is it would be legislated for in Finance Act 2021. That included increases out to 2030. That vote took place on the 2...

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: It is definitely not a 2% increase.

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Tairgim: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — workers and families face a cost-of-living crisis; — inflation and rising prices disproportionately impact the living standards of lower-income households, with low- and middle-income households spending a higher proportion of their income on food, electricity and home heating than higher-income households; — in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: We have been through two weeks of dreadful weather, most recently with Storm Franklin, with severe weather conditions right across the west coast and elsewhere. For families whose homes are affected by mica and pyrite, it has been a very frightening and anxious time. Their homes are already crumbling. Families and their children are fearful of what they could wake up to. Those of us in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: That is not true. We increased portions of welfare-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: We did not say we would. Let us stop pushing up energy prices on families.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: We are against pushing up prices on families. What do you only understand about that? Push up gas prices. Push up oil prices.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: What about the vulture funds, Minister?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The people I speak to who live in this city say they cannot afford €2,000 rents and cannot understand why the Minister and his Government continue to vote against rent freezes. They continue to ask me why the Government will not support the Sinn Féin policy that would put a month’s rent back into renters’ pockets. The people I talk to tell me about the fact that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I begin by extending, on behalf of Sinn Féin, my condolences on the passing of South Belfast MLA, Christopher Stalford, to Christopher's wife, Laura, to his four children, his family, friends and colleagues in the DUP. Our thoughts and prayers are with them as they grieve his loss. Tá dhá tuairisc a fhoilsíodh an tseachtain seo a chaitheann síos go mór ar...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide updated projections from his Department on the rate of inflation for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; if the projections will be disaggregated by income decile and household type; and if he will bring forward an anti-inflation strategy as called for by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in response to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered developing a strategy with respect to cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens given concerns regarding their respective use for purposes of tax avoidance, tax evasion and money laundering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9699/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the drawdown of the €100 million allocated to investment in residential and community energy efficiency further to the allocation of carbon tax expenditures provided in table 1 of the budget 2021 document, the Use of Carbon Tax Funds 2021; if any of these funds were surrendered back to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider legislative changes to monitor the passing on of savings from insurers to consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8772/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on pension contributions in 2019, disaggregated by salary band in intervals of €10,000, in tabular form. [9140/22]