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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason, despite repeated warnings from members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal to him and his Department, including in June 2018 and in December 2020, that the eligibility criteria for access to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme were grossly inequitable, excluded many genuinely disabled persons and needed to be changed,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance his interactions with banks (details supplied) since the announcement of their withdrawal from the banking market and with the remaining and receiving banks to discuss the preparedness of the banks for the transition; if he is satisfied that the banks are adequately resourced with reasonable timelines to ensure this process is managed successfully; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of development land in hectares held by NAMA for which NAMA had an interest or by which NAMA loans were secured and which were sold by NAMA in each of the years 2010 to 2022; the details of the land sold by location, size, residential zoning, planning permission and capacity for development of residential units; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market has since its establishment considered the difficulty in accessing home and property insurance for buildings with thatched roofs; if the office has engaged with brokers or providers in other jurisdictions in relation to same; if the office has engaged with the heritage division of the Department...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 4: In schedule 2, inserted by paragraph (1), in the cell located at the intersection of the row dated 1 May 2022 and the column headed “Heavy Oil: Rates per 1,000 litres – Other heavy oil” to substitute “€93.52” for “€111.14”.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Yes.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 3: In schedule 2, inserted by paragraph (1), in the cell located at the intersection of the row dated 1 May 2022 and the column headed "Heavy Oil: Rates per 1,000 litres – Kerosene used other than as a propellant” to substitute "€0.00" for "€103.83".

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: On the basis that it reduces the cost of a fill home heating oil by €118 instead of increasing it by €20-----

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: -----I am going to press it.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Some of the Government backbenchers would not have known because they do not know what they are voting for here.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 9 o’clock I move amendment No. 2: In schedule 2, inserted by paragraph (1), in the cell located at the intersection of the row dated 1 May 2022 and the column headed “Heavy Oil: Rates per 1,000 litres – Used as a propellant” to substitute “€330.00” for “€405.38”. This amendment reduces diesel by 9 cent per litre....

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Did the Ceann Comhairle hear Deputy Creed's comments?

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 1: In schedule 2, inserted by paragraph (1), in the cell located at the intersection of the row dated 1 May 2022 and the column headed “Light Oil: Rates per 1,000 litres – Petrol” to substitute “€359.00” for “€465.98”. This amendment seeks to reduce the cost of petrol by 13 cent per litre.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 2: To delete section 1(b) and substitute the following: “(b) by the substitution in paragraph (c) of “subject to paragraphs (ca), (caa), (caaa) and (cb)” for “subject to paragraphs (ca) and (cb), and”.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 3: To insert the following after section 1(c): “(d) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (caa): “(caaa) during the period from 1 May 2022, or the earliest date thereafter, pending clarification from the European Commission that the enactment of the provisions specified in this subsection would not prevent the prior rate of 13.5 per...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: -----which is absolutely misleading. I will finish with this. All taxes go to the Central Fund, not towards specific measures or programmes. This can be done. There is a choice here tonight-----

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: -----to increase the price of home heating oil, or actually reduce it. Take the side of workers and families or take the side of the Government.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 1: To delete section 1(a) and substitute the following: “(a) by the substitution in paragraph (a) of “at any of the rates specified in paragraphs (b), (c), (ca), (caa), (caaa), (cb) and (d)” for “at any of the rates specified in paragraphs (b), (c), (ca) and (d),”. The Minister of State never lets us down; he is talking through...