Results 8,241-8,260 of 36,133 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (7 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with the CEOs and senior teams of banks (details supplied) regarding the withdrawal of banks from the market; the operational process of personal and business customers closing their accounts with the withdrawing banks and opening accounts with the receiving banks; the number of meetings he has had with each and the dates on which they...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (7 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected deficit levels in nominal terms and as a percentage of GDP and GNI, in each of the years to 2030, taking into account such factors as demographic change and reduced tax revenues as a result of the green transition to less carbon-intensive consumption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19064/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of introducing a new 30% rate of income tax by replacing the 40% rate or introducing a 30% rate with its tax rate band ranging from €36,800 to €40,000, €50,000 and €60,000, respectively. [19065/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (7 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 285. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue for a child (details supplied) for a school trip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18972/22]
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: On Friday, a Danish vessel with a cargo of blue whiting was prevented from landing at Killybegs Harbour due to the approach that has been taken by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority with regard to how fish are weighed. Yesterday, a Norwegian fishing vessel was also prevented from landing at Killybegs. Some 54 workers were told that there was no work for them in the processing factory...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: What is the Government going to do about it? These are jobs. The Taoiseach is talking about climate change. There are 40 lorries driving from Derry to Killybegs. It makes no sense.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: Hear, hear.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: That is not true.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach has no answer.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach cannot answer.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Common Travel Area (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views and those of his Department on section 81 of the nationality and borders Bill which is before the British Parliament, in particular subsection (1A) and its compatibility with and implications for the Common Travel Area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18566/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Common Travel Area (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the impact that section 81 of the nationality and borders Bill which is before the British Parliament, in particular subsection (1A) would have on carriers and the documents required for Irish citizens travelling to Britain if operable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18567/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue on time for a child (details supplied) to travel on a school trip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18620/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 234. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a risk assessment and respite service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18619/22]
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: The section deals with the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS. As we acknowledged on Second Stage, much of the Bill relates to issues that have taken place, such as the extension of some of the supports during Covid. Some of those supports have now expired while others will expire in the coming weeks. A certain number of them will have a slightly longer tail. There will be very few...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: This section provides an exemption from income tax, USC and PRSI for the recognition payment to front-line healthcare workers. We have discussed this matter previously. I believe it was first mooted by the Taoiseach when he was in America last June or July. Commitments were made that it would be enacted before the end of the year or, at one stage, even before the budget. The Minister is...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: Will it be this month or a little after that?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: Obviously, the criteria have to be agreed, announced and published before payments are made. The Minister has a list with him. Are nurses who were working in GP practices and were involved in vaccinations on it? Are those who worked through voluntary bodies like Cancer Care West on it? Will the Minister provide us the details of the pro ratanature of the payment? How will it be...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister have an estimate of this measure's cost?