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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: That is fine. To go back to the question, in August, February and March, and it became known at the end of March, Mr. Fraser did not mention a dicky bird to the Taoiseach that the Chief Medical Officer was thinking about moving on. Is that right? I do not know how many telephone conversations Mr. Fraser has with the Taoiseach, or how many WhatsApp and text messages, or meetings and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: With regard to the secondment policy in the Civil Service, I have a letter from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that went to all HR colleagues. This is Circular 27/2021, which indicates the new secondment policy for services being implemented. The first key principle is that all secondments will be temporary in nature and in general will be for a period of six months up to a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: A circular has legal standing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: Can they be open-ended given this circular?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: There is a very important point here. There may be existing open-ended secondments given whatever rules were in place at the time. Given this key principle, Circular 27/2001 prohibits open-ended secondments, does it not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: He says "This involved the Secretary of the Government and myself-----
- Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. There are many provisions within it but the primary motive for its introduction was to address an issue that came to prominence at the onset of the pandemic, namely, business interruption insurance in the context of Covid-19. Many businesses, primarily in the hospitality sector, held insurance polices that provided a degree of cover in the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: The invitation is for tomorrow.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: What about Robert Watt?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: When? Tomorrow?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: You are placing a carbon tax on it next week.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: Is turf and you are afraid to answer it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: You are afraid to answer the question on a ban on turf.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (26 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an earlier driving test date can be provided to facilitate a person (details supplied) in County Donegal requiring a test for employment purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19599/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (26 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 503. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue to be raised in 2022 by the scheduled increase in carbon tax on 12 October 2022. [20196/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (26 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 506. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from carbon taxation to date in 2022 disaggregated by the carbon tax increase of 12 October 2022, the carbon tax increase of 1 May 2022 and all other revenue for 2022, respectively. [20205/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (26 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 504. To ask the Minister for Finance if there was modelling carried before and since increases in the carbon tax in 2020 on the projected price trajectory without increases to the carbon tax in each of the years to 2030 by his Department or in collaboration with another Department given the stated objective of the carbon tax was to place a price floor on carbon-based fuels and consumption;...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 523. To ask the Minister for Finance the derogation and flexibility he sought in his correspondence and communications with the European Commission with respect to VAT as it applies to domestic energy and fuel use; the categories of fuel and energy for which he sought a derogation and flexibility with respect to VAT; the details of the communication with the Commission which facilitated a...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (26 Apr 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 524. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 10 November 2021, the estimated revenue raised in carbon tax, relative to the rate of €26 per tonne, in the years 2022 to 2030, were the increases due to take place on 1 May 2022 and 12 October 2022, respectively, not to proceed in tabular form. [20685/22]