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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister thinks that the great debate is on carbon tax.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I will come in on amendment No. 106, but will speak to amendment No. 112. We will get it over and done with because the Minister will not move on these amendments. Whatever way it is presented, at the end of the day, the banking sector and the same number of deposits and loans will remain in the State, but the levy that is charged will be reduced. It is only being extended for another year...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 110: In page 132, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "Report on introduction of residential stamp duty surcharge for non-residential purchases 61. The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the introduction of a stamp duty tax surcharge on the purchase of residential...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I will revert to this matter on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The increase of the threshold to €50,000 and interest having gone right up there means we are not comparing like with like over time, but it is a big increase. The Minister mentioned that the list will become smaller and he talked about the benefits of that happening. I am not sure if I buy into that suggested benefit of tax defaulters being a little more worried because the list...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sports Organisations (16 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 675. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will engage with a community sports group (details supplied); if he will acknowledge and issue a response to the email sent to him in respect of this matter on 13 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55790/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. A number of weeks ago the Minister, Deputy Ryan, appointed two friends to the Climate Change Advisory Council. This was despite a recommendation from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment and Climate Action recommending that there should be an open, competitive and transparent process attached to such appointments. I am sure the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Tá teaghlaigh i nDún na nGall ag fanacht go fóill ar fhreagraí maidir le foilsiú thuairisc Brandon. I ndiaidh blianta de mhoill, tá siad go fóill sa dorchadas maidir le caidé a tharlaigh go díreach dá ndaoine muinteartha. Tá siad ag iarraidh fáil amach na fáthanna gur tharlaigh an drochíde seo, cad sa chóras a theip...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire for his response, particularly the comment that the families will get to see the full report, because there have been suggestions this would be an executive summary of the report and that parts of it would be redacted. It is really important that families have the full information. He can imagine the nightmare these families are going through in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (11 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider immediate measures to support renters in the private rental market including a ban on rent increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (11 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a reformed 100% redress scheme for homes affected by defective blocks with mica and pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55223/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta (11 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 120. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le toghcháin phoiblí do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [54560/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Rannach (11 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 125. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sí athbhreithniú ar Scéim na mBóithre Áise chun í a thabhairt ar ais do na Ceantair Ghaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [54561/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (11 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times that Glenveagh National Park had to close in 2021 as a result of the car park reaching capacity; and if his Department has liaised with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works to discuss the need for the expansion of the car parking facilities at Glenveagh National Park...

Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the opportunity to speak on Second Stage of this important legislation. We will scrutinise it further if it proceeds to Committee Stage. The purpose of the Bill, as the Minister of State set out, is to ratify the amending agreements between the European Stability Mechanism treaty and the Single Resolution Fund intergovernmental agreement. It is required in order to implement the...

Rising Costs and Supply Security for Fuel and Energy: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The coming months will be difficult for a lot of low and middle-income households as a result of the 35 energy increases introduced this year, with many more expected. The annual bill for heating a home can cost between €400 and €500 more than it was this time last year. Electricity prices have risen by 21%, gas by 14% and home heating oil by 46%. The Minister of State and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (10 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected revenue raised from legislated increases in the carbon tax in each year from 2021 to 2030 relative to the rate of €26 per tonne in 2020 as it pertains to the €9.5 billion expected to be raised from 2021 to 2030 in carbon tax increases as referenced in the Climate Action Plan, for example, the revenue raised from the new rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 217. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital for a kidney stone removal operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54788/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Corporation Tax Issues and General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Minister for Finance (10 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: May I ask on a point of order, if we are doing separate questions on the senior executive accountability regime, SEAR, and corporation tax or are we doing the questions all together?