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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: The Minister mentioned troll farms in some foreign country, which was beneath him. I have represented those families.

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: That is not the point.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State said it is early days in this process. In fact, it is more than six months since the guidelines were enforced. As we see from the information provided by PIAB, it has reduced average awards by 40%, thereby reducing the cost of claims for the insurance industry. The relevant legislation was not passed by all the parties in this House to boost the profit of insurance...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: There is a company in Dundalk about to go bust because it cannot get insurance-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: -----and there are many others like it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: This is what I cannot understand. The Minister of State says he is going to take action against the industry. The Tánaiste talked about it more than a year and a half ago, before the election, saying he was giving the insurance industry six months and that was it, after which the stick would come out. We in this House did our job. Representatives of the insurance industry came before...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: You are misleading the Dáil. That legislation does nothing of the sort. It asks the Central Bank for a report on what it is doing.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State is completing and utterly misleading the Dáil.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Your legislation does nothing.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The legislation does nothing. The only power it gives you is to ask for a report from the Central Bank. You could telephone the Governor and ask for the same thing.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: It is an embarrassment.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take to ensure that all claim cost reductions derived from the new personal injuries guidelines are passed on to consumers in the form of reduced insurance premiums; and when legislative action will be taken to reform the duty of care. [54657/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: On 6 March, the personal injury guidelines were adopted by the Judicial Council. They came into force on 24 April, which was more than six months ago. I raised this issue with the Minister on 31 March and I am doing so again because it is important for motorists, businesses and our community sector. The reductions in rewards under those guidelines are not being passed on to consumers in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider providing relief to low- and middle-income households struggling with the cost of energy through an exemption from VAT in respect of domestic energy supplies or a rebate of VAT on domestic energy supplies in the winter months; and if he has or will discuss these matters with the European Commission. [54656/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The winter months will pose significant financial challenges for many households, particularly those on low and middle incomes. We see rising prices and a spike in energy costs. More than 35 price increases have been announced by energy providers since the start of the year and annual bills now are rising by between €400 and €500. I ask that the Minister take further action...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: In the 12 months to September, the price of electricity rose by 21%, gas by 14% and home heating oil by a staggering 46%. We need to stretch every sinew to protect households from energy poverty this winter. Budget 2022 clearly failed to do that. The Minister has read out a response that is outdated as regards the EU directive. He will be mindful of the toolbox the Commission agreed,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Some of those decisions will increase energy prices further by hiking carbon tax later next year. As the Minister mentioned, a number of countries are engaging with the Commission on this issue, the Czech Republic being one. Spain has already slashed the cost of energy bills by 11%. The Spanish Government has done that up until the end of the year. The Labour Party across the water has...

Regional Transport Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Taking a map of our island and following the route to Donegal, a person is lucky if he or she is setting out on that journey from Dublin because there will be motorway for the first 30 minutes of it. After that, however, the drive will be on a mix of national and secondary roads, often winding, poorly lit roads in dire conditions. If one is going to where I am from, Gweedore, or somewhere...

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: This motion authorises the Minister for Finance, in accordance with section 6(1) of the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019, not to pay the prescribed amount of €500 million into the national surplus reserve fund for 2021. This relates to the so-called rainy day fund which was established by Fine Gael to burnish its image as a prudent manager of the...