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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...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has or will make a submission to the relaunched review of EU economic governance in particular with regard to fundamental reform of the Stability and Growth Pact; and if so, the reforms he and the Government will argue in favour of. [54425/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of employees with gross pay in excess of €100,000, €200,000 and €300,000 who availed of tax relief on their pension contributions in 2019; his views on whether this is a judicious use of resources; if he will consider a review of the tax relief on pension contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider immediate measures to support renters in the private rental market including the introduction of a refundable tax credit equivalent to one month’s rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (9 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would have been generated had the full rate of capital gains tax applied to the disposal of assets by IREFs and REITs in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will apply the full rate of capital gains tax to such disposals in the future. [54428/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Government support Mercosur now?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Today, the Government will set out its climate action plan and we wait to see the detail of what will be announced. I put it to the Minister that there is little point in waving the big stick at Irish farmers if the EU market is about to be flooded by environmentally damaging Brazilian beef in the coming years. The first step the Government should take in bringing farmers on board with a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister mentioned learning the lessons from pyrite and looking at examples. The Housing Agency took on that project and it is the only agency that can do this properly. We should not force families at their wits' end to compete for developers' prices and tenders and all the rest. The Minister for Finance clearly must have a view on this. The families are well aware of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Does that mean the Minister will not meet them? They asked me to ask the Minister if he would meet them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, thousands of these families came to the streets of Dublin twice. The Minister should respond to the question of whether he will meet them. It is unfair on the families.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Tá an scannal ó thaobh cúiteamh do theaghlaigh atá cráite ag míoca agus pirít ag dul ar aghaidh go fóill. Chuala muid ar fad na scéalta ó na teaghlaigh agus tá sár-jab déanta acu ag cur a gcuid pointí trasna le linn an fheachtais seo. Ar an 15 Meitheamh, thacaigh an tAire agus an Rialtas le rún ó Shinn Féin...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 346. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a date for an MRI scan in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53741/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 353. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a consultation in Sligo University Hospital ophthalmology department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53776/21]

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: As we begin discussing the Finance Bill tonight, I am deeply disappointed, to say the least, that the Government is going to miss the deadline once again to do what is right by the families in Donegal and elsewhere who are suffering as a result of no regulation or light-touch regulation. Their houses are crumbling around them. The extended deadline, 9 November, is now going to be missed by...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Deputy Harkin for bringing this Bill before the House. In a time of pandemic and economic downturn, the credit union movement has served the local needs of the communities within which it is embedded. We all agree that credit unions are trusted, visible and they understand what makes and strengthens communities. Just this month, credit unions maintained the top spot for best...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the National Broadband Plan will be rolled out across County Donegal by townland and yearly quarter in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53603/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (3 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to address the frequent cancellations of Bus Éireann Route 30 between counties Donegal and Dublin; if there are plans to ensure that such cancellations are always published on the Bus Éireann website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53605/21]