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Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome this debate. I will start by quoting the words of Dr. Anne Doherty, who is a psychiatric professional: We all make decisions every day about who is sick enough to warrant that bed of the four people in front of us. Ideally, you would admit all four. That deals with the reality faced by many people. I refer to the services simply not being there, whether those are inpatient...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach should do something about it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: You are out of time. The voters are not stupid.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: You should cut rents and freeze them.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by the excess bank remuneration charge in each of the years since its introduction, in tabular form. [3945/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of relevant employees that have been subject to the excess bank remuneration charge in each of the years since its introduction disaggregated by specified institution in tabular form. [3946/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times an employer has failed to make and deliver a return on time to the Revenue Commissioner as specified under subsection 10 of section 531AAD on the Direct Tax Acts since the introduction of the excess bank remuneration charge. [3947/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 179. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a neurology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3816/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Minister to the committee as we take these Estimates. The Minister mentioned the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal. It is an issue that I mentioned briefly at the last meeting of this committee. Will the Minister clarify who currently sits on the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: When was the resignation effective from?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Is it correct that the chairperson resigned in October?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The board is empty. It exists but nobody sits on it at this point.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: What funding has been allocated for that board, which has nobody on it, for 2022? Will the Minister also compare that with the allocation for the previous year?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: We are supposed to look at not just the allocation of funding, but also the outcomes on this committee. Could the Minister talk to us about that review? They outlined their concerns about how this was working. I understand that they made recommendations to the Minister. He has said that he would review this. It is now under the Department of Health. When did that review start?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The first formal meeting of the review, therefore, took place yesterday. This is nine months after the board members indicated to the Minister that they were dissatisfied, that this was not working and that they were frustrated with the progress. Given that they saw nothing happen in March, April, May, June, July, August, September or October, they resigned en masse.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Hand on heart, given the fact that there is no board of appeal here, there are people with disabilities who would like to make an appeal but who cannot. The fact is that the entire board, including the chairperson, has resigned. This is not often seen. Therefore, does the Minister believe that he could have initiated that review any earlier, from what happened in March to its first formal...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (26 Jan 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. What happened to that review?