Results 941-960 of 36,036 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I am very concerned about what the Minister just said. I say that because I have been in premises and spoken with hoteliers and restaurateurs. They opened up their books to me in some cases. They are expecting a reduction to 9%. They are talking to their accountants and figuring whether they can hang on. They are also talking in some cases to their bank managers. The Government was...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 3. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will deliver on election campaign promises to reduce the VAT rate for the hospitality sector in advance of the budget in October 2026, in recognition of the difficulties faced by many small businesses in the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5418/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: This is about the reduction of the VAT rate for the hospitality sector. The Minister will be well aware that Sinn Féin was the only party to call for the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector in the general election. The Minister campaigned for a rate of 11%, and Fianna Fáil wished to keep the higher rate. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to reduce the rate....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Can the Minister offer clarification to the House and, more importantly,to the thousands of businesses across the State and the 130,000 people dependent on jobs in the hospitality sector? That sector is under pressure. We have seen 700 businesses close down since the Government increased the VAT rate to 13.5%. According to CSO employment figures released in June, the hospitality sector saw...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 1. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to deliver on transparency and affordability in the insurance sector in the context of insurance premiums either remaining too high or increasing, and the pressure this places on households, community organisations and small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5417/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: The question before us relates to the ever-increasing insurance costs that motorists, homeowners, small businesses and sports clubs have to pay. One would think all is good with insurance looking at the programme for Government. Does the Minister accept that there is a fundamental problem with insurance in the State? Does he also accept that premiums are too high and are increasing for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State is new in the brief but I have heard nothing from him that is new. The one factor that is constant in all of this is that people are being ripped off. Motor insurance has increased by 12% since 2022. I am sure the Minister of State knows all about the increases from having to insure his house. A significant number of people are seeing their insurance premium go up,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: If we have the same objective, then the Government should allow the legislation that I have drafted to proceed. It passed Second Stage here about three years ago. The Government is stopping that legislation from being passed. All of the major insurance companies here are the same ones that operate in Britain, where they have to account for whether the reduced costs that the changes in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I am asking the serious questions. I am asking the Minister of State if he is asking serious questions, and if he will stop blocking my legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance the total revenue collected in the recent year from the taxation of rental income from short-term rentals and how that income has evolved over recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5089/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Priorities (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he will take to address the rising prevalence of payment fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5087/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the increasing prevalence of rising motor insurance costs on renewal despite no change in circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5090/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Policy (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the role of the housing unit within his Department making specific reference to their role in advising and informing the Minister on all matters related to housing including in year targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5086/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that mortgage prisoners of vulture funds are not hit will excessively high interest rates; if he will outline the plan to provide a pathway for these homeowners to return to the traditional banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5088/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for Revenue changing the operation and scope of the compliance assurance programme, making specific reference as to why the compliance assurance programme will no longer cover the large corporation division, high-wealth and financial services division, and the medium enterprise division, instead targeting exclusively at small business and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Irish real estate investment fund regime to incorporate an entity-level tax to address issues of justice and fairness in how rental income and other gains from property is taxed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5258/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times a surcharge has been applied each year since 2016 as an additional penalty in the cases of tax-avoidance transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5259/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (13 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 60 to 62 of 6 February 2025, to outline, given that declarations are required for transferring a pension within the EU under the IORP II Directive, the number of transfers made to each EU Member State in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5260/25]

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (12 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Tá mé buíoch as ucht a bheith in ann labhairt ar an mBille seo anocht. Tá an Bille seo náireach. Tá sé absolutely náireach gurb é an chéad phíosa reachtaíochta atá tugtha chun tosaigh sa Dáil seo ag Fianna Fáil agus Fine Gael ná chun níos mó Airí Stáit agus níos mó super juniors a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Feb 2025)

Pearse Doherty: She did not make an allegation. She has asked for time.