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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)
Pearse Doherty: There is no independent report regarding what is suitable remuneration. There is no consultation with headhunters on the difficulty or the appropriate measure in this regard. There is nothing whatsoever. The Government plucked this number out of the air and decided to apply it. Can I ask this question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)
Pearse Doherty: I will finish on this. The Minister gave an outline to the committee in regard to what happened at Cabinet and said that the Taoiseach verbally gave a report. Again it shows thelaissez-faire attitudein that there is not even a memorandum for a 40% increase in public sector pay for a senior civil servant. The Minister made the point that the issue was brought to Cabinet and it was noted....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)
Pearse Doherty: But not the salary level, as is disputed by Cabinet colleagues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)
Pearse Doherty: An enhanced salary could have meant anything. It could mean a €2,000 increase, not an €81,000 increase. It is unheard of and it is really bad form. I hope the Minister regrets the decision. It is done now but I hope he regrets it.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: The question I asked was------
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: I asked the Minister five questions. I even numbered them for his benefit.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, I ask the Ceann Comhairle to clarify a matter. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle did it. The Minister has again made an accusation. The public health advice is for Members to leave the building or the room when they have finished speaking. The Minister should not use that to attack me. I asked five specific questions. The Minister refused to answer any of those questions...
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: Maybe he could have answered one question in the 50 seconds. He did not do so.
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: I wish to ask the Minister about the shared equity scheme. He frequently cites the British shared equity loan scheme, and I assume that his proposed scheme is similar to that introduced by the Tories. First, I am surprised that the Minister for Finance has given the green light to the scheme because it is a demand-side response to what is a supply-side problem, and that is patently obvious...
- Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, the public health advice is to leave the Chamber as soon as a Deputy is finished. It is the health advice.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: The failure to introduce a mandatory post-arrival hotel quarantine for international travellers arriving in the State has been well flagged. It is a glaring omission in the Government's plan to contain the importation of cases of Covid-19 and is a decision which must be reversed. There is, however, another glaring omission, namely, the failure of the Government to act on the advice of NPHET...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: That is not true.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: What are you going on about? You created this problem. What are you going to do about it?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: Mar gheall ar pholasaí Fhine Gael agus Fhianna Fáil, ní bheidh a teach féin ag mórchuid d'oibrithe ar fud an Stáit. Oibríonn na daoine so go dícheallach agus go crua. Chíonn siad ó tuairisc na seachtaine seo nach bhfuil toil pholaitiúil ag an Rialtas le luach na dtithe seo a ísliú. Tá an gnáthduine fágtha ar...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: Seriously, what planet is the Tánaiste living on? It is time for him to get his head out of the sand. The Tánaiste has been in government for ten years. The Tánaiste was Taoiseach for a period of that time, yet he tries to blame everybody else for this issue. That does not wash. The reality is that this is his housing crisis. It costs €439,000 to buy the cheapest...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: What does Deputy Leo Varadkar do? He talks about introducing this scheme.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: "Let us push house prices up further." Is that your policy Leo? Is it to push rents up further? That is what has happened-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: What is the Tánaiste going to do about it?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: What about the prices?
- Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (Covid Restrictions Support Scheme) (Percentage Adjustment) Order 2021: Motion (27 Jan 2021)
Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after “Dáil Éireann on 13th January, 2021”: “, notes that: — businesses have been significantly impacted by restrictions introduced by the Government under public health regulations to combat the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic; — the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme has been a vital and...