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Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...which the levy is calculated. I understand that but what would be subject to freedom information is, for example, if a large operator was arguing with the authority that the definition in the Act does not allow it to do X,Y or Z, or it could be the case that the authority says a dominant player in the industry requires that a number of factors would be taken into account, as set out in...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...in the activity and by remote means. There is no €10,000 exemption from this section so this includes every group, whether their fund is €2,000 or whatever. The 50-50 draws the local GAA does are not allowed to be sold any more in a local pub or supermarket or even at the pitch during a GAA match. The legislation confers responsibility on the members of the authority...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I strongly support these amendments regarding the lived experience and to make sure the authority does not become captured by those in the industry. The industry is broad because we are not only dealing with the commercial, as it goes far beyond that. This goes to the heart of Sinn Féin's approach to this issue. There is a major problem with gambling in this State and the...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: From the Minister of State's contribution, he clearly does not want to try to reach agreement on how to fix this. I thought I was being fair enough with my comments because I think we can fix this, and I said I did not believe it was his intention, but maybe I have a different view of it now. I have told him there are companies driving a coach and horses through this already. I know...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...to advertise, but companies such as McKinney Motors - I could name numerous ones - will be able to continue to raffle those houses because they have these types of exemptions. That is a problem. Does the Minister of State want to fix the legislation or not? He talks about backing charities. The North West Hospice Charity provides 100% support to people with palliative care. Its prize...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...this. The problem with this legislation is that while we are revoking other legislation, a horse and cart is already being driven through the existing legislation, and the legislation before us does not deal with it. For example, "gaming" and "lottery" are defined as "an activity engaged in by a person on the payment of money by the person". Does the Minister of State understand that...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Fáilte roimh an Taoiseach. To begin with his set-up in the Department, does he operate a private email address?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach feels he does not have to send on those documents.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Which one does not have a public relations, PR, background or a journalism background, of the five who have been pointed so far?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: No, I have not named the Government press secretary. However, of those special advisers, how many does the Taoiseach have? Did he mention seven?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Taoiseach believe that he is increasing the number?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: -----it speaks to the Taoiseach’s priorities, does it not?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...and so forth. There would not be a single person in that room – indeed at a different meeting in County Mayo about 500 people turned up – if there was a 100% scheme. These individuals know it does not work for them. Yesterday, we had State apologies relating to a case where the State did wrong. I do not wish to equate what happened in that case, which was absolutely...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...000 in construction-related apprenticeships who are waiting to complete their off-the-job training. These include people who want to become fully qualified bricklayers, plumbers and carpenters. These are the people who want to help to sort out the housing crisis but, because this Government took its eye off the ball, it is taking far longer for them to get qualified. If the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...of the country who want to roll up their sleeves and get involved in helping out with the housing crisis, yet they are being frustrated. They are telling the Government in their own words that it does not value them, and that they are waiting a year and a half to two years to get off-the-job training. It is not just about phase 2. It is phases 4 and 6 as well. These numbers are getting...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...space. Yet there was not a red cent from the Government, or any one of the Ministers who sat at the Cabinet table, to provide funding to the national cancer strategy in each the past two years. What does this tell us? It tells us the Government is completely failing people on health, particularly those who have cancer. It is an indictment of the Government. The long and the short...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (11 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister does not have a clue what is happening on the ground. If he or his colleague had turned up, they would know that. There were 1,300 people present, some of whom who could not get into the room and were out on the streets. That is what happened. This scheme is not working. We tabled 80 amendments to the Government's legislation to make this scheme work. Ours is 100% redress...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...that to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. When the Department of Finance received these documents, the Minister's officials wrote back and asked why the Department does not just up the money at the start instead of having to go through a middle person in terms of the finance. The point I make is that it is six months on and all the families are still left in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Reliefs (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister accept this represents a radical departure from pension policy and creates a significant loophole in our tax code?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mortgage Interest Rates (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: .... I am aware of a single mother whose annual mortgage costs have risen by more than €5,000, but she is being denied the tax credit because she is in receipt of a single person childcare credit. She does not have an income to allow her to benefit from this. Those who need this support the most are the people who are being denied it by the Government. Is the Minister going to...