Results 81-100 of 1,256 for long speaker:Pearse Doherty

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...that 113,688 mortgages are held by vulture funds in the first instance. This is something that should never have happened. I sat in this or perhaps the next room and said very clearly that selling long-term products for one’s family home to entities which have short-term interests is a recipe for disaster. That disaster is being visited on family after family as they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...picking from the carcasses of the main banks, in the main, despite the fact that they are looking at refinancing. That is always a problem. This is why it is a very dangerous place to have those long-term products and products that are so important to people, if it is from some entity that is only interested in one thing, which is the bottom line and trying to recoup as much as possible....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...it is regressive and I believe the Minister agrees. That being the case, will he give the reasons for the continuation of the 9% rate in the first instance? The Taoiseach was flying kites for a long time about hotels being excluded and all that. The Minister and I know, and Revenue would tell anyone, that it cannot be done on a practical level. However, is that completely off the cards?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (7 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...companies. The Minister of State with responsibility in this area is now basically giving the pitch the insurance industry gave immediately after the reforms, which is that this is going to take a long period to implement. It is two years on. Awards have fallen by 38%. The number of cases going through the High Court has fallen by two thirds. According to the national claims...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...they will continue to keep the health service running under immense pressure, just as they have always done, whether during the Covid pandemic, the cyberattack or what is now the constant year-long winter overcrowding crisis. Tá ár smaointe ar maidin le muintir Loch Garman. Tugaim ár dtacaíocht iomlán dár laochra ar an líne thosaigh sa...

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (1 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...kick in as soon as practicable. Therefore, we in Sinn Féin will support the amendments. I welcome the passage of the Bill, as I have done before. We are now at the final stage. It has been a long time coming – far too long, in my view. Every customer has a right to be treated fairly and to be protected from gross misconduct, unethical behaviour and gross mismanagement,...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...allow our credit union sector to grow. We all know in this House and further afield that credit unions are trusted. They understand what makes and strengthens communities. The credit union movement has a long and proud history in Ireland, North and South. This is demonstrated by the fact that we have one of the highest rates of credit union membership on this island. It is...

Financial Resolution No.3: Value-Added Tax (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...we have lost so much time, it is important to get that right. When we discussed the issue of the hospitality VAT rate, the Minister mentioned that an economic assessment on the impact of increasing the rate of VAT was being carried out. While that is deferred until the end of the end of August, the issue is still live. He has informed the Dáil he is not doing this because it would...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...with regard to global warming, rising sea levels, rising temperatures and storm events being more frequent and more intense. It states the CFRAM scheme is essential for Donegal town. That is the long and short of it. We all know that, as does everybody who is looking at Donegal town. I genuinely believe the Minister of State knows that. When will a decision be made to allow this...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...could in any way expedite the timeframes he just outlined? I am thinking, in particular, of Lifford. We are conscious of the challenges in respect of that scheme. In that context, 2025 is a long way away.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...many gardaí are in the Department of Social Protection Intreo office in Cabra? What is the cost for the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform? What is the long-term proposal for that accommodation? There was some commentary, I am not sure whether it is valid, about the open-plan nature of some of the offices on Military Road, particularly...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: How long is the Taoiseach there now?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...in receipt of social welfare payments such as disability or carer's allowance and for pensioners. Such a payment would support the most vulnerable - pensioners, carers, lone parents and citizens with a disability - who have been hardest hit by the cost-of-living crisis. This proposal would go a long way to supporting those who are suffering at the sharp edge of the cost-of-living crisis....

Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...certainty. For months, the Government has acted to protect the windfall profits of energy companies instead of taking action to end price gouging and profiteering off the back of the war and address the misery of Irish households. It is long past time for the Government to put the interests of workers and families first and to take action.

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...allowance to be extended to those in receipt of the working family payment in order to support working families on low incomes and for the establishment of a discretionary fund to provide financial support to those experiencing utility debt. This package is not only doable; it would go a long way to support those who are suffering at the sharp edge of the cost-of-living crisis. This...

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...seek to address drafting issues in the latest version of the Bill. As the Bill reaches its Final Stage in the Dáil, it is appropriate to briefly comment on its provisions. We have waited a very long time, far too long, for the introduction of this legislation. Every customer has the right to be treated fairly and have his or her interests upheld. At a minimum, customers should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland (1 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...the witnesses and thank them for the updates. It is regrettable that we are having this hearing when we are at an advanced stage of both institutions withdrawing from the State after, in some cases, a long presence here. The focus of today’s hearing is the progress, lack thereof and challenges that may remain in the closure of Ulster Bank and KBC and in the transfer of accounts....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I agree with Mr. Coffey's analysis that the change was made by press release. There was a long tale in regard to where it was going and all the rest. People were sufficiently conditioned for the outcome of the negotiations at that level. There are two points I wish to make to tease this out. Mr. Coffey asked what this is about. I agree with his analysis that this is about tax...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ..., we recognise and value the expertise, time and effort that the witnesses put into compiling information. It raises serious questions about the conversations we need to have on the medium and long-term sustainability of finances. One of the benefits is that we have a bit of time if we act now. It does not have to be quite as sharp as if we delay, when the adjustment could be more...