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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Nonsense.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister cannot defend the policy; the indefensible.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Inné, d’fhógair an Rialtas go raibh sé ag dul a thabhairt faoiseamh cánach do na daoine is saibhre sa tír seo. Ní hé seo na mílte daoine ach cúpla duine a bhfuil ciste pinsin de €2 milliún acu cheana féin. Tá sé ag dul a thabhairt faoiseamh cánach de €320,000 do na daoine seo. Tá an Stát ag...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: We have not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: We have not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: The last time Fianna Fáil was in government.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister is talking rubbish. I challenge him to produce an alternative budget to back up what he said about standardisation. It was a complete mistruth, and he knows it. He cannot defend this decision. I asked him a simple question about why we should ask Tesco workers, hairdressers and shop floor workers to help contribute to pension pots of €2.8 million for the wealthiest in...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (19 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: 260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason funds allocated to successful applicants of the children’s disability service grant fund have not yet been provided to them; when the money will be provided to them; the reason it has taken so long to provide what was described as emergency funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: We have not seen the Minister's capital funding or its criteria, but he described it as critical fire safety works and other emergency capital projects, both internal and external. Does the Minister understand what is happening with these buildings? These buildings are going to be demolished. Big JCBs are going to come in and tear them to the grand. They have to; the blocks are rotten and...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: It is a very clear question. This has gone on for ages. People from Letterkenny said five years ago that their building was falling down. People from Raphoe are already out of theirs and people in Ardara have a clock of about six months. There are many others.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I will finish now. Will there be a funding scheme that will provide 100% funding to rebuild the entire premises when they are condemned and have to be knocked to the ground?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, for staying for this Topical Issue matter. The next facet of the defective blocks crisis emerging in County Donegal is that within community childcare facilities. Raphoe Community Playgroup has already been forced out of the building it owns due to the fact that it was condemned, and it now has to fundraise to find a permanent home. This is despite...
- Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I commend Deputy Kerrane not only on bringing the motion to the Dáil tonight and allowing us to debate this important issue but also on bringing this policy forward in the short time that she has been spokesperson on childcare for our party. The Deputy mentioned that this is a game-changer and that is exactly what it is. Talking to parents in my constituency over the weekend, that is...
- CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I welcome young Reese Ward, a primary school pupil from Letterkenny who is here interested in this debate because this is about all of our futures. I am sure that if Reese was looking at a parliament anywhere else in the world, he would be waiting a long time for a finance minister to get to his feet and tell the parliament that he is disappointed that the state is to receive €14.1...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I welcome both Ministers. I am sure the Ministers are aware of the Central Bank's commentary on housing which confirms the growing gap between the Government's targets and what is needed to fix the housing crisis. The report estimates that between 52,000 and 67,000 new homes are needed to meet existing and emerging need over the next decade or more. This is broadly in line with the Housing...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister, Deputy Chambers, talked about the proceeds of the sale of AIB. Are proceeds due in next year and if so, what are they? Is this a separate allocation that the Minister is planning to spend in the budget, on top of the capital ceilings that have been announced by the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, so far?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: When is the €3 billion due into the accounts?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: There is €3 billion there that we already got this year.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: That is already part of our surplus and the Minister is planning to spend all of that next year. Is that correct?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Does he expect the €3 billion to be used next year, in 2025?