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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Deficit (1 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected deficit in 2021 in nominal and percentage GDP terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28039/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (1 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance if an increase in the carbon tax in 2021 is already included within the base for 2021; if so, if it will be a discretionary tax measure; and if no further increase in the carbon tax in 2021 will have a budgetary cost in 2021. [28040/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Targets (1 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected additional expenditure for 2021 in comparison with 2020 disaggregated by precommitted, Covid-19-related and Brexit-related expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28038/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (1 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employees across the entire public sector with accumulated pensions in excess of €1.2 million and €1.5 million, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27700/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to report No. 98 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on school transport, if she will provide the exact figures that the Bus Éireann directors and auditors determined as profit in each year for school transport that was actually credited to the statutory financial statement in the profit and loss account, balance sheet and cash...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: That is agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: And if he has really earned it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, and obviously as this is a joint committee, either a Senator or a Deputy can be a vice-chairperson.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: It did not take the Minister long to learn the Department line. The Minister claimed there is "irresponsible indifference" coming from Deputy Mac Lochlainn, who I commend for bringing forward this motion to the House. The Minister's party colleague drafted the alternative statutory instrument two years ago and brought a motion forward to this House to annul what was nearly an identical...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (29 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister said the European Banking Authority guidelines suggest not extending a payment break. That is not what the guidelines allow for. In fact they allow for any extension to take place on the condition that it is announced and applied for before tomorrow. That is where the Minister has failed to deal with this issue. Deputy Ó Cuív is completely right. If this was done,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (29 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The concern of the employees and those who use the facilities of Ulster Bank, particularly, as Deputy Smith notes, in constituencies like mine and the Border constituencies where the bank still has a significant presence, despite a retrenchment over recent years, is if the Minister will communicate directly with NatWest. Does the Government intend to engage actively in the process or will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry Regulation (29 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: What annoys me is that the Government is signalling today that it will wait until the end of the review. That sounds logical. I instigated the review because of what I had done with my engagement with and complaint to the Central Bank and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. Anyway, the first phase of the review has basically vindicated everything I have said. It has found...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry Regulation (29 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The Central Bank has taken a year to confirm what I had submitted to it in the dossier. I am not knocking the bank for doing this. It will take a further year to finish phases two and three, which will include final recommendations. Then the Government will consider it. The point I am making in terms of Britain is that the insurance companies operating here are operating in Britain as...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Their credit rating will be hit.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry Regulation (29 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on phase 1 of the Central Bank’s review of differential pricing in the insurance market; his views on legislation to prohibit its operation in the insurance market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27128/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry Regulation (29 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Earlier this month, the Central Bank concluded its phase 1 review of dual pricing and concluded that the majority of insurers in the State were involved in this practice, which acts against their customers. This comes a year after I submitted a dossier to the Central Bank comprising a complaint outlining how this practice affected customers, how it ripped off motorists and homeowners, how it...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to address the prospect of mortgage distress for Covid-19 impacted borrowers as a shareholder in banks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27127/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The pandemic, as we know, has caused huge financial distress for households and businesses right across this State. In other jurisdictions, the Minister's counterparts are ensuring that many of these individuals are protected during this period. They have legislated for payment breaks, including payment breaks where interest does not accrue. Crucially, for people living in Germany today,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is the majority shareholder on behalf of the Irish people in AIB and Permanent TSB, and a significant shareholder in Bank of Ireland. What did he do yesterday? He had tea and coffee with the banks through Zoom and a nice friendly chat, where they came in and told him they are going to do what they always do, which is to deal with individuals on an individual basis. Even if...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I have no problem making a full comparison. When the Minister compares us to Italy, Portugal, Spain or Germany, the difference is their finance ministers have made sure that, in those countries, people can continue to avail of payment breaks, depending on their circumstances. Here, where the Minister is unique because he is the majority shareholder in two of the largest banks, he has done...