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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The Estimate we are considering is a total of €768 million currently. On page 16 of this document, which I have here, it is stated that the out-turn by the end of September 2020 has already reached that figure of €768 million. Will there be a Supplementary Estimate in respect of the funding for the Financial Service and Pensions Ombudsman, or is that a typographical error?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I am happy for the Minister of State to provide a note to the committee or to me.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, it is page 15. It states that the out-turn at the end of September is €768 million, yet the Estimate for the whole year, is €768 million.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the further financial measures that will be considered to support the tourism sector in County Donegal in view of recent public health measures introduced in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27370/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (1 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé na pleananna atá beartaithe ag an Rialtas maidir le tithíocht agus pleanáil tí sa Ghaeltacht, chun cuidiú le teaghlaigh bogadh ar ais chuig an nGaeltacht; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [27369/20]

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]