Results 101-120 of 36,025 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (24 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 877. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital; the current waiting times for such appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34309/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 21 May 2025, if he accepts that the register of beneficial ownership has been effectively closed to all journalists; if he is aware than many countries in the EU have not taken the same approach in relation to the CJEU ruling mentioned; if he will bring forward new legislation to ensure journalists can access the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (19 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance in situation where a legal title is owned by a credit servicing firm and the loan related to the same mortgage is owned by a special purpose vehicle, as is the case form many residential mortgages in the State, which legal entity determines the rate of interest to be applied to the mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33347/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (19 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance if credit services firms as only the legal title holder under current legislation are allowed to enforce a credit agreement including repossessions, to outline the legislation that provide credit servicing firms with this authority in situations where they are only the legal title holder but not the beneficial owner of the underlying loan of the mortgage;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide in tabular form the total amount of capital gains tax paid by credit servicing firms and special purpose vehicles holding specified mortgages each year since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33348/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (19 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the future Ireland fund and the infrastructure, climate and nature fund that are invested in debt instruments of other countries such as bonds; the share of each fund invested in this manner; to provide a list of all countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33413/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (19 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 261. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of exemptions sought each years since 2015 for the 25 limit on directorships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33350/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I have a couple of quick questions. We can try to keep it brief. Do the witnesses accept that the Irish Central Bank is the only central bank in Europe that is authorising the sale of Israeli war bonds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Without the Central Bank's authorisation, Israeli war bonds could not be offered anywhere in Europe at this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: That is the same billions of euro, possibly, that is funding the bombs and bullets used to attack and kill those 51 people, as was mentioned, who were queueing up for food.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: The word we use is "authorisation". As we stand, that money could not be raised in Europe without the authorisation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Following on from the previous questioner, based on Dr. Nuseibah's legal expertise, is it a defence under international law to say that we did not facilitate the funding of genocide because we thought some other European country would just facilitate it anyway?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Going to Deputy Brennan's question on funding, do the witnesses accept that Ireland is funding or potentially funding genocide because ISIF, which is an organ of the State, has invested in these bonds? We have not got ISIF's annual report, which is usually out in June. I do not know why it is not earlier. Do the witnesses accept that millions of euro were raised in Israeli bonds and, while...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Legislation has been prepared that, unfortunately, has not gone further because certain people voted against it, obviously. There was a majority and that is democracy. A very compelling argument has been made regarding the Central Bank so I will focus on that. The Central Bank states that it does not fall under the Genocide Convention. Is that a legal position? Can the Central Bank say...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: The responsibility under the Genocide Convention compels us all to make sure that we are not supporting genocide, which we all accept is happening. In fairness to the Government, it has recognised that what is happening in Palestine is a genocide. That is very welcome. We have a legal obligation to make sure that we are not supporting and funding genocide. The Central Bank has made it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: It is only fair to say that there will be those, and people have voted against the legislation, who say that by doing this the State is not complicit in genocide. They will argue that. Politicians who voted against national restrictive measures to stop these war bonds being sold in Europe and Ireland will say that we are not complicit. Do the witnesses have a different view? These are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: There is not much I can say. I drafted the legislation. We will try to see if we can get it back up again. I thank the representatives for their work and their robustness in answering the committee's questions. I will not elaborate on what is happening in Palestine. It is absolutely heartbreaking and horrific. It is why I concur that this issue is so important. I have no doubt history...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of delayed departure and arrival times for the Bus Éireann Expressway routes (details supplied) for each month in 2025; the reason for each delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33135/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance when Revenue first became aware it had not received the correct amount of chargeable excess tax and withholding tax from senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33009/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (18 Jun 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any limitation on the ability of Revenue to clawback chargeable excess tax and withholding tax from the 30 cases if underpayment occurred more than four years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33011/25]