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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Expenditure (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional expenditure that will be committed for sector-specific mitigation measures in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39626/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Expenditure (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The recent proposals by the British Government to impose a belt of customs checks on either side of the British border on our island is testament to the disregard they have for the peace process that has been built on this island but it is also probably a sign of their disregard for other matters. It is a wake-up call to businesses, given the impact on the economy and jobs as a result of a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Expenditure (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I am aware of all that. As I said, I am not asking for the Minister to itemise the measures or to give figures down to the cent. However, sure to God, despite the fact there are negotiations ongoing, the Minister can tell us whether the Brexit contingency fund he proposes to announce this day next week is in the region of €100 million, €200 million, €300 million,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carbon Tax Implementation (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected additional expenditure that will be committed to climate action measures; the way in which it will be ring-fenced for that purpose from an increased revenue from carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39625/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carbon Tax Implementation (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Next week's budget, which is being brought forward by the Government and Fianna Fáil, is on course to increase carbon taxes on households. Research has shown that this tax is regressive. I am sure the Minister will not dispute that. Research has shown it will hit families on the lowest incomes hardest without effecting behavioural change. In next week's budget, how much additional...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carbon Tax Implementation (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I am glad the Minister is aware that the tax he is proposing is regressive. Let us remind ourselves of what the ESRI's June report stated in the context of carbon taxes. The author stated categorically, "Carbon taxation is found to be regressive, with poorer households spending a greater proportion of their income on the tax than more affluent households." The report goes on to state that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carbon Tax Implementation (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: If the Minister is talking about ring-fencing this tax, does he have the necessary statutory instruments to allow him to do so? It has not been done before. Hypothecation is not done in the context of the tax code. We have heard the Taoiseach talking about how the money is going to be ring-fenced. Is it going to be ring-fenced? Does the Minister have a statutory instrument to ring-fence...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Carbon Tax Implementation (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Carbon pricing can play a very important role but only when the alternative is there for citizens to actually change behaviour. The problem is that someone from west Donegal or Gaoth Dobhair, where the Leas-Cheann Comhairle is from, does not have the alternative of jumping on public transport - either a bus or a train - and travelling to the capital city or other parts of the county. We...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Properties (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I have already asked parliamentary questions on this matter. The replies are clear that Green REIT will not pay the 6% stamp duty on this transaction. Instead, it can avail of a loophole in the tax code that will allow it to pay 1%. The latter means that the taxpayer is being screwed over to the tune of €67 million on foot of this one transaction. This is a structure which does not...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Properties (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rent paid by the Office of Public Works for the rental of properties (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2018, inclusive, and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39622/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Properties (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Office of Public Works, OPW, has paid Green REIT €10.5 million to rent 85 to 93 Lower Mount Street and €5 million to rent a property in Harcourt Street since 2014. Given the lenient tax structure and treatment, which is backing up this international investors group, which is pricing families and domestic businesses out of the market, I ask the Minister why the Government,...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Properties (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister needs to examine a number of issues before we dismiss the fact that we are pumping millions of euro into this company through rental income. The first aspect that concerns me is the sale of Green REIT itself, which is the landlord in this case. Under the Minister’s watch, Green REIT and its shareholders have enjoyed tens of millions of euro in tax being avoided through...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vehicle Registration (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of efforts taken by his Department, An Garda Síochána and the relevant tax authorities to resolve a matter further to a reply received in response to representations made by this Deputy on behalf of persons regarding the issue of vehicle registration (details supplied); when this Deputy can expect to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delays in securing approved homecare services for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if supports will commence and be made available to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39301/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 381. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant gap which exists between the funding requirements of a service provider (details supplied) in County Donegal and the core funding allocated to the organisation in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39619/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received concerns from the tourism industry regarding the potential negative consequences on the sector owing to the new limits introduced with respect to cruise ship traffic using facilities at Dublin Port; if he has received requests from port authorities for additional funding in order to upgrade and-or expand harbour...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the witnesses and their opening statement. Like Mr. Justice Hedigan, I, too, am a sceptic on this matter. That being said, anything that might improve the culture within banks is to be welcomed. However, I am very sceptical of this because it is about the banks and the industry trying to get out first. It came about in light of the major tracker scandal, and when it eventually...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I take Mr. Hedigan's point. He spoke about the banking crash, banking culture, the tracker mortgage scandal and what he referred to as yesterday's story. Given that the board's raison d'êtreis to effect culture change, we need to understand where the board believes the culture is within the bank at this point. One could be forgiven for suggesting, as Mr. Justice Hedigan did, that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: How does that rest with the facts? Two of the senior directors in the banks to whom Mr. Justice Hedigan referred, and which fund his organisation, used obscure arguments to try to frustrate their customers' attempts to make a complaint to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman. The customers were entitled to make the complaints because of legislation, which I brought in and which was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Irish Banking Culture Board: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I want to touch on something or perhaps it is a bit of advice. I note what was said about the board's intervention regarding banks fighting the ombudsman on allowing those cases to be heard. KBC was fighting 27 cases and Bank of Ireland was fighting 50. I assume that when the board contacted the CEOs of the banks, they said upfront that theirs were the banks involved. The board contacted...