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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: There are 6,000 workers.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Data (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated date for publication of the national claims information database by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37005/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Data (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance if information published on the national claims information database will be disaggregated by insurance undertakings to which each claim relates. [37006/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield from abolishing the special assignee relief programme for 2020; and the projected full year yield thereafter. [37012/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Staff (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 9 July 2019, if there have been further hires and or additional personnel recruited by the Revenue Commissioners to deal with Brexit-related challenges; if so, the detail of same by staff grade and county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37119/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the frustration of school secretaries at the delay in actions that would have their pay and conditions put on a par with all other public servants; and if he will work towards a speedy resolution that avoids potential industrial action at schools. [37177/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE proposals with respect to the future of Lifford Community Hospital post-2021; if health services offered at the facility will be preserved as part of plans to redevelop the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37166/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports that will be made available to the owners of properties in which defective blockwork has been identified and in which the property in question is a non-principal private residence; if consideration has been given to providing relief from VAT and or other supports to owners of such properties with respect to the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus a chomhghleacaithe chuig an gcoiste. I will start with Brexit. The Minister says that he is planning budget 2020 on the basis of a no-deal Brexit. Can he explain whether that means the official statistics to be contained within the budget book will show that Ireland expects to have a deficit in the region of €5 billion next year or will the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: There are fiscal rules that apply whether the country is in deficit or not. Will there be two sets of official statistics, based on either scenario, or will there be a set of official statistics and then, if a no-deal Brexit happens, there will be second set?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The set of official statistics will be the one that shows the surplus and the contingency will show the Brexit scenario.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: So the budget is being framed, from a statistical point of view, on the basis of a no-deal Brexit but the budgetary measures are being framed with a more cautious approach in terms of the possibility of no deal. Is that an accurate reflection of the position?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Let us deal with that because the summer economic statement gave us two lines about what would happen in the case of a no-deal Brexit, which were to the effect that €700 million would be used to deal with that issue. Is the Minister suggesting that there would be additional, temporary measures to address specific issues in the case of a no-deal Brexit, over and above that €700...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Would that be decided after the budget day announcements?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. As it stands, the package will be €700 million, plus an extra amount.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: In the context of a no-deal scenario, we would be in deficit; therefore, the resources to which the Minister refer to would have to come from additional borrowings. None of us knows what the real impact of Brexit will be and I am not asking the Minister to predict what it will be, but we have indicative figures that suggest there could be a deficit of €5 billion. That is the base...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The €5 billion figure comes from the summer economic statement which shows a range of 0.5% to 1.5%. I am using the figures the Minister presented in the summer economic statement which show there is the potential for a deficit of €5 billion in year one. The question for the Committee on Budgetary Oversight is about the amount. I do not expect the Minister to answer to the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Government has predicted job losses in the hospitality and tourism sector in the amount of approximately 10,000 in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Can the Minister indicate the other sectors and the numbers of jobs likely to be lost in the event of a no-deal Brexit? Can he outline any policy initiative that would, in any way, support or protect those jobs?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The 10,000 jobs predicted by Departments to be lost in the tourism and hospitality sector is a large number. Some of the job losses will be concentrated in particular regions. Is it time for the Government to revisit the decision it took last year to increase the VAT rate to 13.5% in one fell swoop, given what the tourism and hospitality sector may be facing into? Is that one of the options...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I am glad to hear that as I have been making that point. It is not only tourism where the north west will be hit hardest but also manufacturing, along with the south east. I refer to the customs checks which will arise in the context of a no-deal Brexit and that the Government is now discussing with the Commission. The Taoiseach has stated that checks will be required near the Border....