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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I have asked the question twice about pursuing the wrongdoers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Is mian liom fosta fáilte a chur roimh an Dáil to the First Minister, Michelle O’Neill, and our MPs from the North who were elected to represent to represent their constituencies. I look forward to the day when they can rightfully take their seats in this House in a new and united Ireland. In between, I encourage the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Can we get a copy of the Minister's opening statement?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: For the record, committees of these Houses, and I sit on a number of them, do not accept it when external witnesses come before them without submitting copies of their opening remarks beforehand. Ministers of this House should have the courtesy to provide their opening remarks so that they can be scrutinised and we can get the best out of the meeting. For the Minister to circulate his...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: How come two different and separate Departments had their opening statements delivered late, both of which landed two minutes after the start of the meeting?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Is there an explanation?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: We can launch in.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Ministers to the meeting. As it is Deputy Chamber's first appearance as Minister for Finance, I wish him good luck in his role. The Minister stated, "With increased expenditure, we remain on track to run healthy budgetary surpluses over the medium term". What are those surpluses, beyond 2025?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister know what the budgetary surpluses over the medium term are? He just referred to those in his opening statement. Does he know what they are beyond 2025?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I am not asking when they will be set out. Does Deputy Chambers, as Minister for Finance, know what the budgetary surpluses are for the years beyond 2025? This is the first time a summer economic statement has ever, to my knowledge, been published without the surpluses, the general Government balance, having been indicated in the summer economic statement. Does the Minister have that...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: First, as I am sure the Minister is aware, as we have raised this issue with the Department in the past, this is simply not acceptable. We are going into an election cycle and Opposition parties have to prepare alternative budgets. This is the first time the general Government balance has not been set out in a summer economic statement. As the Minister stated they are set out in the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The projections-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Is the general Government balance outlined in the stability programme update for next year the same as the one in the summer economic statement, SES? Is it the same?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Sorry, the Minister published the summer economic statement and stated in the text what the surplus will be for next year. Is it the same as the SPU that was published in the spring?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Deputy Pearse Doherty: Is that the same figure that was published in the SPU?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, €2 billion. Therefore none of us on this side of the House know what the surpluses will be in 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, which should be provided. It was provided last year, the year before and right back to 2019 and the years before that. We cannot go into a manifesto process, which all of the parties are doing and which the Minister's Department has opened up the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of Finance stated there will be a healthy budget surplus over the medium term. The original question is, does the Minister for Finance know what the budget surplus will be, based on the summer economic statement and the expenditure plans he outlined? Does he know what the budget surplus will be for 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029? Does he have an indication of that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I am not asking that question. Does Deputy Chambers, as Minister for Finance, have that information?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I am not asking the Minister when it will be set out.