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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It is here in black and white that it is €2.2 billion.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I am sure the Minister's officials are cringing.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is inaccurate.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I will, Chairman. You are very fair. This is the third time I have intervened and we are scheduled to meet until 4.30 p.m. However, this is the budgetary oversight committee and the Minister is putting inaccurate figures on the record. We would not be doing our job as a supposedly serious committee if we did not point out what the Minister is saying. There is no €3 billion...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: That is the reality and the Minister knows it. He needs to try to-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I accept what the Minister said at the end of his remarks. However, the key question is: if he does that, how can he spend an additional €3 billion on top of that? He knows, I know, his officials know and every member of the committee knows that he cannot do that. He will be left with €2.2 billion, at most. That is outlined in Table 6. The Minister should acknowledge that...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: No. It is €3 billion plus €600 million.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Regarding the question on Brexit, given the impact of €28.5 billion over five years obviously there will be a need to borrow if there is a disorderly Brexit. We would support that to make up the deficit. However, the Minister's Plan B is just to use the unallocated resources of €700 million to stabilise the economy. We will need more support than that. There is no fiscal...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: We are not comparing like with like because there is accumulation. Is it possible to provide the figures from the SPU based on table 6, section d, which deals with "Unallocated (a-b-c)", to show the corresponding figures so we can see clearly the increase in unallocated resources to reach the €3.25 billion target?

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report Stage (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I want to come in on this issue because my colleague, Deputy Ó Laoghaire, is raising an important issue. I am raising the matter with the insight drawn from my No Consent, No Sale Bill, which is receiving scrutiny at the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach. The purpose of that Bill is to prevent banks from selling loans to vultures without the...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report Stage (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The issue here is clear. I welcome the Bill - the Minster of State knows that. The Government needs to deal with this issue properly because the intention of the Bill, as put forward by the Minister of State, is for it to apply retrospectively. In Bupa Ireland v. The Health Insurance Authority and Others Mr. Justice Murray stated: "Again, where the Legislature is enacting provisions,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of successful applicants by city or town under the living city initiative since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27526/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of listed undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities, UCITS, registered as Irish collective asset-management vehicle, ICAVs; the percentage this comprises of total UCITS; the gross value of the UCITS that are registered as ICAVs; and the percentage of this value of UCITS value. [27627/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Real Estate Fund (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the property and real estate investment held by all funds domiciled here; and the gross value and proportion of the total asset value figures of the amount that relates to residential and commercial properties. [27628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Real Estate Fund (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of all assets held by IREFs; and the gross value terms and proportion of the total asset value terms of the amount that relates to residential and commercial properties. [27629/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Real Estate Fund (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of IREFs domiciled here; the number registered as ICAV structures, QIAIFs, RIAIFs and UCITS, respectively, in tabular form; and the percentage share of IREFs in each of the fund categories or corporate structures listed. [27630/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of qualifying investor alternative investment funds QIAIFs registered as ICAVs; the percentage this comprises of total QIAIFs; the gross value of the QIAIFs that are registered as ICAVs; and the percentage of this value of total QIAIFs value. [27631/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of alternative investment funds, AIFs, registered as ICAVs; the percentage this comprises of total AIFs; the gross value of the AIFs that are registered as ICAVs; and the percentage of this value of total AIFs value. [27632/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Summer Economic Statement (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the €600 million for discretionary revenue-raising measures in the summer economic statement, including, in the case of non-indexation, the revenue associated with each tax credit or threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27909/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is no longer exempt from car tax under the disabled drivers and passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28026/19]