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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I have a final comment. I would have questions if this body was capping the level of awards. I take the Minister of State's point and agree that there are thousands of people who make legitimate claims. Mr. Charlie Weston has brought attention to this issues around exaggerated and fraudulent claims and he should be commended for that but there is a danger that people think everyone is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Many people who would have legitimate claims do not make them because they will lose their no-claims bonus so they pay the garage to fix their car themselves. Others do not make claims because they think it would bring bad luck, or whatever it is. That is the way it is. Why would we reduce the level of awards so a private company could benefit from that if we were not satisfied that then...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Cost of Insurance Working Group: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (13 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: We are still dealing with high mortgage interest costs in the State. When the banks were not willing to move, one of the threats was that if they did not move, the capital reserves they had to hold would be increased, which would have put them at a disadvantage. This was a threat - a bata mór or a big stick - to try to get them to move on the matter. Is the Department considering...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rockall Island Ownership (12 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: There are two issues. This needs to be resolved quickly because it is impacting fishermen now. God forbid, as we heard from the Scottish Minister that they will enforce the procedures. This means boarding a vessel, directing it to port, the powers to arrest individuals and to place sanctions such as impounding the vessel including its gear and the fish on board. That is how drastic this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rockall Island Ownership (12 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: This issue needs to be resolved. It has been with the UN for ten years.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rockall Island Ownership (12 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The UN cannot adjudicate on that because Iceland will not allow it to do so. We need the UN to come in and be able to adjudicate on this-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rockall Island Ownership (12 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: -----and to deal with this for once and for all because Brexit will cause a major problem for fishermen much wider than Rockall.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rockall Island Ownership (12 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I echo the points made about no relevant Minister or Minister of State being here to deal with this important issue because it affects fishermen right here, right now. Some fishermen have decided not to take the risk of fishing the waters off Rockall, which they have always done. These actions are putting their livelihoods and income streams at jeopardy. Other fishermen have decided to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (12 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Our party has long advocated that those who espouse the view that Ireland should be united need to come together and start to plan that process. We have done that in many different guises over the years. More than a decade ago we tabled a motion in the House relating to the preparation of a Green Paper on Irish unity. Our former leader, Deputy Gerry Adams, and I have engaged with all the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Yesterday, the supplementary Scally report issued. I commend Dr. Scally on the work he is doing under very difficult circumstances. A number of sections jump out in the report, not least the chapter relating to the procurement of laboratory services. The report raises a number of serious questions, including why the HSE reduced the weighting for quality assurance and capacity and increased...

Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (12 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son Sinn Féin, ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le clanna na n-iarTheachtaí Richie Ryan agus John Browne. On my behalf and that of Sinn Féin, I extend sincere sympathies and condolences to the families and loved ones of former Deputies Richie Ryan and John Browne, both of whom passed away in March this year. I did not know Mr. Ryan...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: We were not. He knows that well.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I want to return to the issue that Deputy Mary Lou McDonald raised with the Taoiseach yesterday, that is, home help hours. In recent weeks, we have learned that the HSE has effectively suspended the allocation of home help hours to new applicants until November of this year. The HSE also confirmed that there is to be a reduction in the number of recycled hours or reallocating of hours....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I recognise the fact that there has been an increase in the budget, but there has also been an increase in the cost of providing the service and an increase in the number of people who need this service. We know all of that in respect of delayed discharges and the number of people who are on trolleys. I am sure every Deputy in the House knows of multiple cases in their constituencies...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Repayments (11 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if payments made by direct debit to new owners require a written mandate from the borrower authorising such direct debits with regard to the transfer of mortgages; if this permission has been sought in all cases; his views on whether banks are correct to release payments from the account of a borrower without such permission; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgages (11 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance if a bank (details supplied) will contact all customers with similar cases immediately and provide similar additional compensation or redress further to a media report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23342/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (11 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of investments in property or property-related assets here held by investment funds domiciled here by types of funds and types of investments, for example, offices and apartments; and the gross value and percentage of gross total for each type of fund in tabular form. [23757/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (11 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of investments in property or property-related assets held by investment funds not domiciled here by types of funds and types of investments, for example, offices and apartments; and the gross value and percentage of gross total for each type of fund in tabular form. [23758/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (11 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance the property-related tax incentives that are available for all types of investment funds here by type of fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23759/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (11 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax received annually in each year since 2008 from all types of investment funds holding property or property-related assets or holding shares and units in property or property-related assets by type of funds; and the gross total and percentage of the gross total in tabular form. [23760/19]