Results 13,121-13,140 of 36,274 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister is living in cloud cuckoo land. He needs to come down and listen to what I am saying and, more important, to what the people are saying. The Minister says he is confident that we can deliver on the needs of patients. I am telling him, as the HSE has also stated, that the HSE has assessed patients and has determined that they need this support and care. The HSE says the...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister says he believes we can meet the needs of the public. How are we going to do that when the needs of the public are not being met at this point in time? That is the reality. We are looking at this one item but we could look at other issues such as delays, operations and so on. Thousands of people who have had their needs assessed cannot have them met as a result of budgetary...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: If the Chairman allows, I will ask all three questions together. On tax, in a reply to a parliamentary question the Minister stated that he received the report last year on merging PRSI and the universal social charge, USC. The USC brings in €3.9 billion of tax revenues per annum which, if it is merged with PRSI, would be locked in to the insurance fund and could only be used for...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: Is it going to happen? The Minister has had the report since December. First, the USC was to be abolished - the Minister held the placards as well - and then it was to be merged.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister is making the Brexit argument.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: This was promised three years ago. First, it was to be abolished, then merged-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: Brexit is very convenient.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: We agree on a wealth tax on substantial assets and on taxing the banks.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister obviously does not read our alternative budget submissions.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: Obviously the Minister is not reading that part of it.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: It has in every year. I will send the Minister a new copy-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: -----and I will highlight the point for him.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: And spend €3 billion alongside that.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: And still spend €3 billion. It is €800 million short.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: I am interested to hear how the Government figured out there is a €3 billion spend, but the Minister can carry on.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)
Pearse Doherty: That is nonsense.
- 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...