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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I am supposed to give him recognition for a decision he has made, which was to cap the recovery of regulation costs at 50% at the moment, but to understand and not to blame him for not being able to give a guarantee for a decision he cannot make. On the one hand, he can cap the recovery rate at 50% but, on the other hand, he has no role in this because of the Central Bank. The reality is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: No. I introduced a Bill which has passed Second Stage and has gone through scrutiny here. I believe the committee secretariat will write to the Minister about it. During Second Stage, it was signalled that the levy would be increased from 1% to 2%. This would be the appropriate thing to do. On the one hand, the Minister is trying to reduce the APR on moneylenders but, on the other hand,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: There is a piece of legislation-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: No, I already signalled on Second Stage that we would bring an amendment to my legislation to increase the credit union cap from 1% to 2%. The report by University College Cork, which supports reducing the APR for moneylenders, suggested that this be done hand in hand with an increase in the cap for credit unions. My concern is that the Government has introduced its own Bill that only deals...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: That is fair enough.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (27 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue collected as a result of the USC in each of the past five years; the estimated revenue to be collected in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27356/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (27 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants for each school nationally that were not accepted due to capacity issues for the school year that began in September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27440/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Data (27 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 235. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on a waiting list for each crèche nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27441/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Closures (26 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Closures (26 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It is a valid point being raised by Deputy Gallagher. Will the Minister write to An Post-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Closures (26 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: We need a bit of common sense. I invite the Minister of State and the Minister, Deputy Bruton, to come to Kilcar to see, listen and talk to the people and businesses that use the service all the time. People are employed by businesses that are trying to build up what is a rural Gaeltacht area, but they see the State taking services away from them. The suggestion made by Deputy Gallagher is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Closures (26 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: This is a very serious issue that goes right to the heart of rural Ireland. As Deputy Gallagher said, in the past year Donegal has seen the closure of 17 post offices. That is the heart ripped out of 17 rural locations across our county. We were told time and again by Government and by An Post that this was about securing the network, the other 950 post offices. Lo and behold, right after...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (26 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected contributions into the climate action fund planned for each year of the National Development Plan 2018-2027, which would see it rise to at least €500 million; and the estimated impact of each annual contribution on the general balance in each of the years concerned in tabular form. [26992/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (26 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the climate action fund will be used to fund public capital projects; if not, if it will fund other public spending commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26994/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (26 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected use of climate action fund resources over the lifetime of the National Development Plan 2018-2027; the proportion of the funding that will be public spending or private grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26995/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (26 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the climate action fund will be used to fund commitments in the Climate Action Plan 2019; and if so, the level of such funding that will be used in relation to each specific project and or commitment. [26996/19]

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Ar dtús báire, gabhaim buíochas le Teachta O'Reilly fá choinne an rún seo a chur os comhair an Tí anocht. Tá an rún seo iontach tábhachtach mar tá a fhios againn go bhfuil an cúram baile a bhí tugtha do dhaoine ar fud an Stáit go dtí seo ciorruithe agus go bhfuil na daoine sin ag cailleadh uaireanta. Tá a fhios...

Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Minister comment on the Government's use of the stability programme update, SPU, projections in the summer economic statement, despite the criticism from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council which states that these projections are not credible and are implausible?

Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The projection for 2020 was €2.6 billion. Will the Minister confirm what the projection for expenditure for 2020 is now? With regard to the figures he has presented, the Minister has talked about medium-term projections, which suggests they are further out, but they are nowhere near the expenditure levels we have seen in the past two years. This expenditure is nearly double what is...