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Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Christmas bonus has not been factored in. Is the Minister going to continue to ignore the criticism received year after year from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, the Committee on Budgetary Oversight and others? That bonus is to be paid in December. As Colm McCarthy says, there are things that are unpredictable but Christmas comes every year. Is the Minister suggesting the bonus is...

Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The reality is that the €700 million decreases to €400 million if the Minister commits to pay the Christmas bonus again in 2020. The other issue that is very clear is that an overrun is projected in health. All the indicators, which mirror those we have seen in previous years, show that there will be another significant overrun in health. Has the Minister factored that in?...

Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: That is not true.

Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: To clarify, if the Christmas bonus is in the base, that means that it is accounted for. It is not in the base. The Minister needs to correct the record. That is one of the criticisms made by the IFAC, the ESRI, and the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. Does the Minister want to correct the record?

Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I apologise for being a bit delayed coming to the Chamber. I was at the Committee on Budgetary Oversight where we were hearing from Dr. Stephen Kinsella and Mr. Colm McCarthy on a number of issues, including some discussion on the summer economic statement. I welcome the opportunity le cúpla focal a rá ar an ábhar seo tráthnóna. Tá na...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It is still there.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach cannot answer any of the criticisms.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It would be useful if the Taoiseach answered IFAC's criticism.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: This is how difficult it is. The Taoiseach cannot answer IFAC's criticism because the Government is involved with a boom and bust cycle.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I would be happy to not be happy with the answer if I got an answer with which I would not be happy. The problem is he cannot answer any of IFAC's criticism.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It is a touchy subject.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It was used for health last year.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Link Group manages thousands of distressed mortgages for Cerberus, a vulture fund, and others. Last week it described Ireland as "the gift that keeps giving" in an address to its investors. This was in anticipation of more mortgages being sold by the banks to the vulture funds. Some of these banks are in majority shareholder ownership of the Irish State, the shares being held by the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Since this Government came to office, despite the promises of new politics it has resorted to declining to grant money messages for Bills with which it disagrees, even when these Bills have the support and approval of this House. In many instances the use of money messages is an abuse of power which undermines the democratic right of the Legislature, as distinct from the Executive, to pass...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: No. It was by broadening the tax base.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: So much for prudence. That is ridiculous. Fine Gael should get its "Abolish the USC" posters out again. Does the Taoiseach remember those?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Fine Gael did not do it either.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: For several weeks we have had two stinging assessments of the Government's management of the public finances by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI. The Minister for Finance is publishing the summer economic statement. The line being bandied about in the media this morning is one of prudence and caution in the face of significant economic...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Has it been referred?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The next step is for the Government to make an appropriate, reasonable offer and to re-engage in the WRC process. That should be done within the hour in order that we can ensure that patients who have appointments scheduled in our 38 hospitals and are being cared for in other healthcare facilities are not disrupted. That is the next step. We saw good faith demonstrated by the workers and...