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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: I am interested in the response to Deputy Kenny's question on the concern of some producers for the future of fishermen on the islands and how this legislation could prevent or curtail opportunities for them. What potential could this Bill being signed into law by the President unlock for the witnesses' islands? I am not just talking about a couple of people setting off from the pier but I...
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: The news yesterday that the Taoiseach was prepared to allow the negotiations on the backstop arrangement to be subsumed into the wider Brexit negotiations is troubling. Last December, he told us that the backstop was a cast-iron guarantee. He told us that in the event of no deal there would be no hard border. He told us it was a sure thing, but the details were never worked out because, as...
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Can I-----
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Other questions have been raised. It has become a trend-----
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Other questions have been raised. This is unfair.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: I would like to make this point-----
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: I would like to make the point that this is deeply unfair.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: It is an important issue and the Taoiseach could have answered the question.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach could have answered the question.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: A ruling would be helpful.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: If we got the information, we would not need inquiries.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Will the Taoiseach call on the head of CervicalCheck as I asked?
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: We have heard similar words previously. The Tánaiste said the same a month ago after I brought this to his attention. I do not know what the Government did after that. Did the Government speak to CervicalCheck and ask why, when it had been arranged for a woman's records to be in Limerick in order that a court case that needed to be taken within a short window could be taken, her legal...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Minister. I would like to ask him about the assurances he gave to me and to this committee in respect of money messages the last time he was here, which was some months ago. He assured me that he would liaise with me the following week in respect of my Bill. He informed the committee that he would provide the criteria for the decisions he has made and would respond to various...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister. I appreciate that. There is some interesting detail in the specific recommendations that are coming forward. It has been stated that access to affordable full-time quality childcare remains a challenge. According to the OECD, in 2015, childcare costs in Ireland relative to wages for single parents were the highest in the EU and for couples were the second highest in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: We do not disagree with what the Minister has said about our highly open economy. The figures I have mentioned are staggering. They are indicative of something more than a highly open economy. Between 2010 and 2015, some 23% of our GDP was made up of royalty payments. Alarm bells should be ringing. It is serious. This is not just a question of having a highly open economy. The European...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: The senior adviser in the then Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation warned against the Government changing the figure in respect of the onshoring of assets and intellectual property from 80% to 100%. He said it would cause reputational damage and reduce the effective tax rate to 1.25%. Instead, the Minister's predecessor moved from 90%, the figure that was under discussion in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: That decision does not have to be countercyclical. It could happen at any time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Whether it is likely or not-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: Okay.