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- 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: As a result, a normal downturn in the economy would not allow for the exceptional circumstances criterion to be met.
- 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: Yes, but the point here-----
- 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: Go on.
- 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 point is that a downturn in the economy does not allow the Minister to dip into the rainy day fund. Under the European fiscal rules, which the Minister has championed, it has to be an unforeseen event. It has to be a financial disaster or an issue such as an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, which the Minister's speaking notes referred to. Is the Minister designing the rules so that...
- 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: Does the Minister not believe the best way to build an economy's resilience is by boosting its potential supply and also through public capital investment? That is the best way to mitigate the risks of any external shock, including Brexit.
- 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: It is being increased from an historically low level. It is not just a case of starting to reach the European average or being a leader in terms of expenditure in capital in Europe. Over the past ten years we have had the lowest level of capital investment in Europe. When I was at school there was a sign with the seanfhocal, "Ní hé lá na gaoithe lá na scolb", which...
- 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 am speaking of real people. There are real people lying on trolleys today.
- 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 am pleading with the Minister to do the right thing.
- 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: What charge did I make against the Minister?
- 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: What charge did I make against the Minister? I asked him to invest.
- 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 Minister's policies created the crisis in health. It was a man-made disaster.
- 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 Minister's policies created the circumstances in which 10,000 people are without homes.
- 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 is the reality.
- 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 Minister wants to dehumanise all of this.
- 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 will finish on this.
- 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: It is only one line. I am here to try to convince the Minister to use the resources available to us to deal with the crises we have. These crises are man-made. They are the result of Government policies. If the Minister is not hearing that and if it offends him that I name what is happening - that there are individuals in the circumstances I described - I am sorry he is offended but it is...
- 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: There is a very cosy consensus on this matter.
- 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 will continue to challenge the Minister's policy which results in those activities.
- 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 Minister will continue to cause some of these crises.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Pearse Doherty: This morning, the Cabinet approved the publication of the progress and interim report of the scoping investigation being conducted by Dr. Scally into the CervicalCheck scandal. We are told that the now final report will be delayed by anything up to six weeks. We are also told in Dr. Scally's progress report that information he requested on a number of State agencies has only been provided...