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- 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.
- 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.