Results 17,221-17,240 of 35,756 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: I think Deputy D'Arcy did.
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 4:In page 9, to delete lines 24 to 35, and in page 10, to delete lines 1 to 5 and substitute the following:"(a) in subsection (1)(a) by substituting the following for the definition of "qualifying interest":" 'qualifying interest', in relation to an individual and a year of assessment, means—(i) as respects a year of assessment before 2018, the amount of interest...
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: Ní bheidh mé ag tabhairt tacaíochta don leasú seo ach oiread. Tá na rátaí atá á maíomh agus á moladh anseo i bhfad ró-ard. Ní aontaím leis an Teachta McGrath nach cuirfidh ardú cáin isteach ar dhaoine. Ní chuirfidh sé isteach ar dhaoine má tá an t-ardú réasúnta, ach creidim go...
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: I do not support amendment No. 2 for the reasons I have outlined on numerous occasions. I recognise that the Deputies putting forward the amendment have others that would see revenue coming in. They are not just suggesting a massive tax cut but the amendment is not well thought out. The USC is paid on single incomes. The amendment refers to a threshold of €90,000. This would mean...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: That is what the Taoiseach said about the double Irish.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: Did the Taoiseach have the opportunity to raise the plight of the 50,000 undocumented Irish during his visit to the United States? Did he have an opportunity to meet any of their representatives? President Trump has said that he wants Congress to pass an immigration reform Bill within six months. That provides opportunities, but it also provides serious threats. Everyone in this House is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: That is untrue.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: We recognise them for what they are.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Taoiseach as ucht an freagra sin a thabhairt dom. Tá súil agam go léireoidh an chéad tuairisc eile ar an dul chun cinn maidir le clár an Rialtais go bhfuil dul chun cinn suntasach á dhéanamh i dtaobh na mórcheisteanna atá ag cur isteach ar shaoránaigh ar fud an Stáit. Caithfidh mé a rá nach raibh...
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: The programme for Government commits to complete the repair of the banking system and ensure the banks support the wider public interest. We are far from achieving this objective. The Taoiseach may have noticed that the Financial Conduct Authority, FCA, in Britain is considering further action against Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS, because of the actions of its global restructuring group,...
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: I will be as short as Deputy Martin on this. Deputy Martin is correct in that there is no commitment from the Government in regard to holding this debate and having questions and answers and statements. Neither the Taoiseach nor the Chief Whip gave that commitment. What I am asking the Leas-Cheann Comhairle is that given the seriousness of the issue, the majority, it seems, in this House -...
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: On the same issue, as I pointed out in questions to the Taoiseach, this is a matter that the Government cannot sweep under the carpet or try to downplay as if it were an issue of non-significance. It is a very serious issue. It goes to the heart of the accountability of this House. It is our job to hold Ministers to account. It is also the job of the media. The Taoiseach has made himself...
- Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: Not agreed.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: Will she come into the House to answer it?
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste quoted extracts.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: The question was whether the Taoiseach would confirm what the Tánaiste said was in the email.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: Nobody is making the accusation, to my knowledge, that the Tánaiste or Department were involved in devising a strategy which was devised by the Garda Commissioner in regard to Sergeant McCabe. The accusation we are making is that the Minister became aware not of the generalities but the specifics of this. The Taoiseach has seen that letter and I ask him to put it in the public domain....
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: I wish to raise the same issue with the Taoiseach. The answers that he has given the House today are again unsatisfactory. We know that he misled the Dáil, intentionally or not, last week because the Department of Justice and Equality has now clarified that it has miraculously found an email that has been missing for the past two years. We now know that the Tánaiste became aware...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Treaties (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to commission a report on the way in which the State's tax policies and treaties affect developing countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48708/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (21 Nov 2017)
Pearse Doherty: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance his views and those of the Central Bank on whether the policy of a bank (details supplied) of charging an extra 1 percentage point interest rate on all restructured tracker mortgages is within the spirit and letter of the code of conduct on mortgage arrears; if this issue has been raised with him or the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the...