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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: With regard to this policy, the Minister entered into a populist position in the general election arguing a €4 billion tax base could be eroded. Fianna Fáil had a similar position. It has now been pointed out to the Minister, not only by Sinn Féin but by the European Commission, the IMF, the ESRI and many other external bodies, that it is reckless. What is the current...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Now the Commission is telling us the Government may have underestimated the amount last year's cut could have cost.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I remind Deputy Doherty he asked a question when his time was up, one minute after he began to speak. The Minister has one minute to respond.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Abolishing the USC.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Wrong. We said not to abolish the USC.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 18. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans with regard to the universal social charge in view of the conflicting positions of the programme for Government and the Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31769/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The manifesto on which the Taoiseach won the internal Fine Gael election included a promise that, "Rather than abolishing the Universal Social Charge (USC) outright, we will merge the USC and PRSI into a new single Social Insurance payment". The programme for Government states something different: "To make Ireland’s personal taxation system more competitive, we will ask the Oireachtas...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether his Department’s projections of the potential impact of Brexit are reliable in view of recent comments by the ESRI and the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31449/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will suspend the help-to-buy scheme immediately for new applications; and the status of the review of the scheme. [31451/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure agricultural mart owners are not faced with high increases in the costs of insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31450/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance if the cost of the reduction of USC in budget 2017 was underestimated in view of the Exchequer figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31452/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will end the dividend withholding tax exemption for non-resident shareholders in Irish real estate funds related to capital gains distributions from the fund when the fund holds the property for five years prior to sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31448/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-term beds for males that have become available in a residential facility (details supplied) in County Donegal since 31 March and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31614/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has not been offered a long-term bed in a residential facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31615/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 172. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a policy in a residential facility (details supplied) in County Donegal that persons awaiting long-term beds must vacate the premises to avail of such placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31616/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused an exceptional needs payment to purchase special equipment for a child with cerebral palsy; if this decision will be reconsidered in the event that supporting medical evidence is provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31662/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Costs (4 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Táim buíoch don Leas-Cheann Comhairle as ucht an t-am a thabhairt dom an t-ábhar tábhachtach seo a phlé leis an Aire Stáit. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Táim ag cur an cheist árachas margaidh os comhair an Tí. Early this morning, it was confirmed that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission carried out a series of...

Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Costs (4 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate the Minister of State's comments. I will raise this matter with Insurance Ireland and ask the mart owners to do likewise. However, given that he is the Minister of State with responsibility for examining the cost of businesses, and I note his comments about the IFA, I can tell him that the businesses in Donegal with which I have spoken are seeing dramatic increases in their...

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: There are many grand statements, promises and commitments in the programme for Government. I want to address waiting times, in particular those with concerns for breast cancer treatment. What will the Government do about the fact that 143 women in County Donegal, who have been referred by their GPs to the systematic breast disease clinic, have been waiting over a year to be seen? Hundreds...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Committee Stage (4 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I have no objections to the section and welcome that the Dáil needs to approve an amendment to the agreement. I have argued for such a provision in previous legislation, particularly the Finance (Certain European Union and Intergovernmental Obligations) Bill, which was originally the Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill. After some arguing we reached agreement that...