Results 18,701-18,720 of 35,756 for speaker:Pearse Doherty
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (30 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: 648. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal received an acknowledgement from the local Tusla office to a freedom of information request which was addressed to and received by a separate third party; the way in which this error occurred; the way in which the agency came to hold a third party's information on file; if her...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: Ireland does not do prosecution of white collar crime. It is not just the collapse of the trial and the acquittal of Seán FitzPatrick, but for decades now we have see that thread. We have seen the underfunding of resources of agencies that are supposed to be tackling white collar crime. We see staff resources being cut, and we see no legislative framework that should underpin a...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: Will the Setanta claims be covered under the legislation?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: I have raised this issue continually as the drama of Setanta Insurance has unfolded. While people will be relieved that the Supreme Court has made this judgment, it will come as a crushing blow to many motorists who are waiting for payouts in light of the 65% cap to which Deputy McGrath has referred and the upper limit of €825,000 imposed on payouts. Some families have been left in a...
- Leaders' Questions (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: It has been six years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: Gabh mo leithscéal. I welcome the witnesses to the committee. I thank them for their presentations. I will begin with Mr. Cody. We had a discussion last week with Mr. Liam Irwin about potential customs posts and I put a question to him. I am sure Mr. Cody has read the transcripts and followed the discussion and will be aware of some of the issues I raised. I put in a freedom of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: I understand the point the witness is making-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: I want to go back to the core of the question. I appreciate everything the witness has said and I appreciate the rationale with which we are familiar in terms of the freedom of information legislation. I am not questioning the adjudication on the FOI legislation. I did not appeal it because I understand the rationale. The point I am making is that this is a finance committee of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: I am not talking about the FOI legislation. Revenue has the ability, if it so wishes, to provide the information to this committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: Why will Revenue not provide the draft PowerPoint presentation, the draft briefing, the briefing note for the Minister for Finance and the briefing note for the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport? Why will Revenue not provide those documents to this committee when we are trying to get a handle on what the customs scenario could look like, post Brexit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: Let us tease out some of the contingency issues. This committee is very conscious of the fact that this is contingency planning and if Revenue was not engaged in such planning, I would be the first to criticise it. I have huge regard for the office of the Revenue Commissioners and how it has operated over a substantial period of time. We heard last week from Mr. Irwin about trade...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: Let us take the example of a fruit and vegetable company in Derry that is selling to a company in Gweedore. Is it that Revenue officials will be at the company in Gweedore to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: Could the Deputy square the circle for me? It was only------
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: I have only one question following this one. One week ago, not nine months ago, a Revenue official gave evidence to this committee regarding trade facilitation posts which would be between 10 km and 15 km from the Border to which 6% of haulage would or could be diverted. There would be documentation checks and also possible physical checks, along with possible random patrols along the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: However, one cannot park a HGV or an LGV outside the Revenue offices to carry out the physical checks which Mr. Irwin was discussing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: They are smugglers.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will proceed with the sale of shares in a bank (details supplied) despite a vote by Dáil Éireann to place preconditions on the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25078/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps Ireland has taken to collect the sum specified by the European Commission in its state aid ruling regarding a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25079/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid (25 May 2017)
Pearse Doherty: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland has not collected the sum specified by the European Commission in its state aid ruling regarding a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25080/17]