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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Bring it on.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Is é toradh pholasaí Fhine Gael ar an ngéarchéim tithíochta an leibhéal is airde easpa dídine ar taifead, na praghsanna tithíochta agus cíosanna is airde a bhí againn riamh, an leibhéal úinéireachta tí is ísle le 50 bliain agus seirbhísí sláinte i ngéarchéim. Is toradh pholasaí Fhine Gael...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: If the Tánaiste believes in that record, he should put it to the test and let the people decide, because I have nothing to fear from letting the people decide which vision they want - the leadership on this side of the House by Deputy Mary Lou McDonald or the leadership the Tánaiste he is offering, a leadership that ignored my points. He wants to continue the momentum on housing....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (21 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2024 of not proceeding with scheduled increases in excise duty on petrol and diesel on 1 April 2024, 1 August 2024 and 9 October 2024. [13556/24]

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Every day, dedicated healthcare staff do their best to serve patients in their communities, but we can all agree that our health system is under increased pressure and unprecedented strain. This includes local services that are facing workforce shortages and infrastructure deficits. These problems are not isolated or contained. A lack of alternative and primary care options in our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: It is only fit and proper that I make the point at the start that it is disgraceful that the decision of this committee to waive the pre-legislative scrutiny of this legislation has been overturned. I understand it to be the first time it has ever happened. In my view, it is an attempt to delay this legislation, which was already delayed by nine months after it passed Second Stage. It has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Mr. Ashmore. How many companies are on the list?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Perhaps Mr. Ashmore would not mind putting that information on the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Some of those are also on the list for direct investments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: There is a crossover with direct investments to a number of the same companies. I thank Mr. Ashmore for that. Just so we are clear, does the NTMA accept that the settlements are illegal under UN law? Is that the position of the NTMA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The NTMA accepts that they are illegal and that taxpayers' money under its control is being invested in companies that are supporting illegal activities. Is that a fair assessment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I just want to be crystal clear. This goes to the core of the matter. The NTMA, which is entrusted with taxpayers' money, is investing, directly or indirectly, millions of euro in taxpayers' money in companies that are supporting illegal activities in the occupied territories under UN law. Is that correct? Is that a statement of fact?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: So it is correct. The NTMA has made the point in the past that it was seeking to divest. Maybe I will return to that because it is important. Some of the directed investments mentioned earlier, which are under the control of ISIF and are not pooled investments, are in banks. Taxpayers are appalled that their money is going to the likes of Leumi Bank, which is one of the largest banks in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: So the NTMA is not looking at it. It is talking to the investors who manage the investment on its behalf to see if they could look at their policies. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: What has the NTMA asked them to do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, that is just a lot of words. I want to drill down to it. Has the NTMA said to the firm acting on behalf ISIF in managing these investments "Do you know something? We should not be investing taxpayers' money in companies that are involved in supporting the illegal settlements in the occupied territories." Is that the direction the NTMA has given to them? Will Mr. Ashmore...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I hear all that. I will go back to the bank and the fact that ISIF is investing taxpayers' money in an Israeli bank that is involved in supporting illegal activity in the occupied territories. What I am hearing is that ISIF has not done anything with it and is respecting the process. The list lies at the core of the issued. That is the core issue. If there Minister were able to designate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: My question goes to the core of it. The State is doing that. Mr. Gilvarry is a senior official in the Department of Finance, which is responsible for this legislation. There is no point in Mr. Gilvarry being here if he is not going to offer an opinion on the matter. The core of the issue is that illegal activities are happening in the occupied territories and we are funding them. Is it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That is what the Private Members' Bill does.