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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...cannot get homes. People who work in our professional services cannot get homes in Dublin under this Government. Rents, homelessness and house prices are up but somehow, it is always Sinn Féin's fault. The dogs in the street know that the targets the Government has set are far too law. Worse still, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...was set to miss its housing targets each year out to 2025. It expects that each year from now to 2025, the Government will fall over 12,000 homes short of its own target. The world and its dog knows the Government’s targets are woefully short of what is needed to meet demand. This is deeply concerning. The Government has missed its social and affordable targets since 2020. I am...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Agreements: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...sector is doing what it should be doing, which is lending to individuals and making a return for shareholders, while also meeting the needs of ordinary people, businesses and the economy. This situation has dogged the banking sector for so long, but it is its fault. The banks are continuing to breach the regulations and continuing to act in the way they have. I fear this committee will...

Rising Food Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...in line with inflation, cutting the cost of childcare and introducing a discretionary energy fund, which is needed. People should listen to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and not this balderdash from the Minister that such a fund exists when the dogs on the street know that is not what is needed. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is arguing for the proposal before us. Government...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...Minister has got your backs, folks. Interest of €480 if people take out a €1,000 loan is ridiculous. I tabled this legislation years ago. I have been frustrated at every stage. The Government has made a dog's dinner of my legislation. Every single amendment was deleted, bar the definitions. The Government has frustrated this and come forward with the argument that it...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 5: In page 3, line 6, after “1995” to insert “; and to provide for related matters”. The Minister of State has made a dog's dinner of this legislation. It is one of the worst examples of parliamentary practice I have seen in the 13 years I have been here. It is legislation that has a commencement and a Title but nothing else. It is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...up by 4.3%. Somebody in Dublin paying the average rent of €1,848 per month could see the rent increased by a landlord by over €950 per year. Does the Minister agree the Government has made a dog's dinner of this matter? Does he agree that the Government must implement the proposals Sinn Féin has advocated for years now? Will the Government introduce a rent freeze to...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...and would be glad if he announced it - which would slash fees by a third in 2022 and by another third in 2023. What has he done? Instead of grasping that challenge and moving forward with bold reforms, the Government has stolen our policies and made a dog's dinner of them. That is the reality of it. It is ridiculous. Instead of bringing forward a plan to significantly reduce childcare...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Agreements (15 Jun 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...momentum and that the members of the G7 and the broader OECD are already seeking carve-outs and exemptions for strategic industries and economies under pillars 1 and 2. It is also clear that they will doggedly pursue their own national interests in that process, as is the right of those countries. We must pursue an outcome that is fair and that works for all countries and jurisdictions...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...rowing in behind it and calling for a minimum tax rate on corporations of not less than 15%. This has been welcomed by France and Germany. As recently as this week, the Minister for Finance doggedly asserted that our corporate tax rate of 12.5% would remain unchanged as a result of this process. Does Mr. Barnes think that is likely? What impact does he foresee if our corporate tax rate...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...talking about. This is what Garda sergeants and inspectors are saying when the Government claims this is being followed up on and that there is a robust system in place, when everybody and their dog knows there is not. We are an island nation. We have an opportunity to do our best to support the efforts that are happening in the community, valiant efforts by people who are making huge...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Pearse Doherty: ...current waiver for another three months of this year, but that simply does not cut it. What should have been done was the extension of the waiver for a further six months, into 2021, which would have given certainty to these businesses that have been so badly affected. A tourism and hospitality voucher should also have been rolled out, at a rate of €200 per adult and €100...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: ...diving last week. This big data stuff is so sophisticated that the company would be able to conclude that I would be a higher risk than Senator Conway-Walsh, for example, who was out walking her dogs rather than jumping off a cliff with an elastic band tied to her ankles.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget 2020 and Macroeconomic Issues: Discussion (25 Jun 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The dog has been proven to be correct. IFAC also said that last year's projections were not credible - it has used stronger language in this case - and last year it was proven to be correct because there was a €1.2 billion increase in expenditure year on year. It is important to note that the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council believes more money will be spent than has been projected...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: ...opportunity while revenues flow to try to undo the utter neglect this Government has shown, particularly in the area of capital investment. There is an opportunity to use this moment to do what should have been done years ago, which is to build houses, upgrade and invest in infrastructure. The Government has gone to great lengths to lecture the nation about prudence over the past year...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: ...powers, why is it asking the customers, many of whom do not have experience or wherewithal to take a complaint to the Financial Services Ombudsman, to go in that direction? In this case, it is the dog that will not bark and the Central Bank is sending a terrible signal to the financial institutions to continue the way they are going. The reality is that many people will not take a case...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Pearse Doherty: .... We know that, seven years after the Central Bank issued the letter, at least 13,000 customers have been identified. The banks are taking a hand to the Central Bank because the latter is a dog that is refusing to bark, never mind bite.

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (18 May 2017)

Pearse Doherty: ...scheme. The Minister talked about learning lessons from what happened in the past, yet he brought forward an incentive that would only result in an increase in house prices. Everybody and his or her dog warned the Government about this before the incentive was introduced. Many pointed to the fact that we had escalating house prices as a result of the Minister's failed help-to-buy...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Pearse Doherty: ...rates were 15%, then they were 10% for a long period, then 5%, were abolished totally at one stage and then reintroduced at 1%. If a person goes into a bookmaker's shop to put €10 on a horse, a dog or whatever, he or she will be charged 30 cent under my provision and the State gets that 30 cent. The bookmaker does not have to pay it. This is a complex area, particularly with the...

Access to Credit: Motion [Private Members] (12 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: ...rightly refers to moneylenders. However, it does not mention the issue of large credit providers in the State, namely, the credit union sector and it is important to note the significance of that sector in society, which I consider to be of systemic importance today. I believe there is a need for an independent examination of how the Newbridge Credit Union issue was handled by the...