Pandemic payment will be subject to income tax
The Pandemic Unemployment Payment will be subject to income tax despite an effort from the opposition to overturn the government decision. An Oireachtas committee is debating the Finance Bill which gives effect to the budget. Parties had tried to argue the PUP was not taxable prior to August when the…
Doherty says staycation subsidy excludes people not earning a taxable income
The staycation subsidy is being criticised by Sinn Fein for excluding people not earning a taxable income. Under the July Stimulus plan people can get up to 125 euro back on 625 euro spent on accommodation or restaurant bills. The party says the system is also too complicated and special…
Public meeting on insurance tonight in Boyle
Two local TDs are to hold a public meeting tonight on rising insurance costs. It’s an issue that’s affecting communities and businesses across the country. Sinn Fein TDs Martin Kenny and Pearse Doherty will host tonight’s meeting in King House in Boyle at 8pm. Insurance fraud and dual pricing, which…
Doherty calls for tracker mortgage customers to be compensated
t’s emerged that up to 15,000 mortgage customers may have been unfairly removed from their tracker mortgages. But the Central Bank is not sure whether it can take action against every lender – because its powers might not be retrospective. Earlier the Oireachtas finance committee was suspended after furious TDs…
Doherty: ‘Tax cuts benefitting the better-off’
A Donegal TD has hit at what he says are tax cuts that benefit the well-off. Sinn Fein Deputy Pearse Doherty made his comments following publication uyesterday of the government’s summer economic statement. He says shortfalls in services, such as in hospitals and health services, is not being dealt with.…