Donegal TD calls surplus money to be used to address housing & health crisis
The Sinn Féin Finance spokesperson is calling on the government to invest the surplus intake on income tax, VAT and Cinto addressing the current health and housing crisis that are impacting the country. Deputy Pearse Doherty has made the calls after the government collected around 100 billion euro in…
Donegal TD fears latest rise in interest rates will pile misery on struggling mortgage holders
A Donegal TD says a further hike in interest rates will push many struggling borrowers over the edge. Interest rates are expected to increase by a half of one percent when the ECB meets today. The bank has raised rates by a total of 2 percent since July,…
Donegal TD calls for urgent ban on energy disconnections
Donegal TD and Sinn Féin spokesperson. Pearse Doherty was a guest on North West Today where he spoke about his party’s motion which was debated in the Dáil last night. The motion sought to introduce a ban on energy disconnections now and provide crucial protections for people who use…
Concrete levy to be discussed in the Dáil today
It’s being claimed that the government are circulating old speeches made by a two Donegal Sinn Féin TD’s in an attempt to justify the introduction of the new concrete levy. The Dáil will debate a motion this evening calling for the new concrete levy to be scrapped. The…
Donegal TD urges Banks to absorb increase in interest rates
A Donegal TD is pleading with Irish Banks not to pass the increase in interest rates on to customers. The European Central Bank announced yesterday that it was increasing interest rates by a record of 0.75 per cent. It follows a 0.5 per cent increase in July. Irish…
Donegal TD claims new guidelines on personal injuries is benefiting insurance companies and not customers
A Donegal TD has expressed concern that new legislation introduced around personal injuries is lining the pockets of insurance companies, while there is little evidence in any reductions on the premiums that customers are forced to pay. Compensation paid out by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board fell by almost…