Cabinet to discuss Birth Information and Tracing Legislation
Plans to give adopted people the right to access their birth certificates are expected to be approved by Cabinet this morning. Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman is bringing proposed Birth Information and Tracing legislation before his government colleagues. It’s expected new legislation will be published this afternoon giving adopted…
Doherty seeks a level playing field for first time buyers
A Donegal TD is calling for a ban on the block purchase of residential properties by international investment funds. Sinn Fein will bring a motion before the Dáil this week which will also demand funds pay ‘appropriate’ levels of tax. It comes as some affordable housing bodies…
Doherty pushes insurance companies on lower premiums
A Donegal TD has called for cross party support for legislation which would require the insurance industry to report how it has passed on the impact of the new Personal Injuries Guidelines to consumers in the form of lower premiums. Deputy Pearse Doherty was speaking after the new guidelines,…
Warning of Trokia style cuts to support payments
A Donegal TD has issued a stark warning that Troika style controls with major cuts to income supports could be on the way as the country attempts to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic. The warning have been issued by the Deputy Pearse Doherty. He says such measures will…
Donegal TD brands excuses for closing local banks as ‘pathetic’
‘A pathetic example’ is how a Donegal TD has described the excuses provided by the Bank of Ireland CEO, Francesca McDonagh in justifying the decision to shut a number of branches of the bank in Sligo, Donegal and Leitrim. Bank of Ireland announced earlier this year that they would…
Doherty at odds with Bank of Ireland over branch closures
Bank of Ireland will today deny it’s using reduced footfall during the pandemic as an excuse to close branches. Donegal TD Pearse Doherty has taken issue with the claim. Representatives of Bank of Ireland will appear before the Oireachtas finance committee to explain why it’s shutting 103 branches…
Doherty claims ban on differential pricing is still on course
A Donegal TD says the government ‘hasn’t been able to stop’ his bill aimed at banning differential pricing. Deputy Pearse Doherty says his Insurance (Restriction on Differential Pricing) Bill 2021 has been delayed by 9 months as the government await a final report from the Central Bank on the…