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Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Seán Canney: I am sharing time with Deputies Shanahan and Verona Murphy. I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 1: To delete all the words after "recognising that" and substitute the following: "there is a need for the Government to commit to protecting the public purse, seek value for the citizen and implement accountability to ensure that there is a cost to high ranking civil servants or...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I am sure the Minister of State is aware of the old adages of "The easiest way to make a pound is to spend a pound" and "Mind the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves". It is fair to say that during the Celtic tiger, the realisation was made by many that many poor investments are made when an abundance of money is there and money is plentiful. It is also fair to say an...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: In the short time I have, I want to be critically constructive. The Minister of State would do well to listen to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, which has issued an independent report on the budget stating that it is an inflationary budget. Spending from well-performing economy with extraordinary tax take, the tax take trebled in three years to €23 billion. Equally, what has...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Mick Barry: We need to talk about private procurement, phone pouches, security huts and bike sheds. The bike shed is actually illustrative of what goes on. A total of €336,000 of public money was spent on a shed for 18 bikes. There has been much media commentary to the effect that this is what happens when the State is in charge of a project or when the public sector is involved with one. The...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. Sinn Féin’s motion is one-page long and sticks to phone pouches and child and adult mental health services, while the Government’s countermotion is significantly longer and goes wider. With that in mind, I will also go wider in my condemnation. In many ways this debate is about phone pouches but in many other...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Dessie Ellis: This Government has had plenty of opportunities to build a legacy of competency, stability and fiscal rectitude. Instead of a legacy of achievement, this Government can boast of a legacy of crisis, ineptitude and incompetence. The Government has a responsibility to help the vulnerable in society, particularly those who struggle each day because of a disability, mental health issues or...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Seán Sherlock: The Labour Party will support the motion. We note the Government's countermotion, in which there seems to be a strong emphasis on all the moneys being spent by the Government across a whole range of areas, from CAMHS to the capital expenditure on infrastructure right through to things like BusConnects. Nobody would discount the fact that the Government has expended large amounts of...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We are way over time.

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Colm Burke: Targeted waiting list activity in 2024 is focused on those waiting more than 12 months. A real improvement has been delivered in mental health services, particularly in youth mental health.

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The next speaker is Deputy Martin Kenny. He is sharing time with Deputies Patricia Ryan, Mythen, Quinlivan and Ellis.

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: The level of anger around the country about the phone pouch scheme is quite shocking. The Minister, Deputy Foley, mentioned principals to whom she has spoken who praised the initiative. I have heard nobody anywhere praising it. I have spoken to several principals and teachers and they are all saying the same, namely, that they need money for summer works schemes, special needs assistants...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I am delighted the Minister, Deputy Foley, got off her chest everything that is wrong with Sinn Féin. She has now left the building. We will keep going. The expenditure of €9 million on phone pouches is unbelievable. That is €9 million. It is so unbelievable that I had to say it twice. It is even more unbelievable when we start doing the sums on how €9 million...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Taoiseach sets the tone on how to spend public money. In his previous role as Minister for Health, he showed how wasteful Fine Gael is when it comes to taxpayers' money. The State is spending €2 billion, if not more, on a children's hospital that is not even ready. The completion date has been pushed back again and again, with the latest indication that it will be in 2026....

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Norma Foley: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all the words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "recognising that: — Government has provided, and continues to provide, a robust response to the challenges and needs facing the Irish nation, through continued investment and leadership in the delivery of public services, important infrastructure projects, and...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Colm Burke: The Government has provided significant additional investment to enhance all aspects of our mental health care, including that of children and young people. This is in line with our mental health policy, Sharing the Vision, and our suicide reduction strategy, Connecting for Life. Good progress continues to be made on the implementation of both policies. Over the lifetime of the...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Denise Mitchell: People are very angry at this Government as it continues to waste any amount of public funds. We have the most expensive bike shed in the State, the most expensive children's hospital in the world, a security hut that cost €1.4 million to deliver and modular homes that were supposed to cost €200,000 but the Government ended up paying €440,000 for them. That is all in a...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Chris Andrews: I am delighted to get the opportunity to highlight the reckless spending by this Government. I have only two minutes, so unfortunately I will not be able to list all the reckless spending even in my constituency. I will concentrate on two projects. The first is Enable Ireland's school in Sandymount, which I have raised with the Minister before. For two years classrooms have been closed to...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I agree with Deputy Andrews. What is more, there is no Minister who will come forward and say he or she is accountable for this and nobody to take responsibility for the wasteful decisions that are being made around it. We will get to the bottom of that on another day. This Government's wasteful spending of other people's money must be brought to an end. The plan to spend €9...

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Spending of Public Funds by the Government: Motion [Private Members] (8 Oct 2024)

Mark Ward: I move: That Dáil Éireann notes: - the wasteful spending of public funds by this Government; - the exposure of further waste of public money in recent weeks on a €336,000 bike shed and a €1,400,000 security hut; and - the cost overrun related to modular homes for Ukrainians, and the debacle of the new children's hospital becoming the most expensive in the world;...