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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy Holly Cairns, please.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: Everyone in this House agrees that sexual and gender-based violence is an epidemic. No part of society or sector is immune. We all know that tackling it and eradicating it is not easy. Sometimes, however, it seems like the State is not even trying. Let us take, for instance, what is happening in the Defence Forces. We know that 68 members of the Defence Forces either have been convicted...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The Government published in 2022 a five-year zero-tolerance strategy and has established Cuan, the agency which we agreed with all involved in the sector would deliver on this ambition. It has an overall budget of €59 million for 2024. I pay tribute again to Natasha O'Brien and Bláthnaid Raleigh and others who have come forward to tell...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2024)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Tá seacht mbliana ann ó thug an Taoiseach nuair a bhí sé ina Aire Sláinte gealltanas nach mbeadh aon pháiste ag fanacht níos faide ná ceithre mhí le haghaidh máinliacht scolóise a d’athródh an saol a bhí acu. Briseadh an gealltanas sin arís agus arís. Tá a fhios againn anois nach bhfuil an t-airgead a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: Ar dtús báire, caithfidh mé a rá go bhfuil an Rialtas sásta agus den tuairim go gcaithfimid gach aon iarrachta a dhéanamh chun liostaí feithimh na leanaí atá ag feitheamh ar obráidí scolóise a ísliú chomh tapa agus is féidir linn. Is é seo aidhm an Rialtais agus aidhm gach éinne sa Teach seo. Tá an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I am not sure whether the Tánaiste has just listed out the incompetences in terms of the Minister for Health. Let us boil this down to what happened. The Minister was told by CHI that if he gave it €19 million, it would reduce the waiting list so that nobody would wait more than four months. The Minister gave CHI the money. Within weeks, the parents and the advocates were...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (4 Jul 2024)

Question No. 80 taken with Written Answers. Question No. 81 taken with Question No. 77. Questions Nos. 82 to 107, inclusive, taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Tax Code

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax measures he is considering to support the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28591/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Robert Troy: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a 9% VAT rate for hospitality businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28637/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: This question has to do with the tax measures that might be considered to support the hospitality sector. Yesterday, representatives of the hospitality sector were in Leinster House and were lobbying Members of the Houses with respect to supports, were telling us that the sector was under pressure and that many of its members are on the verge of running out of liquidity. Is the Minister is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 108 and 111 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the 9% VAT rate was applied on a temporary basis to the hospitality and tourism sectors until 31 August 2023 when it reverted to the 13.5% rate. The 9% rate was introduced on 1 November 2020 in recognition of the fact that the tourism and hospitality sectors were among those most impacted by the public...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response and I understand it is part of his budget consideration and that he cannot speak directly about this issue now. Has the Minister's Department carried out any analysis of that sector and of the hospitality and the food sector in particular? Has he or his Department engaged with the representative bodies from that sector and, if so, can he tell the us...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Jack Chambers: Both my colleagues, the Ministers, Deputies Peter Burke and Catherine Martin, have extensively engaged with the tourism and hospitality sector. I know that my colleague, Deputy McGrath, when he was Minister recently met the sector also. That is why the Government responded in budget 2024 with the increased cost of business grant, which aims to provide financial support to small and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: I understand that an economic analysis was carried out with respect to the impact of the quite correct changes which the Government has brought about on the sector. This refers to the various changes we have done. I understand that impact is quite strong. Can the Minister comment on that? With respect to the increased cost of business grant, that is a one-off payment but the sector is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Jack Chambers: I know that extensive work was done towards the latter end of last year, in which the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, was involved in his previous role. That is why we responded with the increased cost of business scheme and also providing for the other ranges of support which the Minister, Deputy Burke, has advanced around the national minimum wage and having the lower rate of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: To go back to the example I gave, which was from budget day in 2019 for budget 2020, the Minister for Finance delivered the budget and the junior Minister represented him at the ECOFIN meeting. It is not the case. Junior Ministers have represented the Minister for Finance. The Eurogroup meeting is the day before, with the Minister, Deputy Donohoe. There is no reason he cannot be here. He...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)

Neale Richmond: I absolutely agree with the Deputy that we need to hold them to account and that we need to see downward pressure on prices. The Deputy cited CSO figures. I note that CSO figures, when compared with those from 2019, have gone down exactly 39.6% in motor insurance alone. We have the NCID data, which is the most robust form, that shows a consistent decrease in the price of insurance since...