Results 261-280 of 1,044,482 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Carol Nolan OR speaker:Simon Coveney OR speaker:Seán Canney OR speaker:Bríd Smith OR speaker:Jack Chambers OR speaker:James Browne OR speaker:Ruairi Ó Murchú) in 'Committee meetings'

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: We keep on raising it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: We are raising it-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: If they please do that next week we will endeavour to facilitate them.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

(Interruptions).

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Simon Harris: We will call a vote and they will be upset about the business but none of them bothered dissenting at the meeting. Let us have a little bit of fairness and give and take here. Deputy McGrath's commitment to investment in water services is something we share. The Government is very keen to do more in relation to water. Irish Water as a vehicle is delivering but investing more in its...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: What party leader wants a second bike shed?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Are the proposed arrangements for the week's business agreed? Agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I wish to make a point of order.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Yes, Deputy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is fairly hard for any Deputy in the House to get elected. For each Deputy, it is a difficult ordeal. Notwithstanding that, it is easy enough to come up from Kerry. There are no restrictions all the way on the road up but it is getting increasingly more difficult to come into this building. On my way, I went out of the Dáil and I wanted to come back up through Molesworth Street....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: All right Deputy. There are security measures in place because of threatened protest outside. We did not want to see happening today what happened on our return last September. The Superintendent circulated to every Member the details of how access could be achieved. I accept that it is problematic for Members and I am quite prepared to talk to them offline about how we might improve...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: I listened with interest to the contributions of the witnesses. I thank them for attending. I come from a construction background. I am very frustrated by the lack of new ideas as to how we should get the private housing market, which is dysfunctional, working. I listened with interest to the proposal that we should not spend any of this surplus money we have and that we should be bank...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: I believe the witnesses, as independent observers and experts, can look at how we are doing our business, the processes we are using, what that is costing and how we can save money by doing things differently. I go back to the Dublin Port tunnel. It is the example I will give. There was talk at the time that it was not high enough to take trucks, it was leaking and it was going to fall in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: I am not asking Professor McMahon to do so. If one takes a number of projects that have never gone anyplace, one will see how much is being spent on them and how many millions of euro have we wasted.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank Professor McMahon.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: I agree that we need checks and balances but I believe we have gone from correcting what was wrong to overcorrection. Now we end up at a stage where we have probably a worse situation and we are using a lot of resources in it which should be better employed and still have checks and balances. If one takes housing, for example, one should devolve the authority to the local authority to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Jack Chambers: I thank the members for the invitation to appear before the committee to discuss budget 2025, which both I and the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, will present to the Oireachtas in a little under two weeks’ time. To begin, I will briefly set out the economic and fiscal background for this year’s budget. At an aggregate level, the Irish economy is in reasonably good shape. With...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Jack Chambers: We will set out the mechanics of how we propose to spend or utilise the €3 billion which we have on account now from the AIB share sales. We will set out the mechanics of that on budget day. We have discussed this in the context of infrastructure in the economy and I have set out the three priority areas which are housing, energy-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Jack Chambers: It is in there already. The money from the share sales is in ISIF. In terms of the additional future shares, that is a matter for future decisions in the context of the share position of the Irish State in AIB. That is a matter for future sales that may or may not occur. We have set out previously that we have had an ongoing sale of shares from AIB and at the appropriate time in the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)

Jack Chambers: Yes, correct.