Results 261-280 of 1,047,825 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Brendan Griffin OR speaker:Micheál Martin OR speaker:John Brady OR speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh OR speaker:Aindrias Moynihan OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Paul McAuliffe)

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: Business of Select Committee (18 Sep 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I nominate Deputy Aindrias Moynihan.

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

Aindrias Moynihan: No apologies have been received. The purpose of today's meeting is pre-budget engagement. The afternoon engagement is the first of two sessions today and forms part of the committee's scrutiny of budget 2025. The committee is due to meet later this evening to hear from the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. On behalf of the...

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

Aindrias Moynihan: Go raibh maith agat. I now invite Dr. Conor O’Toole from the ESRI to make his opening statement.

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

Aindrias Moynihan: Thank you. I invite the chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, Mr. Coffey, to make his opening statement.

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

Aindrias Moynihan: Thank you. I invite the co-director of the Nevin Economic Research Institute, Dr. McDonnell, to make his opening statement.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. They are very interesting and timely. There are a lot of commonalities in what they have said. IFAC's submission makes for stark reading. We would be in a deficit of more than €5 billion if it was not for the windfall tax. This is difficult for people to understand. It would suggest there has not been good management of the economy...

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: Obviously projects such as the western rail corridor, which is shovel ready and not greatly labour intensive, and the rebalancing of the regions are very important. I hate to think what would happen if we did head into recession again with such a deficit of infrastructure in regions. We would tip over completely.

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: We obviously have to invest in infrastructure, including the infrastructure Dr. McDonnell has talked about. Putting funds away until 2040 is all well and good and it is laudable, but we need to fix the infrastructure to maintain our competitiveness and expand foreign direct investment in order to ensure we are not reliant on three multinational companies. That is hugely important. Dr....

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

Rose Conway-Walsh: Basically, we are spending a lot of money but we are not spending it in the right places. If we were to go into a budget and again give tax reliefs, such as on inheritance tax, rather than targeting, that would be the wrong thing to do.