Results 261-280 of 1,054,524 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh OR speaker:Paschal Donohoe OR speaker:Catherine Murphy OR speaker:Patricia Ryan OR speaker:Jennifer Whitmore 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: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Patricia Ryan: I thank the Chair and our guests. I will be brief because I am aware it has been a long session. Unfortunately, I do not talk to constituents at 12.45 at night. They are usually in bed because they have to be up early the next morning for haulage, farming or whatever it is. Moving swiftly on from that, Deputies Canney and Boyd Barrett both spoke about infrastructure, as did the witnesses....
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Patricia Ryan: It is shocking. I thank our guests.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: When I appeared here in July, the Government had published the summer economic statement and we discussed the agreed budget parameters. Today I will brief the committee on developments since then that will affect the considerations being made as part of the budgetary negotiation process ahead of budget day on 1 October. While budget 2024 was framed in the context of the cost-of-living...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: The €14.5 billion does not include the allocation of any additional money that could come from the sale of bank shares, either in the future or what has already happened. I am as aware as Deputy Doherty of the pressures that our country faces in the building of more homes. I do not accept that our plan is failing. If I look at the number of new homes that have been built, the number...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: I will kick off very quickly. On Deputy Durkan's point about the importance of looking after the Single Market, I think we all agree with that on this side of the table. On the national development plan, trying to ensure that the money available leads to homes and improvements in our capital and economy and all of that happening quicker, we are making efforts to do that. I fully accept...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: In the annex to the summer economic statement, there is a section regarding our well-being performance dealing with the performance of things that really matter within our society. That information is sourced from the CSO well-being information hub. It compares Ireland's performance across 35 well-being indicators and compares our performance to other countries. Very briefly, progress was...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: I will kick off there. I thank Deputy Canney. I entirely agree with his point that with so much funding being available through the Apple decision, it is imperative we make a decision regarding how we spend that money wisely. When Ireland experienced a gain such as this before, for example, the money that was made available for us in regional cohesion funding through our membership of the...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: No.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2024)
Paschal Donohoe: Absolutely not. A taxpayer is not accountable to the Deputy or to the Parliament for their tax affairs. They are accountable to the Revenue Commissioners and there is a clear line that we should not cross here. A taxpayer is accountable to the Revenue Commissioners, an independent non-political body, for their tax affairs. They are not accountable to Parliament for it.