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Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: I want to follow up on comments from the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste earlier and ask them how they have made this budget work for children with additional needs who do not have a suitable place, like Josh in Clonmel, whom we spoke about in the House last week. How have they made this economy benefit the 11,000 children waiting for an assessment of needs or scoliosis surgery? Why are...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Claire Kerrane: It is quite incredible to believe that, after this budget, we again add to the growing list of wasting when it comes to taxpayers' money. It is quite incredible to believe the Government has suggested, is putting forward and has budgeted €9 million for mobile phone pouches for national schools. Many schools, particularly in rural areas across Roscommon and Galway, are struggling to...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Senator Pippa Hackett): Two thirds of the landmass of Ireland is agricultural land, so the measures we take on-farm to improve water quality, biodiversity and soil health and to store more carbon have a massive impact on our wider environment. For the fifth year in a row, we are putting funding in place to pay farmers...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: I am glad to have the opportunity to respond to the budget and the efforts that have been made with regard to agriculture. The broader point is that the Government had huge financial resources to bring to the table for this budget. Many people out there, particularly those in rural areas and across the western seaboard, recognise that it is a part of the world that has had the least...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I call the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, who has just under five minutes.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Heydon: Budget 2025 will provide much needed support and certainty to farmers. Across the country, farmers are housing animals, sowing crops and making plans for the winter ahead. They have been through a year marked by difficult weather. The start of the grazing season was delayed, with dairy, beef and sheep farmers left to play catch-up. Back-to-back wet sowing seasons made planting crops...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy O'Donoghue has two young colleagues in the Gallery - Ian O'Donoghue and Martin Finnerty. I am sure they will be glad to hear what he has to say.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: They might be embarrassed when they hear me say this. I address the Ministers and I am glad there are some females in here as well because there is something I would like to know. With the funding that is being spent at the moment in the education network, we have seen a whistleblower come out over the SPHE, which is actually porn being taught to children between the ages of 12 and 15 in...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy O'Donoghue, I have not seen this material. I have read about it.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: It has been all over the news. There is a teacher after resigning her position.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Well, there may be-----

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: It has been on the news and the media.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Let me put it to you this way. I would find it inconceivable that any Minister in this House would sanction or authorise the use of pornographic material in any of our schools.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am delighted to hear that because then we want to have an investigation to know if there are teachers being taught this and then having to teach this to children under the age of consent. This is what I want to make sure. Something like this should not happen under the age of consent and I would support this. The Government is spending upward of €900,000 on telephone boxes to hide...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Joan Collins: Double child benefit payments should not just be for Christmas as the Minister referred to in her Christmas babies speech. They should be for childhood. That is why the Government should have implemented the second tier of child benefit recommended by the ESRI and many other organisations fighting for children's rights. That is why, in order to make real progress and reduce child poverty,...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the opportunity to highlight key aspects of budget 2025 for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, introduced by myself along with the Ministers of State, Senator Hackett and Deputy Heydon. My goal for budget 2025 was to support farm incomes as well as the continued development of the agrifood industry, by building on the significant supports put in place over the...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this important, historic budget. I acknowledge the excellent contribution we have just heard from the Minister, Deputy McEntee. The first issue I want to deal with is one that missed everybody in their alleged objective commentary on this budget where they gave the impression that we were just spending money all over the place....

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: Not for bicycle sheds, I hope.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Fleming: Other than those basic items, this was about prudent management of the economy to make sure there is money for the years to come and not to spend it all yesterday. What we announced yesterday touches every sector of society. We introduced a rent tax credit, and that will increase to €1,000. We are providing two €125 energy credits. Some people complain about that. We are...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: From the Rural Independent Group, Deputy Danny Healy-Rae will be followed by Deputy Michael Healy-Rae.