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- Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (2 Oct 2024)
Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 3.54 p.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 4.54 p.m. Sitting suspended at 3.54 p.m. and resumed at 4.54 p.m.
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I welcome a second opportunity to make a contribution on the budget. I also refer to the fact that we have had a chance to reflect on it. With the size of the budget and the money involved we will need a lot more time. Again, to quote Social Justice Ireland, this budget will leave a "regressive legacy". It welcomes the good things, as do I, but overall it points out that a couple with...
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: They can rob the State so and it is not-----
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Deputy should confine himself to the subject on-----
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: We can rob the State and it is not breaking any law.
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Similarly, that comment about robbing the State is something the Deputy should consider withdrawing.
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: But it is daylight robbery.
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is an open charge.
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I have no interest in withdrawing it because it is blatant.
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I would ask the Deputy to confine yourself to matters within the budget.
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Thank you. It is blatant. I referred to Tusla overpayment. According to the annual report of their own public accounts, in case the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach tells me this is something else, they have an overspend of €1.25 million on wages. Is that not daylight robbery? What is that? In their own public accounts, they have the audacity-----
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I would ask the Deputy to be careful about his language.
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I am being ana cúramach ar fad-----
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: You are insinuating that is robbery.
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: -----but this is the problem with Government. It is too careful. It is not with the ordinary people. It crucifies them and persecutes them-----
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I do not see a member of the Government-----
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Big agencies like this are milking the taxpayer and they are doing an untold harm to families. I want that on the record because I maintain that. The OPW seems to be licensed to do what it likes. I had great respect for the OPW over the years. They have many good projects and many good staff, but there are the cases I cited there - the bike shed and the hut, and God knows how many more...
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Michael Collins: One of the best reports today was in one of the newspapers, that "Budget 2025 delivers vast spending – but a dire lack of vision stores up disaster for the country". That was true, in my view, on so many fronts. I look at the roads budget. I spoke quite a lot about other issues last night and I will not touch on them today. The VAT rate, at 13.5%, was one of the biggest mistakes...
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Carol Nolan: The verdict is in. This budget has been exposed for the shallow but expensive exercise in Government propaganda that it is. The headline measures have been exposed as having little to no long-term benefit. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul's assessment is that while some of the measures are welcome, the budget lacks focus and was untargeted to those who needed it the most. Where is the...
- Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Moving to the Independent Group, Deputies Harkin and Connolly are sharing time.