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Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: He stood there and said that the Government of the time was picking the low-hanging fruit first after the banking collapse in 2008 when he came into government. He said it was picking the low-hanging fruit for austerity. Those low-hanging fruits were the drug and addiction services in communities, the family support and youth services and the intervention services that were needed in the...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: There would not be much left in the kitty in that case.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: The Government has proven that for the past 11 years.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Deputy. We were all poor.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It has come to my attention that RTÉ is reporting that an esteemed, long-serving, highly regarded and colourful former colleague, Mary O'Rourke, has passed away. I am sure we all want to express our sympathies to her family.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I would like to be associated with the Ceann Comhairle's expression of sympathy on the death of former Minister, Ms Mary O'Rourke. I have been listening to the debate for the past while with interest. Not too many of us, on both sides of the House, disagree about what we would like to get done. A lot of it is about how we get there. Many of us would like to get to the destination a lot...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: Millions were.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: It was 6 million in the case of the Jewish people alone and millions of others, to the extent that about 20 million altogether were exterminated in one way or another. Their lives were terminated. Their futures were terminated. Their families were terminated. Their raison dêtre - the reason for their existence - was terminated. They had no future. We need to remember all of that...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: When the Government praises this budget and says it has done a great job, that is quite a subjective point of view I want to be objective on behalf of a different cohort of people-----

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: That is the way it works.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Bríd Smith: -----than the Fine Gael TDs sitting opposite me. That is the community and voluntary sector, the sector that looks after the people who live in poverty. "Poverty" is a word that is very seldom heard in this House. It is a word the Government has forgotten. The Government speaks about inclusion. Yes, inclusion is great. It is a nice word and all the rest of it. However, I am talking...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I get depressed very often when I come into the Chamber and hear the Opposition Members voice their opinions, which they are entitled to voice-----

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: Thanks.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Bernard Durkan: -----but should it always be negative? I cannot recall when I last heard a positive sound come from the Opposition. I am aware the job of Opposition is difficult at any time. In the bad times it was difficult because there was no money in the country so nobody could complain about anything. However, it is no harm to step outside the box, to use the current phrase, and examine the...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, for sharing time. I join in the congratulations to my colleague the Minster, Deputy Chambers, on his first budget. I do not doubt that it was a difficult task for him and the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, to piece together the budget over recent months. I want to share some of my thoughts and feelings on the budget. There are very obvious...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Gary Gannon: "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce." I have never felt those words to be more relevant than when sitting here this week listening to the announcement of the budget and to some of the commentary that came from Government benches in respect of it. I cannot help but feel that we have been here before. This budget reeks of the infamous 2007 budget. The so-called...

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Second Stage (3 Oct 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (3 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Transport and Communications pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Question put and agreed to.