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- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Jack Chambers: That was my reference-----
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Pearse Doherty: His comments were that the protections travelled with them. They are the comments that gave the green light to the vulture funds to sweep in and buy up these loans.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Jack Chambers: For reference, I can set out what I stated, which related to the CCMA and the appeals procedure relating to it when it comes to borrowers referring the matter to them. We are on the record as saying what is required in the context of the amendment before the committee, where there is cross-party support for that.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister is also on the record as misleading the Dáil.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Catherine Connolly: The amendment has been formally moved. Is there anybody here to press that amendment? No, so the amendment falls.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Section 1 agreed to.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
SECTION 2
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Question proposed: "That section 2 stand part of the Bill."
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Pearse Doherty: On section 2 of the Bill, which deals with the rate of charge in relation to USC, this is not the way the tax package should have been introduced and I will speak to this point more generally in respect of my own amendment. There absolutely was, however, a fairer way to do that. We in Sinn Féin have put on the record that if we have the opportunity to lead the next Government, we will...
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order, are the amendments dealing with USC in the next section?
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I am not sure what section they are on but on this section, there are no amendments. There are no amendments on section 2 but Deputy Doherty wanted to speak to this section, which is perfectly in order.
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Martin Browne: Workers have had it bad enough with the cost-of-living increases, rents and house prices, increased fuel costs and the LPT increases imposed by Government parties and others who choose to align themselves with the Government parties, such as Labour and some independent councillors in my own constituency. We need to see the abolition of USC for the workers whose means are not sufficient to...
- Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Jack Chambers: This section of the Bill amends section 531AN of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to give effect to the two changes to the universal social charge that were announced in budget 2025. First, the ceiling of the second rate of USC, that is, the 2% rate, will increase to take account of the increase in the national minimum wage. It is increasing by 80 cent per hour, that is, from €12.70...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Micheál Martin: We have outlined substantive amendments that have to happen to strengthen this Bill to make sure it can be robust against any challenge to it. Someone asked earlier if there was a similar case. I did not get a chance to respond to Deputy Devlin's point. The Attorney General has alerted us to a case involving France related to the differentiation of goods in the western Sahara and that...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: Can I ask for clarification?
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Micheál Martin: I understand why people are saying this. On that point about France, and Deputy Devlin did ask me about a similar case, it illustrates how far this can go. The Government, in signing the money message, is preparing now to go the full distance on this. It goes through the Oireachtas, and if it has to go through the European courts, it will do that.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: I ask for clarification on a point the Tánaiste has just mentioned. He mentioned the-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)
Matt Carthy: Perhaps the Tánaiste can clarify whether I have this wrong. The case involving France that he mentioned is actually technically the exact opposite of this. This relates to France engaging with an occupier. It was struck down because it treated an occupied territory as part of Morocco. Therefore, is it not the case it is the flip side of this?