Results 741-760 of 1,121,157 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:David Stanton OR speaker:Robert Troy OR speaker:Bernard Durkan OR speaker:Imelda Munster OR speaker:Michael Collins OR speaker:Catherine Murphy OR speaker:Gino Kenny OR speaker:Roderic O'Gorman OR speaker:Darren O'Rourke OR speaker:Eamon Ryan OR speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire OR speaker:Anne Rabbitte OR speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh OR speaker:Martin Kenny OR speaker:Cathal Crowe OR speaker:Aindrias Moynihan OR speaker:James Lawless OR speaker:James O'Connor OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh OR speaker:Maurice Quinlivan OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh05 OR speaker:Pippa Hackett OR speaker:Ruairi Ó Murchú OR speaker:Catherine Connolly OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh12 OR speaker:Cormac Devlin OR speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan OR speaker:Michael Ring OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín)

Extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (16 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: There was also the mayor.

Extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (16 Oct 2024)

James Browne: Obviously, the mayor and the cathaoirleach were also involved. It was a great success and shows what can be done. It was an amazing event. I certainly hear the Deputy. I do not want to be in a situation where a Minister of State has to come here every six months to do exactly this. It needs to be finally resolved. I certainly hope that will happen in the very near future.

Extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (16 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Although that was the concluding speech, I am going to allow Deputy Pa Daly in.

Extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (16 Oct 2024)

Pa Daly: I appreciate that. I remind the House of a Private Members' Bill that an Teachta Cullinane and I moved at one stage, the Health (Parliamentary Oversight of Certain Instruments Relating to Covid-19) Bill 2021. This would have amended the Health Act 1947 and provided parliamentary oversight over regulations made by the Minister for Health. I am grateful to Dr. David Kenny of Trinity College...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Question put.

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time this evening.

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Sinn Féin's approach to the budget was one that had fairness at its heart. Our proposals sought to provide for people based on need at a time when they are hardest hit by the increased cost of living. This is why, unlike the Government's focus on enabling the better off to benefit from additional tax reliefs, we focused on those who need the most assistance and on providing for them....

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. People in County Clare are exhausted waiting for delivery. They were hopeful the Government would use the surpluses in this budget as an opportunity to make a lot of wrongs right, including reinstating the accident and emergency department in our general hospital. There is a review ongoing but, as with other issues being experienced in the...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I thank all the Deputies who spoke today and contributed to the debate. I will respond to as many of the points raised as I can in the time available to me. Some of the points made were very interesting and thought-provoking but they may have strayed outside the parameters of the Finance Bill, so I may not be in a position to respond to them. I will, however, note them for future...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I see that the Minister for Finance, tá sé imithe. With his first budget he had plenty of money and heaps of opportunities but he failed. He kow-towed to the big people again, the big business. Let us take the situation where a kite was flown about the 20% stamp duty on the conglomerate buying up houses. The Government puts it up 5%. I and the Rural Independent Group wrote in...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Michael Collins: When it comes to the Bill and when we looks at where money has gone in this country, I tried to get that conversation going today with the Minister, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, and he, of course, was not happy either because the Government has no accountability for quite a good deal of the money that is out there. There is a lot of money out there and there is no point in my saying that there is...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat. We are way over time.

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Then there are the bike shed, the security hut and €9 million for pouches, not to mention the children's hospital. The Government is a serial waster.

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill 2024. I said in my contribution on the budget that this was a budget of choices. I believe many of the choices made were poor. There was plenty of money but no plan. I have continuously said that. The announcement on inheritance tax, for example, and the changes do not reflect the situation on the ground or the value of...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Why does the Government get it wrong all the time? I have a business background and have been self-employed nearly all my life. I have education of life and of business because I am in business. Why does the Cabinet get it wrong all the time? The Government likes percentage models. How many in the Cabinet are businesspeople or come from the farming or community sector where they have...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to get the opportunity to say a few words about the missed opportunities in this budget. There was very little in it for farmers. I have been on about solar panels months and perhaps years. There was a promise that farmers would qualify for a 60% grant to put in solar panels, which could produce anywhere between 60% to 80% of their overall power consumption on farms. However,...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Unfairness was at the heart of this budget. Once-off gesture measures cannot mask that fact. The choice was made by the Government parties and is not the choice that we in Sinn Féin would have made. The Government opted, in this and previous budgets, to give significantly more benefit to higher earners than to those workers and families who have been most impacted by the ongoing...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Cathal Berry: I welcome the opportunity to make some brief comments on this Finance Bill and budget 2025 in general. I will focus on primary care and the tax treatment of GPs working in it. It is fortuitous that the Ceann Comhairle is in the Chair and the Minister of State, Deputy Lawless, is on the ministerial podium. I think they are familiar with the case I am about to raise. Deputy Shortall raised...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: My colleagues and I in the Regional Group have consistently supported the reduced rate of VAT for businesses in the food and hospitality sector because of the huge importance of this sector to the fabric of our communities. Tourism is a vital contributor to the economy of Ireland, particularly the west and Galway, but also to the survival of some communities in areas where there is little or...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

John McGuinness: I continue from where the previous speaker left the argument. There is a huge case to be made for small businesses. They are under enormous pressure. That is not a whinge; it is a fact. We have failed to understand the challenges that face small cafés, restaurants, retailers, food outlets and clothing outlets. We do not seem to understand what it takes for them to make a profit in...