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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Ministers and their teams for their contributions. I want to follow on from some of the questions I asked yesterday evening about the housing element of all of this. The statement says that €4.2 billion is to be allocated to the Department of housing, €2.5 billion of which is specifically for the housing capital allocation. Last year - I am just reading the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay. That is pretty worrying but I suppose it is a frank admission. This is why, it seems to me, that we are not discussing the Housing Commission report because the Government has no intention of acting on it in budget 2025. Essentially, that is what the Minister is really telling us.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay but-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I accept that you cannot necessarily do everything overnight but also, it is clearly set out by the commission that there needs to be a dramatic increase, and it starts that increase from the coming year - 61,000, if you include student accommodation, is what it is setting out. If you add in student accommodation, it has it at 61,000, and that is up from 33,000. That is almost, in units per...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When do we start?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, although I could mention water infrastructure and so on. Direct capital allocation is slightly reduced and the Minister has not refuted that point. It seems, on foot of what the Minister is saying, that the only increase the Department of housing is getting relates to the housing assistance payment, HAP. That is probably what it is. The Minister is factoring in that there will be...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Am I out of time?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Hardly, but-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is saying that capital investment has increased over the past while. That is true; it has. However, based on the allocation for housing capital specifically, what the Minister has read out is less than what was provided last year. Is the Minister disputing that fact? I take his point that money is going elsewhere in the Department of housing. There will be some increases...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is part of the question. Our committee has looked at a lot of tax expenditures. We have generally suggested that they should be scrutinised as much as the budget day measures, ongoing expenditure measures, etc. What will the Minister do in terms of the presentation of information on tax expenditures for the budget material and budget day?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Sorry, I do not mean that. I mean tax expenditures, such as tax credits and reliefs.

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I did not intend to speak on this amendment but I will do so because a very interesting debate has commenced since I came into the Chamber. I came in here intending to speak on amendments Nos. 7 to 12, inclusive, which seek to give effect to another High Court decision - in the case of A & B v. the International Protection Office and the Minister - which was delivered in March of...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Brendan Howlin: It was October 2022.

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: We are three years on from the Damache case, in which the Supreme Court declared sections 19(2) and 19(3) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 to be unconstitutional. We sat on it for quite some time. The Supreme Court provided some form of instruction to this House in terms of what to do. The Supreme Court decision said and recognised that the decision as to whether...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Not by the Oireachtas.

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is ultimately a matter for the Oireachtas to determine-----

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Brendan Howlin: We can only deal with-----

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: There has been considerable delay in giving effect to the decision in the Damache case. The circumstances of Demache made quite a significant case. Another matter that needs to be emphasised is that it certainly must be the case that the Government - the Executive - must be entitled to decide whether revocation of naturalisation is permitted. I listened to the points that Deputy Howlin...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputies for all of their contributions across a variety of issues. At the outset, I have some issues to address. We discussed this last week in terms of the miscellaneous Bill. Throughout the year we have all collectively across the House worked on different Bills and pieces of legislation. Naturally, the way a miscellaneous Bill comes together is that, even with all of the...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2024)

Pa Daly: This is a liquorice allsorts type of Bill. Some of it is very straightforward but it covers the broadcasting Bill and legislation on personal injuries, firearms and international protection. It proposes reducing the years of experience required to be a member of the tribunal from five years to two. Having been someone who was two years out from being a qualified solicitor, I have concerns...