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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I call order for Deputy Michael Lowry.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: I have still to respond.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Sorry. I was distracted.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Neale Richmond: I am pleased to have the opportunity to appear before the committee today to discuss the 2024 Supplementary Estimates. As Minister of State at the Department of Finance, I will be discussing one of the four Votes within the finance group of Votes, namely, Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners. I look forward to a fruitful and positive exchange. The Office of the Revenue...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Neale Richmond: I am limited in what I can say because it is subject to court proceedings.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Neale Richmond: The boat has been held for some time in order to allow it be submitted as evidence to those court proceedings and it is hoped that process will conclude in the coming months. It requires quite a bit of maintenance through this period. We hope we will not require it much longer than another month or so.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Neale Richmond: The €20 million is paid to the people who maintain the boat and are harbouring it in the Port of Cork. This is keeping the scene preserved in order that it can be used in court proceedings.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Neale Richmond: The surveillance of all ports of entry into the State, both regulated and unregulated, is carried out via a multi-agency process. An Garda Síochána, the Revenue, the ports services themselves, the Department of agriculture and many other bodies are involved in this process. As the Cathaoirleach will have noted from the headlines in the media last year, there has been a huge number...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Neale Richmond: The concerns the Cathaoirleach raises are 100% valid. I do not doubt them for an instant. As the Cathaoirleach will be aware, I have had these conversations with retailers. Of course, the responsibility for enforcement in this area lies with a number of agencies, including Revenue. Next year, Revenue will receive a record budget of €610 million to ensure it has adequate...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy should be down in the Abbey.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: Deputy McDonald is terribly confident about the outcome of the next election when she says I am walking out the door for the final time and all of this sort of stuff. It is good to see the arrogance is back. The reality is that this Government took a responsible decision today. We decided to set housing targets for the next five years to show people how, over the period from now to 2030,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: You have had 14 years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: We can credibly show people how we are going to do it. Sinn Féin is still refusing to answer the question of the issues the banks raised with it. When will the Deputy tell us what they are? When will she answer those questions?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: By all accounts, this will be the last time the Taoiseach and I speak during Leaders' Questions. I want to ensure constructive engagement rather than engaging in cheap political shots. That is important. It is fitting that I ask the Taoiseach about the issue that, above all else, has defined his Government's term in office, the housing crisis. This affects every family and every...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: As I rise, I am very conscious of the funeral today of a giant of the press gallery, David Davin-Power. I know I join colleagues across this House in extending my sympathies to David's wife Dearbhla, to his five children and to his wider friends and family. I know we all think of David and his family at this very sad time. We all remember him fondly in this House, as well as his incredible...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Mairead Farrell: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: I very much look forward to that as well because people watching should know Sinn Féin wants to abolish the Land Development Agency, an agency that is now capitalised to deliver 18,000 homes. What is Sinn Féin's priority when it gets into government? It is to spend God knows how long passing legislation to scrap that agency when it is building homes. I have been there with the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Crowe: This is questions for the Taoiseach.