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Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: That is what parliamentary questions are for.

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: They would have to go through six months or more. He would be happy enough if he could do the test now but he said there was a possibility of a digicard with the New Zealand licence, and even if there was, there is the timeline anomaly with regard to it. However, there is an overall solution that needs to be implemented, such as a bilateral agreement. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú. He is a man of great versatility. Deputy Boyd Barrett is next.

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a remarkable achievement by the Government that it has a budget surplus of, I think, €25 billion. The Minister of State can correct me if I am wrong. I think it is €25 billion or in that region. It has a windfall of €13 billion plus in Apple tax money that it did not want because it would have preferred that Apple, a staggeringly wealthy and profitable company,...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I very much welcome the opportunity to again discuss budget measures. I will concentrate, in particular, on tax measures contained in budget 2025 that, overall, are bad for the public and bad for the State. Budget 2025 can only be characterised as a naked attempt to buy the election. As I said on budget day, it has all the hallmarks of a Bertie budget. The Government's overriding...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Deputy Nash. For another Louth perspective, I call Deputy Fergus O'Dowd.

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I call on all the people who have any knowledge of the disappearance and murder of that young boy in Drogheda to co-operate fully with the Garda. It is very important. What we have been told today is shocking and traumatic and everybody who can help should. I welcome this budget. There are many important things in it, which I welcome. In particular, I will talk about older people....

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I do not often find myself agreeing with Deputy O'Dowd but I certainly agree with him on much of what he said there. There is lots more to do. This Finance Bill gives effect to the budget. I think it is a budget of missed opportunities. It was introduced earlier this month. It is a budget and Finance Bill without a sense of national purpose. I have heard that said a lot since. I will...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Gerald Nash: This legislation gives effect to many of the proposals announced in the budget just over two weeks ago. As we know, this is the final Finance Bill of the Government's term. Make no mistake, this is an election budget and this is an election Finance Bill. I described budget 2025 as "all gravy". Now the gravy has dried up and it is revealed, as I said on budget day, that once that happened,...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach. Táimid anseo inniu le díospóireacht a dhéanamh ar an mBille Airgeadais 2024 agus ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an oifig agus leis an bhfoireann go léir bhí ag obair ar an mBille seo. Is post deacair agus teicniúil é chun é a chur i bhfeidhm. Tá sé thar a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I welcome Mr. Mulvey here this afternoon and I thank him for his opening statement and presentation. Before we discuss An Post matters, I thank him as he has engaged in different processes arising from committee work we have undertaken, particularly with regard to the Irish Coast Guard so I thank them for that as well. I have perhaps five or six points I wish to raise. I will go through...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: On the question of State forms?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I was not aware of this until a few years ago but many post offices in rural areas have a backroom sorting room at the rear of a post office where two or three An Post employees could be there in the back. There is a trend at the moment to try to consolidate these to An Post-owned post offices, as opposed to contractor post offices and the term "consolidation" is used. People often think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: My next question is about pensioners. I received an email during the week in advance of this meeting and it is from an An Post pensioner. He was explaining that over the years there have been different iterations of postal delivery and services in Ireland. He and many of his colleagues migrated across from the then Department of Posts and Telegraphs. To all intents and purposes, they were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I have two final questions. The first is on the GPO site, which Mr. Mulvey has already touched on briefly. The media have been speculating all week as to the different functions which could happen there. I even saw a report that Dublin City Council was looking at the possibility of some RTÉ presence being at the site of the GPO, which may not be the worst thing in the world. Could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank Mr. Mulvey. I ask him about the idea of an ongoing financial support. The State gave €12 million in 2022 and it was divvied out by An Post to contractors around the country. It proved valuable and was a lifeline to many of them. Mr. Mulvey stated in his presentation that some kind of financial model is needed to keep things buoyant and above a level of difficulty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chair Designate of An Post: Discussion. (16 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I conclude by wishing Mr. Mulvey the best in his role. I thank Mr. Angus Laverty and all of the team in the GPO. I thank the local agents of An Post, the postmasters, postmistresses and the postal delivery team that we meet every day around the countryside. I thank Mr. Mulvey and wish him the best in his new role.

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Jack Chambers: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." We are here to begin our consideration of the Finance Bill, which will give the necessary legal basis to the decisions announced in the budget and make a number of other necessary updates to tax legislation. I will highlight some of the key measures contained in the Bill, but first it is useful to look at the context in which it is set....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy for his question. Improving access to home support is a priority for me and the Government. The overall budget for home support in 2025 will be approximately €838 million, €122 million more than was secured in budget 2024. I thank the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, for his support in that regard. I am disappointed to hear that the waiting list in the CHO 4...