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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Haughey: I thank the witnesses for their presentations this morning and for the work they have done since that fateful vote on 23 June 2016.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Haughey: This committee obviously has engaged with every aspect of Brexit right up to today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Haughey: We did our bit, with the various ministers, civil society groups and so forth. Obviously, the main objective was no hard border on the island of Ireland and that has been achieved. We engaged many times with Maroš Šefovi. He was ecstatic at the last meeting we had with him when the Windsor Framework was agreed. He was very happy that a good day's work had been done. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Haughey: Yes. I have another comment in relation to Northern Ireland having the best of all possible worlds, access to both the UK internal market and the EU's Single Market. We take on board the point made that not enough is being done to attract investment or to highlight the advantages of the Windsor Framework from the point of view of investing in Northern Ireland. That point is well made. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Haughey: That is good to know

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their statements. My first question is on the recruitment embargo. Obviously, this embargo lasted for a year and had a detrimental effect on the health service. Would I be right in saying that the pay and numbers strategy is almost a continuation of the embargo but just with a different name? If that is the case, and it seems to be the case where there is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: On the pay and numbers strategy, it seems like a funny name given to an instrument that is basically enforcing the embargo. Will the witnesses simplify it for the likes of me and those who are listening in? What actually is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: Obviously, the pay and numbers strategy is going down like a lead balloon with the unions. I have a final question and it is probably to Ms Ní Sheaghdha. On the public health nurses, this is a very acute issue in CHO 7. I am going to focus in on CHO 7, Clondalkin and Lucan, where there are no public health nurses whatsoever. I asked a parliamentary question recently, and the HSE...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: 10 o’clock I thank the Deputies for their contributions. We share a common interest in changing the market here and this is why we are raising the stamp duty. There were already significant reductions in the instances of bulk buying of apartments on the market and this will further reduce that. Any ones that are going are probably an example of legacy developments. This...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)

Question put: "That Financial Resolution No. 4 be agreed to". The Dáil divided: Tá, 87; Níl, 52; Staon, 0. Tellers: Tá, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin; Níl, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Denise Mitchell.

Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)

Tá Cathal Berry, Colm Brophy, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Colm Burke, Peter Burke, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Jackie Cahill, Dara Calleary, Seán Canney, Ciarán Cannon, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Michael Collins, Niall Collins, Patrick Costello, Simon Coveney, Michael Creed, Cathal Crowe, Cormac Devlin, Alan Dillon, Stephen Donnelly, Francis Noel Duffy, Bernard Durkan,...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)

Question declared carried.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (1 Oct 2024)

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (1 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I move: THAT it is expedient to amend the law relating to inland revenue (including value-added tax and excise) and to make further provision in connection with finance.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (1 Oct 2024)

Debate adjourned.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (1 Oct 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 10.15 p.m. go dtí 10.30 a.m., Dé Céadaoin, an 2 Deireadh Fómhair 2024. The Dáil adjourned at 10.15 p.m. until 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 2 October 2024.

Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)

David Cullinane: Consider the many debates we have had in this Chamber about vulture funds swooping in and buying up homes, in some cases buying up housing estates and in some cases apartment blocks. We have had debates like this and the Ministers across the Chamber shrugged their shoulders, saying, "What can we do?". Today the Minister has an opportunity to do something and again this week the Government...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Again it is another failure. Bulk buying like this creates, in effect, a cartel. They are coming into an area, bulk buying the houses and creating a cartel, and then they dictate the prices for the area. They are doing it all in prime locations. If a company in the State is building a housing estate, it must have 30% for social housing. When we look at the scenario where houses are being...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity. I am aware I only have a little time. Home ownership is one of the biggest issues in Kerry for young people who want to buy or build their own home. The building option is nearly impossible because of planning permission. Home ownership is unattainable because of the cost of houses. It is hard for a young fella or a young couple - a...