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Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Motion (27 Jun 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I assure the Acting Chair that I will not take the ten minutes allocated to me. On behalf of the committee, I thank all the stakeholders. Their work was invaluable to us. The amount of work the civil servants have put in has been invaluable. I like to think that, down the road, the report will not be left gathering dust on a shelf but will be implemented and will be a launching pad for a...

Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Motion (27 Jun 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Motion (27 Jun 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 6.15 p.m. go dtí 2 p.m., Dé Máirt, an 2 Iúil 2024. The Dáil adjourned at 6.15 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 2 July 2024.

Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Motion (27 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputies who contributed. I apologise on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond. He had to go to another event. I will try to sum up the contributions I have listened to, if that is okay, before I give a closing statement. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett raised the issue of tax breaks for forestry as I came into the Chamber. These are issues in respect of which...

Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Motion (27 Jun 2024)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the opportunity to have a debate, if we can describe it as such, in this Chamber on a highly significant report from the Commission on Taxation and Welfare. Quite frankly, if the Committee on Budgetary Oversight had not decided to examine the recommendations of the report, which was published in September 2022, I do not believe we would be having a debate in this Chamber at all....

Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Motion (27 Jun 2024)

Bernard Durkan: The next speaker is Deputy Boyd Barrett who will have ten minutes

Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Motion (27 Jun 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will probably take less than ten minutes. The Commission on Taxation and Welfare deserves great credit for the extensive work it did in producing its own report, which is a huge piece of work. Similarly, the Committee on Budgetary Oversight put in a fair bit of work and thought into producing its own report. Given the volume of recommendations involved I do not support many of the...

Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Motion (27 Jun 2024)

Neale Richmond: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion and thank Deputy Ryan, in particular, for proposing it and providing context for this very important debate. I thank the members of the budgetary oversight committee, especially those who are present for this debate on a Thursday evening, for compiling the report following their examination of the report of the Commission on Taxation and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: The Minister of State listed off a lot of sums for once-off funding that are relatively modest. The particular funding stream that goes to ETBs for distribution in Laois - he also referred to Louth - is far lower. It is just above €15 per head of youth population in 2023. I accept and understand that there are parts of Dublin with the highest needs, but a gap of 1,000% needs to be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (27 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: There is a disparity between the €160 for every young person in Dublin city and then €15.50 in Louth and Meath. The average works out at approximately €51.60 per young person, but I do not think putting a price on every young person is the issue. It is being able to provide as wide a range of services. Deprivation is deprivation be it in inner-city Dublin or in rural...

Message from Select Committee (27 Jun 2024)

Message from Select Committee (27 Jun 2024)

Marian Harkin: The Select Committee on Transport and Communications has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2024: Vote 29.

Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Motion (27 Jun 2024)

Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Motion (27 Jun 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight entitled "Examination of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 20th September, 2023. I am happy to introduce the Examination of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report produced by the Select Committee...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (27 Jun 2024)

Michael Moynihan: Yes, I did attend the meeting. In the first instance, I commend what the section 39 or charitable organisations are doing throughout the country in providing services on behalf of the State. This is one of the charity organisations that is providing services which are not being provided by the State but should be provided by the State. The State is failing to ensure that money is provided...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (27 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I agree wholeheartedly with the Deputy on the section 39 providers right across the country. They provide invaluable services which are not always met by the State but the State supports them to do that. They are really valuable partners to the State on that. I reiterate the commitment of the Department and the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to working with the Crann Centre to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (27 Jun 2024)

Youth Services

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I am raising the very important issue of funding for youth services across Laois and Offaly. Funding for youth services comes through the local education and training board. Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board has not been receiving its fair share of it. Laois-Offaly has the highest percentage of young people aged between ten and 24 years of age. The 2022 census verified this....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (27 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta as ucht an cheist seo. I also recognise the important work that youth organisations and ETBs do for our young people across the country. It is vital. The Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, is committed to supporting the delivery and development of youth work services and opportunities for young people throughout the country. In 2024, the Government...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (27 Jun 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputy for his response. Certainly, the Minister fully acknowledges the frustration of those who are impacted by the restrictions in diatetic services in CHO, 7, and that of their families. He agrees that much more needs to be done to address the gaps in staffing and the waiting list for dieticians, in addition to other key primary care services. As the Deputy said, the new...