I move amendment No. 1:To delete all the words after "pre-budget consultations carried out by the Department of Social Protection" and substitute the following:"notes:— the provision of substantial resources set out by the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform in Budget 2015 to the Construction 2020 strategy to ensure an increased and improving housing stock which will fundamentally improve social housing provision in Ireland; — that, in addition to the capital funding to be made available, the introduction of the Housing Assistance Payment will further support the social housing needs of 8,000 households; and — an increase in the annual expenditure provision for tackling homelessness;further notes:— that budget 2015 was the first budget since 2009 in which there will be no new cuts to social welfare schemes demonstrating that economic recovery will be accompanied by social recovery, highlighted by the fact that:— a new back to work family dividend will be introduced; — the rate of child benefit will be increased by €5; — the rate of the living alone allowance will be increased, benefiting almost 180,000 people; and — the Government has decided to pay a 25 per cent bonus to social welfare and other recipients this coming Christmas; and — the income tax reform plan in Budget 2015, which reduces the marginal tax rate on low and middle income earners in a manner that maintains the highly progressive nature of the Irish tax system and makes it more attractive to return to work, stay in work and ensures that work rewards individuals adequately;agrees that, while detailed distributional impact analysis of tax changes are already included in budget documentation, a social impact assessment of the main taxation and welfare measures will be carried out by a cross-Department body led by the Departments of Finance, Social Protection and Public Expenditure and Reform before the publishing of budgets; and is committed to a vision for Ireland which provides for economic and social recovery and focuses on measures which will assist people to return to work, continue to build consumer confidence and strengthen demand in the domestic economy."I wish to share time with Deputy Derek Nolan.

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