Results 41-60 of 2,066 for speaker:Joe Flaherty
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: So basically we have to incentivise landlords to get back into the market.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I agree that we would never hear somebody down the country saying they are buying a house to rent it out. That is not going to happen now. With regard to the IPAV, do we need to incentivise people, be it through a section 23 rural renewal scheme, to get building and get these mom-and-pop landlords back into the market?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I am conscious of time and I want to pursue this point on section 23.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: In the IPAV's discussions with Government, and in particular with the Department of Finance, has the IPAV been given any indication that something similar to a section 23 will be possible in the budget?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: The single biggest fix for the rental market is to get mom-and-pop landlords in and the quickest way to do this is to financially incentivise them.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (10 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is probably not his first time in here but I have been off for some months so it is my first time to see him here. I congratulate him on his role. It is great to see him getting to grips with it so quickly. If the weather was not so good I would have come out in a cold sweat when I saw the Bill on the schedule for today because, like...
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I invite the Minister for justice, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, to address the Bill.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister for a comprehensive summary of the Bill.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I understand Senator Stephenson is sharing time with Senator Noonan, if that is in order with the House.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I do not think that is appropriate.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: That may be but I do not think it is appropriate to this debate.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I ask the Senator to be mindful of her language.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: Senator, I ask you to withdraw that. You have absolutely no proof of what you are saying there. That is a scurrilous comment and I ask you to withdraw it, unless you have proof.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: The Senator can withdraw it unless she has proof.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: In relation to the architects of the Bill.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: It is.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: It is not a crime to come from a legal background.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I am going to ask you to withdraw that.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: It is withdrawn, is it?
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: The Senator is over her time and she has gone on to different legislation.