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Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I will try to touch on the positivity with regard to the budget. There are some very good things in it. I agree with Senator Reilly that greenways are superb. I also agree with what he said about child care costs. I am glad that prescription charges are being reduced. I completely agree with the introduction of a sugar tax and the measures that are being taken in respect of cigarettes...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: The Chair has to give me an opportunity to respond to people.

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: Senator Byrne spoke about education. Another really important part of the capital budget is the €53 million that is being provided for further education for the first time.It was zero last year, so that will be a huge benefit. There will also be more than 6,000 new apprenticeships. I will touch upon the VAT issue quickly because a number of people raised it. There was a choice to...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I do not want to go down the Donald Trump path of saying it is or it is not. This is the largest health budget ever. For people to say that it is not is dishonest. I have a real concern about housing and the local authorities. I think it was Senator O'Sullivan who referred to the local authorities. I was on a local authority in 2007. Every director of service who was there has since...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I want to touch upon the issues raised by every Senator if I can.

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: The Chairman is very kind. Senator Michelle Mulherin referred to the competing interests in public services. That is so; there is no two ways around it. The Brexit loan scheme for businesses is a really good measure. I had experience of it in the farming sector. A total of €1.8 billion was also collected in rates, so there are the sums of €3.4 billion plus €1.8...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: The 1,200 people with disabilities-----

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I know that. I know a good bit about the health sector and my point is that nothing happens unless people are prepared to give an inch. I can tell Senator Conway-Walsh that a choice was to be made in relation to the bed spaces. The Senator cited Dublin and price gouging. I will not pretend to be pleased with the prices of hotel rooms in Dublin. The Senator, however, is the very person to...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: Senator Victor Boyhan raised the issue of social and affordable housing. I believe that all of the conversation has been about social housing to the detriment of affordable housing. A good local authority affordable housing scheme has been on the books for years but it has not been used for years because the market has cancelled it out. The market has gobbled up the affordable housing...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I want to put into context the issues of the actual tax take. People are talking about the tax reductions in respect of the universal social charge, USC, and the widening of the tax band. The tax band will widen by €750 to €34,550. This is still below the average industrial wage and I have spoken on this issue for years. Ireland is an unusual jurisdiction in that people pay...

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: No.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: No. That is wrong.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: No.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: It is good to see that the Deputy is in line with IBEC.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: The Deputy is wrong.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: The Deputy knows how I feel.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: It does not sound good when the Deputy says we were locked up for a few years.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I would expect no less.

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I move amendment No. 1:(a) To delete the following after “calls on the Central Bank of Ireland to:”: “— provide a firm deadline in which the Government expects all affected accounts to be identified and corrected and for all redress and compensation to be paid;” and replace with: “— provide a firm deadline in which it expects all affected...

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: He forgot about the motorways going north, east and west.