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Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: The Deputy should allow the Minister to speak.

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: The Deputy should allow the Minister to speak.

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: Deputies should please calm down and allow the Minister to finish.

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: The Deputy should please allow the Minister to speak.

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: Deputy Doherty should please not interrupt.

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: I call Deputy Cronin. The Gallery must be silent.

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: I will suspend the House for five minutes.

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: I call Deputy Cronin.

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: Thank you, Deputy.

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: On a point of clarity, Salient Ruling 751 states that the Gallery must be silent at all times. They were asked twice to be silent and they continued. Therefore, there was no option but to have them removed. Everybody has the right to speak here, to be heard and to be treated respectfully. It goes for the Members in the Chamber and for those in the Gallery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: I accept that it is only one factor but everybody here has said that it is an important factor. I agree with everybody here that supply is key to the housing issue. While it is maybe not a case of removing it, we might lessen that cap. We need the money to come in from financial investors abroad to invest for the long term. That will not happen if we frighten them off with language like...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: The third issue is small businesses which are small builders. We have heard again and again about them not getting access to finance. The recommendation here is about consolidating building and economies of scale, which is fine in large urban centres, but in more regional areas, the small and medium-sized builder will be building 30 or 50 houses. Larger developers will not come to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: Does Mr. Cassidy not believe at this stage that it is nearly too prudent? It has gone from in the past being maybe not prudent enough to now being too prudent and that is hindering, especially outside large urban areas, building in the regions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: I thank the witnesses for the opening statements. I will start by going back to the rent caps, if they do not mind. Naturally enough, my colleagues here will have argued about increasing the rent caps rather than decreasing them to protect the tenant. I cannot remember the country, but is there not a basis for saying that if the cap was removed or increased, then over a relatively short...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: Everybody is agreeing on an awful lot of things today, which is rather unusual. Everybody has agreed on streamlining the planning process. I would like to hear the witnesses' views on how far we go with that streamlining. You will often hear that the biggest problem with planning is objections and the process, from local authority, to An Bord Pleanála, to judicial review and sometimes...

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: I thank the Chair. I had not anticipated saying anything.

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: I am absolutely honoured and thankful to everybody to be on this committee. It is one of the most important committees within Leinster House and the Oireachtas. I look forward to working collaboratively with everybody and bringing forward all the different legislation over the next term, which will be vital.

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Readmission Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: Notwithstanding that it is a restricted document, I have to say I agree with the Minister in respect of Article 3. It gives access right from the get-go. It is always better to be inside the room negotiating with others than to be outside looking in. I do not accept that there is any threat to or loss of our sovereignty by doing this at any stage. As the Minister pointed out, if and when...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: 392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27517/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: 759. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to extend the long-Covid scheme for public health workers impacted by long-Covid past June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27526/25]