Results 181-200 of 1,028,358 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Garret Ahearn OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín) in 'Committee meetings'
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)
Jennifer Whitmore: When will the Tallaght paediatric emergency service close?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: We are not in a position to determine that right now. I have long enough around to know that in the health sector situations evolve and facilities rarely close. They are either redeployed or used for something else, or they are kept on as they are. Obviously the whole idea of the national children's hospital is to have the best and most appropriate care for children with particular...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)
Paul Murphy: Why is the Government increasing tax on workers? This afternoon, under the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, employees' PRSI will be increased from 4% to 4.7%. It is the most regressive form of income tax we have, which will mean that a worker on the minimum wage will end up paying almost an extra €200 in PRSI and a worker on the average wage will pay almost €350...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Employers' PRSI has been increased. The Social Insurance Fund is extremely important for the future. Overall, Government has significantly reduced taxes on workers and, through national wage agreements and so on, with the rate of inflation coming right down this year, net incomes will increase overall. Tax has come down every year since this Government came into office, including income...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)
Denis Naughten: During his recent visit to the community around Lough Funshinagh, the Tánaiste witnessed the devastating impact of rising water levels. These levels have exceeded all previous records. Without intervention, it is predicted that four homes will be lost to the floodwaters next winter. As he knows, in its most recent modelling, the Geological Survey of Ireland has confirmed this dire...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Bríd Smith: The Tánaiste is being very defensive. Will he answer my question? No.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I have no problem buying eggs from the local person who produces them in Ballycotton. That is supporting local people in our communities who are doing an extra bit of work like that and keeping the local economy working as best we can.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Bríd Smith: I am sure that will be a great comfort to the parents of the kids who go hungry every day.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I have acknowledged the increase in food prices, as well as the cost of energy. That is why we did some unprecedented stuff in respect of giving people money back to try to deal with the undoubted increase in the cost of living. That is why the €400 lump-sum, once-off working family payments were made to 45,000 families with 97,000 children. A total of 409,000 households got a...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: We are over time.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy should acknowledge that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Bríd Smith: I asked about food inflation.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Táimid ag bogadh ar aghaidh go dtí an chéad cheist eile.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Joan Collins: No one was surprised by the failures of the Government's housing policy that were laid out in last week's report from the Housing Commission. I see those failures every day in my constituency office when I meet people struggling to pay rent or find a home, stuck on housing lists for 16 to 18 years and stuck in homelessness. The desperation out there is a direct result of the housing...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: First, we have a very extensive tenant in situ programme. It has been very effective.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Joan Collins: Not according to the commission.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, introduced it approximately two years ago. It has been very successful and effective in preventing evictions by giving the option of going to the seller and saying the council will buy the house, thereby enabling the person living there to continue as a tenant of the council. It has been very effective, with up to 1,800 approvals so far. I will get the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Joan Collins: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply but it does not answer my question. The situation in Ireland is that 5,000 people have entered emergency accommodation since the ban on no-fault evictions was lifted last year. Terminations of tenancies rose by 20% after the ban was lifted, with more than 19,000 households issued with eviction notices last year. We have record homelessness. More...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I do not think the commission is recommending no-fault evictions.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)
Joan Collins: It is recommending stopping them.