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- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Neale Richmond: I thank the Deputies opposite for tabling this motion. I welcome the opportunity to discuss it and lay out a few issues. In the few minutes I have available to me, I would like to go through the motion itself, the challenges that have been cited, some of the responses that have been issued, some of the engagement we have had and to take the debate in the round. I would like to state for...
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: They cannot wait until the budget.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Neale Richmond: I have not even got 45 seconds into my speech.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: No response.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Neale Richmond: If the Deputy listens to the entirety, he will be given a full response.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: No response.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Neale Richmond: The Deputy will have a full response when I get a chance to respond. All things are taken into full and frank consideration because the Government recognises the importance not just of tourism but also the hospitality sector for the economy and the tens of thousands of people it employs directly across the country. The Deputies opposite have cited the Restaurants Association of Ireland. I...
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Michael Collins: I would be delighted to.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Neale Richmond: In response to Deputy Nolan, I will be in Laois on 8 July and am happy to meet any business owners. I am also travelling to Kinnitty. I am sure the Deputy can understand why. I will meet a particular hospitality business there this month to discuss the impact of this. If the Deputy is available, I am happy to meet her. The last time I was in Clonmel, Deputy McGrath and I shared breakfast.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: We did.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Neale Richmond: I am happy to meet him. It is always a pleasure. I will not be in Kerry until 22 July, but if I have both Deputies Healy-Rae meet me in Killorglin, I will be happy to see them then. I will be in Fexco and meeting the local credit unions. I will make time to meet any local hospitality businesses to discuss this issue. That offer goes to the Deputies opposite, whether in Louth or Donegal....
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Good job they are not here or the Minister of State would be in real trouble.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Neale Richmond: I will not leave out Waterford either. We all know that this has a significant impact on many communities, both rural and indeed urban, in Dublin and outside Dublin. We know the many challenges that so many SMEs have experienced in recent years with economic shocks from the Covid-19 pandemic. Many business representatives I have met in recent months cite the supports. People talk about...
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Carol Nolan: It is unclear just how many times a sector has to sound the alarm before it is taken seriously and listened to by the Government. Time and again, those working in hospitality, tourism and retail have emphatically made the point that they are facing imminent and widespread closures caused in part by the reintroduction of the 13.5% VAT rate. We know from a survey conducted last week with 180...
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Michael Collins: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — from 2011-2018 and 2020-2023, the hospitality and tourism sector enjoyed a reduced 9 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) rate; — the Government restored this rate to 13.5 per cent in September 2023; — the Government’s decision to hike the VAT rate on the sector last year was ill-judged and ill-advised; —...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (19 Jun 2024)
Inland Fisheries
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (19 Jun 2024)
Seán Sherlock: On the weekend of 8 and 9 June last, a major incident occurred on the Allow river, which is a tributary of the Munster Blackwater, in which over 5,000 fish were killed. That included species such as salmon, trout and lamprey. The reason I raise this here today is because I am concerned, in the first instance, about that fish kill and that we do not have as of yet the full facts established...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (19 Jun 2024)
Neale Richmond: I thank Deputy Sherlock for raising this important issue and allowing me to update the House on matters relating to it on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan. As the Deputy will be aware, a serious pollution incident, resulting in a significant fish kill, occurred on 8 and 9 June on the Allow river, a tributary of the Munster Blackwater river. On Sunday, 9 June, Uisce Éireann...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (19 Jun 2024)
Seán Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State's reply. I genuinely do, because that brings the story along. It is reassuring to know that the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has written to the statutory body involved here and that a meeting will take place with the CEO of Uisce Éireann and we will see what the result of that meeting will be. I feel sorry for the people of this region, and...