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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I remind people about their phones and time limits.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Tánaiste, we will hold the clock for a minute.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy, I am holding the clock to allow for order to resume. Please allow the Tánaiste to speak uninterrupted.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for his reply. He quoted Mazars in relation to a lack of evidence. The report said there was no definitive evidence. It stated: "The scheme is poorly targeted with respect to incomes, location, house prices and other socioeconomic factors." Will the Minister comment on that part of the report? The report also states: "As a result, it has socially regressive...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am no financial expert but when the Minister quotes Mazars, he does so selectively. The Mazars report recommended phasing the scheme out, stated it was poorly targeted and included other comments I cannot quote in one minute. I would be delighted to tease out this matter further with the Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Thank you. The ESRI said the scheme is likely to contribute to higher house prices. The Parliamentary Budget Office stated one third of the recipients did not need help to buy to meet the 10% deposit and that, in 2021, 63% of the claims for the scheme were used to buy properties above the national average house price. I can only talk as an ordinary TD reading the reports and looking at...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 5 October 2023, his plans for the phasing out of the help-to-buy scheme; the details of the analysis underpinning the decision to extend the scheme to the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51364/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am back again on the help-to-buy scheme. I am specifically asking the details of the analysis underpinning the decision to extend the scheme and the plans for phasing it out. I ask that in the context of a scheme that was introduced with a value of €40 million. That was the annual estimate. That has risen to €181 million in 2022 and the total cost at the moment is...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Regional Development (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 12 October 2023, the status of the implementation of the west regional enterprise plan to 2024; for a status update on the implementation of action 7.2 to "develop initiative to encourage emergence of 'born sustainable, born circular' start-ups”; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Regional Development (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wonder could I use the time I did not take during the previous question.

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Regional Development (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am not tough enough. I will go back to being a TD. My question relates specifically to the status of the implementation of the west regional enterprise plan to 2024 and seeks an update in particular in respect of action 7.2, which is to "develop initiative to encourage emergence of 'born sustainable, born circular' start-ups".

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Regional Development (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I am delighted the Minister of State is taking this question for the west of Ireland because I know he has a particular interest. The language about start-ups and "born sustainable, born circular" is wonderful. However, the Minister of State knows that the west region has been degraded by the EU. I know there is controversy around what exactly happened but all TDs on this side of the...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Regional Development (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: That is good to know, but it is not happening. We look at the wonderful policy to ban big trawlers. The whole purpose of that was for ecology and biodiversity, but also to provide sustainable livings for small fishermen on the coast. That policy has gone because of a failure to communicate, even though the court held completely with the rationale behind the policy. I do not know how...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Regional Development (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: There is potential.

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Work Permits (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Question No. 7 of 12 October 2023, the status of the review by his Department of the eligibility of occupations appearing on the critical skills occupations list and the ineligible occupations list for employment permits; his plans to remove dental nurses from the ineligible occupations list; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Work Permits (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: My question is a simple one with regard to the review being carried out about the occupations appearing on the critical occupations list and ineligible occupations list. I have raised this previously, as have other TDs. I know it is under review but could the Minister give me a specific date for when it will be ready?

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Work Permits (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate that, because the uncertainty is very unhelpful to people on the ground. We have all received representations about dental nurses, carpenters and a whole range of occupations. Obviously, we all want people to be employed from within the country but with the skills shortage and until we deal properly with apprenticeships and people coming forward, we need something in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister will get a chance to contribute again.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: We are way over time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (23 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I ask for co-operation on time. It is not fair that I keep interrupting but we need to let all the other speakers contribute in due course.