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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy is suggesting it.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Well, that is the end product of what the Deputy is suggesting.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I am surprised at the Deputy because he is a nice lad and he should not be making suggestions like that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I can only assume that – this is for the good of the audience and so forth – in real terms, the Minister is correct to say that this is a well-balanced budget and its taxation package is a good and progressive one. There is a cap on it, with anyone earning over €70,000 not gaining anything at all under the proposal. People who are on €50,000 or €55,000...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I am of the opinion that the various incentives in Housing for All, which have been referred to, are beginning to tell in the sense that more houses are being built, more people are buying houses and more people have bought houses in the past year. We can dress it up any way we like depending on whether we were in opposition or otherwise. Usually, in opposition, one tends to exaggerate the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 7 to 9, inclusive, have been ruled out of order on the basis that there is a potential charge on Revenue.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Is it agreed that section 13, as amended, stands part of the Bill?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thought we were moving on; forward impetus all of the time.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: To reiterate, is it agreed that section 13, as amended, stand part of the Bill?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Very quickly because I am in a hurry at this stage.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I call Deputy English.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Is the section agreed?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Members will have time to make submissions and voice their opinions on Report Stage. Is that agreed?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Is that acceptable?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: That is noted.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Amendment No. 15 is out of order as it involves a potential charge on the people.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: The section is opposed by Deputies Nash and Doherty.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Bernard Durkan: We are going to round it off now.