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Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputy for his co-operation.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister has a short while to conclude.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: There are four speakers remaining, and the Minister must come in. There are only ten minutes. I cannot insist that the debate stops but I ask for co-operation. I call Deputy Creed.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I call Deputy Danny Healy-Rae and I ask for everyone's co-operation.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: There are six speakers left so I still ask for Deputies' co-operation. The next speaker is Deputy O'Rourke, followed by Deputies Nash and Michael Collins.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Six Members have indicated that they want to speak: Deputies Mattie McGrath, Tóibín, Danny Healy Rae, O'Rourke, Nash-----

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: No, because we are on amendment No. 3, which has been moved. People indicated for that.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I have taken the list at this point. We now have 33 minutes left so I would ask speakers to help us here a little bit. In fairness, Deputy Nash has-----

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: No, I am not going to waste any more time. Deputy Nash, you did not indicate, I am afraid.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: You indicated after the other Deputies. I would have taken it if I had seen it but the other Deputies were first in off the block in relation to addressing the first amendment. I ask for the co-operation of the Deputies in this matter.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 have been ruled out of order as they impose a charge on the Exchequer. We move now to amendment No. 3. I am only highlighting to the House where we are at the moment. Two amendments have been ruled out of order.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: They were ruled out of order because they would have imposed a charge on the Exchequer. We are going to move to amendment No. 3 in the name of Deputy Pearse Doherty, but I first ask the Minister now to move the resolution.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: In the interests of clarity and to avoid confusion, Financial Resolution Nos. 1 and 2 are being taken together.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The Chief Whip put a proposal in that regard and its was decided. Amendment Nos. 3 to 6, inclusive, are being discussed together. I have a list of names here after the proposer.. I call Deputy Carthy.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: While there are positive measures in the budget, they are all once-off in nature. It fails to take into account the background in which this budget is being passed. This is my seventh budget since I was elected in 2016. Since then we have declared a climate emergency and a biodiversity emergency. We have a serious and volatile geopolitical situation. We have had a Covid pandemic, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his recent visit to Israel/Palestine, if he can confirm several reports that the Israeli Government refused his request to visit Palestinian towns in Area C of the West Bank; if he was given a reason for this refusal, and if he accepts the explanation given; if he agrees that the areas in question are not part of Israel but...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his recent visit to Israel/Palestine, if he planned or attempted to visit Ein Samiya in Area C of the West Bank, where, according to reports from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, schools were destroyed in August and Palestinian residents were forced to flee following attacks from illegal settlers; if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 12 July 2023, the number of approvals and negative decisions made to date under the Afghan Admission programme; the number of applicants who have been informed that their applications were not eligible under the terms of the programme; the number of visas which have been issued to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied); when a decision is likely to issue, in light of the fact that the application was made over two years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44049/23]

Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Oct 2023)

Catherine Connolly: That was when people were stretched beyond belief. Our legislation could not be retrospective then but it can be in this case, without any problem whatsoever. This is the same Europe and these are the same rules but we can now go back. I am seriously concerned about what we are doing here. I am concerned about the narrative and the continuation of a war without Ireland using its...