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National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: You can start.

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: This is a levy on the fuel distributors and what the Minister is doing by rejecting my proposal is giving a free pass to the fossil fuel energy and I am disappointed that a Green Party Government would do this. I will press the amendment.

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 5: In page 11, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: "(e) The Minister shall lay such directions or guidelines under this subsection before each House of the Oireachtas.".

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I am disappointed. We were told there was a very green hue to this new Government, and here we have an opportunity to look at a reduction in oil demand in the country and to use expertise that is available to us. This is related to amendment No. 4, which we will come to in a moment. I will press amendment No. 2.

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 3: In page 7, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(d) by the insertion of the following new paragraph: “(j) costs through the Climate Action Fund to support measures to reduce demand for and the consumption of oil within the State;”.”.

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 4: In page 8, lines 9 to 13, to delete all words from and including “month.”,” in line 9 down to and including line 13 and substitute the following: “month.”.”. For technical reasons, on the Opposition benches I cannot table an amendment that incurs a cost on the Exchequer, even though it would bring in additional income....

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: The fact is farmers are paying carbon tax. They do not have an alternative to diesel for their tractors. We have an opportunity here to support innovation in the growing of grass and in carbon sequestration on farms. The Minister refuses to accept this amendment but I am pressing it.

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, to delete lines 15 to 21 and substitute the following: “(a) in subsection (1)— (i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a): “(a) maintaining, in accordance with Part 4, oil stocks, including measures to reduce the demand for oil within the State,” and (ii) by the substitution of the following...

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: It is not. It means we cannot draw down the money for another month but next month, we can draw down the €10 million that has gone in this month. It is disingenuous to say that this money is being lost. The money is being delayed, but not lost.

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: The Minister is misleading the House.

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I promise the Minister that I will continue to remind him about the report from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine because it is urgent that that evidence is published. It will dramatically change the focus of climate and energy investment in this country. I wish to correct a couple of interpretations the Minister has tried to give that are inaccurate. This money is in a...

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: We are speaking to my amendment now.

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “ “air quality” means the reduction in air pollution as defined in the Air Pollution Act 1987; “carbon sequestration” means a natural or artificial process by which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and held in solid or liquid form;”. I am speaking...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I accept the Minister's response, but numerous reasons are being given by this sector for refusing to provide refunds. The fact is that student accommodation is shared by between three and up to seven students, which makes it impossible for them to socially distance. Tax reliefs are still being claimed by more than 200 providers throughout the country. In 2017, 246 providers claimed the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: The reality is that some of these providers will avail of some of the Covid-19 supports that are being put in place, whether that is restart grants or rate reductions from local authorities. I put it to the Minister and his colleagues in government that a clear and unambiguous message has to be sent out from the entire Government that we will not tolerate a situation where private providers...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance if third-level student accommodation providers that have refused to refund accommodation costs to students forced to leave college due to the Covid-19 pandemic will not receive State Covid-19 supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16287/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: No student accommodation provider should be able to avail of financial supports from the State if the provider is not prepared to refund students who have been forced to leave college early. This not only applies to private accommodation providers. The University of Limerick had to be shamed into refunding students. It is not good enough that students are not being refunded fees for half a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider providing income tax relief for the long-term lease of residential homes to address security of tenure in view of the success of a similar measure in the agricultural sector under section 664 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 as amended by the Finance Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16288/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 178. To ask the Minister for Health when haemochromatosis venesection clinics will recommence in Saolta group hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16406/20]

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Second Stage (15 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. On my way to the Convention Centre, I remembered that it is now three years since I originally put forward this particular concept. I want to thank the current and former management and board of the National Oil Reserves Agency. They put in a tremendous effort to deal with a deficit, outstanding debt and the fact they did not have...