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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: We absolutely appreciate the value of home care and the difference it makes to those families who need this support at difficult times when they are vulnerable. The Department of Health has allocated a large additional budget to provide more home help hours. As the Deputy may be aware, the challenge we are facing is in recruiting the staff needed to provide this care. I will have to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy referred to talk, commitments and the time for speaking being over. The reality is 977 homes being built in Dundrum, 817 in Balbriggan, 345 in Skerries and 219 in Naas by the Land Development Agency.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: These are planning applications that are in to build the homes we need while our local authorities are directly building thousands of homes across the country this year to make progress on the great challenge on which we know faster progress needs to be made.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for his very detailed question regarding the funding the State makes available to cover a share of the travel expenses of those who work on behalf of the State. Perhaps this is a matter that will form part of the engagement in regard to public sector wages that is currently under way. The Government hopes we will get to a point at which those negotiations will lead to a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The reference the Deputy made to monetary policy is interesting because it is the monetary policy that was in place which allowed the Government to put in place the huge support during the time of Covid, as referenced by Deputy Bacik. There are few economists claiming that it is the budgetary response that was put in place by governments that has led to the inflationary pressures we are now...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I think it is a critique that is developing in other parts of the world. As the Deputy will be aware, it could be the case that the higher levels of savings that are present within economies in Europe after the Covid crisis are playing a role. What is playing a far bigger role is the impact of the war in Ukraine and supply chains that were really weak and fragile as an effect of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Is the Deputy against the extension of the reduced VAT rate?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: He needs to be clear on what his view is in this regard. Is he against the extension of the 9% rate for hospitality?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: This is a sector that went through such a difficult period over the past three years-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: We have put in place a measure to give the sector the opportunity to recover from the awful effects of the pandemic. Of course I remember the issue that Deputy Doherty raised with me, but this is why the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, who is directly responsible for dealing with our tourism sector and its future development, and her officials have been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government appreciates the challenges, anxiety, stress and trauma that so many face as they look for an affordable home or a home they can be confident they will be able to afford to rent in the future and experienced by all those who have been waiting on social housing lists for so many years looking for the opportunity to have a roof over their head that they can call home. We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Those homes will then be available for use by the local authorities-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Boyd Barrett knows the truth. He knows well that the houses he has just referenced will then be used by the local authority in his area to respond to housing needs and clear the housing list. That is a fact. The Deputy comes in here and makes the case about the truth. Any Deputy who is trying to respond to the housing needs within his or her constituency knows a share of the houses...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I meet those people-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: -----in the constituency I have the privilege of representing in this House, in my clinics and in the many engagements I have with those who are dealing with this challenge the Government knows is so real.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: This Government is building social and affordable housing all over the country through the local authorities. That is a reality that is now being delivered. New homes are being built through Dublin City Council and other local authorities the length and breadth of the country to respond to the need that is there. It is the case that Deputy Doherty wants far more being built but he is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: That is vital over time to bringing rents and prices down.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputy Bacik for raising those two matters. On the negotiations that are under way on public pay, it is precisely because the Government recognises and values so much the contribution that nurses, doctors, teachers and civil servants make to society and the economy that these public pay discussions are under way. We believe an agreement on the future of public pay for the country is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: We recognise the intention of the Deputy in providing more constructive opposition and the different tone of it. At the same time, and with respect to Deputy Bacik, it is simply not open to the Government to be able to maintain the levels of expenditure, borrowing and intervention we had during the era of Covid. That was a unique period in our public and economic health, one that is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: This Government has always accepted that meeting the housing needs of our society is a critical challenge that we must rise to, not just for our society but for the families, households and tenants who are all affected by the challenge of not enough homes being available to buy and rents not being affordable. We accept this is a challenge to which we must rise and make progress on. It is...