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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: -----and we will provide for everything. There is a responsibility to balance income and expenditure.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The State needs to expand. We need more services, houses and hospitals. We need to pay for them by creating a sound economy.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: A whole range of reliefs are available. There are reliefs available for the rental sector, which the Deputy would acknowledge is an area in need of real support. Returning to a point I made earlier to Deputy Tóibín, the Central Bank has the key regulatory role. It does not set the interest rates on commercial operators, but when it comes to the commercial decisions, it does have...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: -----are best made as part of the budgetary process.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: We need to pay people properly, but as I said a moment ago, we need the income stream to support that. There is a lot of understanding and sympathy within the Government for the case the Deputy is making because workers in section 39 organisations are doing very important caring and other valuable work for the State. They are not directly employed by the State, but that should not absolve...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I have not yet had a chance to read the article in the Irish Examiner. I am, however, certain that if one party has clearly and explicitly said that we planted in the wrong places on peatland soils, it is the Green Party.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Green Party has made that point in government and in opposition. What we said when we were in opposition-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: -----was that we would change the forestry programme so that it would promote a variety of different-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: -----forestry approaches. The previous approach, which included monocultural clear-felling on upland peat soils, must come to an end. It is coming to an end. I am sure the EU would agree with that point and so do we.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: It is happening. We have introduced a new forestry programme that switches the approach. The land use review will copper-fasten that approach.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: This country works on a partnership basis. I mentioned Government earlier. The Government listens through the National Economic and Social Council and the Labour Employer Economic Forum, LEEF, where we meet both employers and unions. One of the most positive and progressive developments in the past year has been the willingness of employers and unions to advance and improve the recognition...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I understand the Deputy's motivation and the importance of the matter she has raised. I do not have the details on the appropriate delivery of such a service. I will ask the Minister's officials to make sure the Department of Health responds as quickly as possible to the information provided.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I will try to deal with the Deputy's prime question on energy supports. Those electricity credits have been well timed and well placed. They particularly have helped families in default or at risk of default and not able to pay their bills. Each time they have kicked in, we have seen a dramatic drop in the number of families at most stress. Therefore, it has been exactly the right measure....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: At the end of July and in early August last summer when the price hikes really hit, my fear was that the impact would be far worse than the impact of Covid. That scale of price increase, which no one could predict would continue or otherwise, would be devastating for Irish business. Even though prices have come down dramatically since that spike, it has been very challenging for many...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: However, that was the price people were paying at the forecourt, which is what matters to people. It is slightly different between gas and petrol, but the price has come done to about €1.50, so it has changed

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: It is complicated because the euro to dollar exchange rate affects the price as well as the price of oil. The price of oil has been relatively steady at about $80 a barrel on the international markets. In those circumstances we need to consider restoring our tax base. The benefit of excise and VAT is that they help to provide a stable income which allows us to pay for the public service...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: We will not be able to decide that on Leaders' Questions on Thursday, 26 January.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: We need to do that collectively as a Government, taking into account a variety of circumstances, recognising that while prices have come down very significantly, they are still very high by historical comparison. In our economy we need to ensure the overall economic approach protects the most vulnerable, retains employment and helps businesses because some businesses are still in particular...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: We need to try to ensure we have an economy that serves our people. That is the purpose of our economic policy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The income streams that come from a stable tax base are part of a social democratic approach Government. It is so easy to make promises where you will not have to pay for anything-----