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Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move recommendation No. 22: In page 112, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “Report on wealth tax 52.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the potential revenue raised from, and distributional impact of, a wealth tax of 1 per cent on all households with assets of over 10 million...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Yes.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: They are mine.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I think recommendations Nos. 38 to 40, inclusive, are mine. Am I correct?

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Recommendation No. 38 seeks a report on options for making the vacant homes tax more effective, including by increasing the rate of tax by making derelict properties subject to the tax and changing occupancy rules such as that any property unoccupied for up to 90 days of the year becomes subject to the tax. It is welcome that the vacant homes tax is being increased from three to five times...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move recommendation No. 32: In page 302, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: "Report on diesel and kerosene subsidies 100.The Minister shall within six months of the passing of this Act publish a report outlining the amount of fossil fuel subsidies provided by the State, through tax relief or revenue forgone, in respect of— (a) diesel for agricultural vehicles,...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move recommendation No. 34: In page 302, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Report on local authority revenue raising powers 100.The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining the potential for the transfer of certain taxation and expenditure competences from the Government to local...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move recommendation No. 38: In page 302, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Report on increase in rate of Vacant Homes Tax 100.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on options for changes to the Vacant Homes Tax, including— (a) options to increase the rate of tax to ten times...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move recommendation No. 39: In page 302, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Report on including derelict properties within scope of Vacant Homes Tax 100.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the Vacant Homes Tax, including an assessment of potential revenue raised and potential...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move recommendation No. 40: In page 302, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Report on variable rate of Vacant Homes Tax linked to property price inflation 100.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on options for applying a variable rate of Vacant Homes Tax, which varies annually and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: They are showing how relationships can play out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: We were not aware either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank everyone for their contributions and Dr. McDonagh for waking us up and making us think about what was going on. What came across - I hope I am correct - is the idea of impatience, paternalism and Dr. McDonagh's ability to consent again and again to the continuation of the reading of the speech. The person checked back in and she was well able to continue to be able to say this is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Yes, a bit of quality to the theatre. I thank her for her powerful contribution and for how she delivered it. It was welcome. I have questions for Dr. Hartney and Dr. McDonagh, but I will save them for the second half. I will go to Professor O'Neill first. The reason I want to focus on his contribution is that it is the one I have to challenge myself on in my head as regards the ideas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: It comes to the dimensions of healthcare. I was looking at the Martha Nussbaum stuff, and tried to read some of the chapters in The Fragility of Goodness, but I only noticed the quote too late and only got some sense of it. It led me to another journal that looked at some of her other work. Autonomy obviously operates in several different spaces. If we keep it within the ethical space of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Lynn Ruane: A conversation we have not yet had, which Senator Mullen and I spoke about last week after the meeting, was referred to by Dr. Hartney when she talked about people being able to live within their homes. In all the weeks we have been here, we have not looked at home care and the inadequacy of its provision in Ireland, with people not having access to it for all sorts of reasons, whether they...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: European Union (30 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: It is good to have the Minister of State here. I invited her this morning to provide an update to the House regarding Ireland's position on the European Union's proposed asylum and migration pact, which is currently under trilogue negotiation and due to be legislated for early next year. The Government has previously stated it will be after the negotiations have concluded before a decision...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: European Union (30 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank Senator Ruane for raising this matter, which I am taking on behalf of my colleague, the Minister, Deputy McEntee, who regrets she cannot be here due to another commitment. As the Senator will be aware, the migration and asylum pact is a set of regulations and policies that aims to create a fairer, efficient and more sustainable migration and asylum process for the EU. The pact,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: European Union (30 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I have a question that she may not be able to answer for me today. If so, I ask her to bring it back to the Minister, who may be able to answer. Must we opt in to the pact as a whole or do we have the option to opt in to particular regulations within the pact? That is an important question, especially when we think of the cases of over-12s...