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- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: In 2019, the allocation was €622 million. The allocation envisaged for the programme for next year is €620 million, which is more or less the same figure.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: The Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 is currently going through the House and is on Report Stage at the moment. However, I think the Deputy is referring to separate legislation, which is not due this session.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: As the Deputy is aware, the new rates Bill was enacted in July. It gives local authorities more flexibility in terms of the application of rates. The point of that Bill, and I remember it because I was the Minister when we were designing it initially, was to permit more local input into how rates are designed within certain counties.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: I am quite familiar with this issue. The Minister of State, Deputy Daly, and Senator Lombard have both raised the issue, which is why there have been efforts to get a larger and more appropriate vehicle to deal with the numbers concerned. I can only assume that these efforts will continue.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: It is planned for this session.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: As the Deputy knows only too well, this House changed the model for Irish Water, so the plan to ensure that much of the borrowing could have been off-balance sheet no longer applies. He understands or should understand only too well why. It is a different model now. It is still a much better model than what obtained previously. I must ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: I understand it is awaiting a money message. I also understand a decision on it has not yet been made. I can try to come back to the Deputy on the matter.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: I do not have a decision on it.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: AIB is a bank listed in the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. Therefore, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on media speculation at this stage because that is all it is.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: This issue has been raised in the House many times. Our job is to make sure extensive protections are in place to ensure customers' contractual rights are not altered when loans are transferred from one financial organisation to another. That is what we will continue to do. It would not be appropriate for me to speculate on something in the media today.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: I have been involved with the Peter McVerry Trust on schemes such as this, under which premises have been built or purchased and people who were homeless moved from other counties or cities to new areas successfully. I am not aware that there is a formal scheme to which local authorities can apply, but it something at which we have looked. I will check with the Minister for Housing,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy does not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy seems to be suggesting that we should do nothing to promote economic growth.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: If we had followed the Deputy's mindset in terms of economic management-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: -----we would not be in a position-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: -----and we would not have been in a position-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: I did not interrupt the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: As a result of the economic choices that have been made by this Government over many years-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: -----we can now afford to spend money on supporting the most vulnerable in a way we would not otherwise have been able to do.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2019)
Simon Coveney: We can now afford to borrow substantial sums of money to protect this country in the context of the challenges and the disruption we may face.