Results 161-180 of 1,034,961 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Colm Brophy OR speaker:Stephen Donnelly OR speaker:Hildegarde Naughton)
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Presumably you are not going to oppose yourselves.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: We have to.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Michael Healy-Rae: We cannot agree to what the Government is doing.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: It is a slipshod way of getting-----
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The choice is either to agree or not agree the motion.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: We would love to agree the motion, but it is a slipshod effort by the Government to allow its backbenchers to go around to all the hotels and tell them they support them.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am sorry now, but we cannot go into the-----
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: That is the reason we are not supporting it.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Na Teachtaí atá ar thaobh na cheiste, abraidís "Tá".
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Deputies: Tá.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: We are not accepting it. We have to vote against our own motion, which is ridiculous. It is exposing the Government.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Na Teachtaí atá ina coinne, abraidís "Níl". Nobody said "Nil". The motion is carried.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: More baloney and trickery by the Government.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Question put and agreed to.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)
Mary Lou McDonald: Next Wednesday, Aer Lingus pilots will embark on industrial action commencing with an indefinite work to rule. The announcement represents a deepening of the pilots' pay dispute with the company and this dispute did not come out of the blue. The frustration of pilots has been building for a long time as Aer Lingus failed to deliver improvements in pay and conditions in line with colleagues...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)
Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. She is right. We are not the only ones who are discussing this matter. There are people the length and breadth of the country around their kitchen tables, as well as businesses and people abroad who are looking to come home over the summer, who are extremely concerned and worried about the potential strikes. Families have saved all year round for...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Minister. I agree with her that this is a source of huge anxiety for many people who have looked forward to their summer holiday and have scrimped and saved for family holidays, holidays with friends, weddings or other family occasions abroad and, as she said, people who are planning to come home. I am also conscious of our hospitality industry, in particular, which has endured...
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I welcome to the Visitors Gallery the retired gardaí from Clonmel who are visiting Leinster House today. They are very welcome. I call the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, to reply to the debate, after which there will be a response from the Rural Independent Group. As we are up against the clock, I ask speakers to be economical with their time.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Thomas Byrne: I welcome the opportunity to respond to some of the issues raised in the debate on the motion put forward by the Rural Independent Group. Deputies expressed the view that the 9% VAT rate should be brought back and made permanent for the tourism and hospitality sector. The Deputies proposing the motion also asked that VAT rates be varied across the country such that areas outside Dublin...