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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I thank our guests for attending. At the end of his opening statement, Dr. Cassidy said that "policy must remain focused on supporting household incomes and firm liquidity in order to provide the most solid basis for recovery". In his view, is the taxing of the pandemic unemployment payment and the temporary wage subsidy scheme counterproductive?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: Dr. Cassidy mentioned that policy supports should facilitate structural transformations in order to assist economically sustainable activities. He referred to upskilling, retraining and all of that. What else would he recommend in this regard?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: We can all see the difference between GDP and GNI. Dr. Cassidy spoke earlier about multinationals. Are we over-reliant on those companies and, if so, what particular measures should we be taking to protect ourselves from that overexposure?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Dr. Cassidy.

Young People and Access to Further and Higher Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I thank People Before Profit for tabling this motion. Unfortunately, the Government has proposed a cynical amendment. It has a habit of doing so in respect of proposals it knows are the right things to do but that do not fit with its conservative, right-wing agenda. Covid-19 and public restrictions have imposed significant hardships on our students. Their educational experience has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: Page 112 of the programme for Government states that the Government will honour Ireland's commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. Last month, Israel issued tenders for 2,500 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, has condemned the decision to build new settlement units and said the Israeli Government is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I thank both the witnesses for attending. Dr. McQuinn mentioned the calls for unconventional fiscal policies. What might they entail?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: Does Dr. McQuinn know why the European Commission is waiting until after the forthcoming German elections to reveal the European fiscal framework?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: Why are mortgage interest rates so high in Ireland, given the historically low interest rates throughout the eurozone, and what can be done to reduce them?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: We are in the middle of a housing crisis. I note criticism by the ESRI of the affordable housing Bill. What is the best way to approach solving this crisis?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: What is Dr. McQuinn's opinion on the taxing of the pandemic unemployment payment and the temporary wage subsidy scheme? Does he consider the taxing these payments is counter-productive?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: Dr. McQuinn mentioned in his statement that increased public investment has been found to crowd in as opposed to crowd out private investment. What area should public investment prioritise with a view to attracting private investment?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Dr. McQuinn for that. He mentioned in his statement that existing welfare payments could be reformed to better target at-risk groups. What reforms would he suggest in that respect?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the witnesses for their responses. I have completed my questions.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. The origins of the State agency are to be found in the national planning framework, NPF, published in February 2018. Buried in this 182-page document was a commitment to create a national development and regeneration agency. Its focus was to ensure the best use of public lands, including working with local authorities to drive the renewal of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: I want to ask what the Government is going to do in the constituency of Kildare South. The branches in Monasterevin and Kilcullen are closing and my concern is the elderly there. They cannot commute and do not have the means to do so. They have little hope of getting any banking done following the bank closures.

Housing Shared Equity Loan Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (3 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: There should be alarm bells ringing about the shared equity scheme and the effect it will have on house prices and debt levels for borrowers. Senior civil servants in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the ESRI and the Central Bank have all expressed concern at this scheme. The Minister is ignoring the advice and carrying on regardless. This is reckless and bears all the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (3 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when legislation will be introduced to enable a deposit return scheme for cans and bottles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11898/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (3 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide usage statistics for all publicly available electric vehicle chargers; his plans to provide more chargers in response to increased demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11893/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Road Network (3 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the second bridge and southern relief route for Newbridge, County Kildare; the recent progress; his plans to bring the project to fruition; the target date for opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11899/21]