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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Paul Gavan: I support Senator Clonan's comments on the Green Paper on disability. We saw it at a meeting of the social protection committee and I am really disturbed by it. Unfortunately, I am travelling to Paris on Thursday so I cannot join the Senator for the protest, but I urge the Leader to listen very carefully to what he is saying. The paper is straight out of the fascist playbook of the 1980s....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Paul Gavan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Paul Gavan: The small village.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Paul Gavan: It is appalling.

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

Paul Gavan: I move recommendation No. 8: In page 18, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: "Report on relief for renters 12. The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the introduction of a refundable tax credit payable to private rental tenants not already in receipt of any State subsidy, equivalent to 8.3...

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

Paul Gavan: I move recommendation No. 11: In page 26, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: "Report on Mortgage Interest Relief 14.The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the introduction of temporary mortgage interest relief, available in respect of mortgages on principal private residences, applied at...

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

Paul Gavan: We are absolutely opposed to the proposed landlords' tax relief - we want to remove it - so we are opposed to this section.

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

Paul Gavan: I move recommendation No. 14: In page 33, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Report on landlords’ tax relief 22.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the introduction of the new personal income tax allowance introduced with respect to individual landlords in the private...

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

Paul Gavan: Sinn Féin fully supports this proposal and all the Civil Engagement Group recommendations tabled today. It is noticeable and significant that, whenever proposals are made to tax wealth or claw back some of the reliefs on banks, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are entirely united. They oppose anything that may require those in the wealthiest parts of our society to pay even a small...

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

Paul Gavan: I move recommendation No. 23: In page 113, to delete lines 8 to 15 and substitute the following: " 11 October 2023 €606.39 €606.39 €526.83 €526.83 €526.83 €60.00 €164.23 €149.09 €142.76 €79.17 €9.36 1 April...

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

Paul Gavan: I move recommendation No. 26: In page 148, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “Report on vacant homes tax 92.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the vacant homes tax, including an assessment of options to include derelict properties within its scope, and to increase the amount of...

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

Paul Gavan: We support them.

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

Paul Gavan: I move recommendation No. 28: In page 153, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: "Report on residential zoned land tax 93.The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the residential zoned land tax including options for the exemption of actively farmed and agricultural land from its scope." It is...

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

Paul Gavan: I move recommendation No. 29: In page 153, in line 13, to delete all words from and including "amended—" down to and including line 37, to delete pages 154 to 158, and in page 159, to delete lines 1 to 34 and substitute the following: "repealed.". This recommendation simply proposes to repeal the defective concrete products levy. Recommendation No. 30 calls for a report on the...

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

Paul Gavan: I move recommendation No. 30: In page 159, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: "Report on impact of defective concrete products levy on cost, viability and affordability of construction and housing projects 94.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the defective concrete products levy and...

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

Paul Gavan: It is not agreed.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation (30 Nov 2023)

Paul Gavan: I thank our two guests for attending. I have been listening for the most part – I am new to this committee and am on a steep learning curve – but I have to say that the opening statements and submission were devastating in terms of the comprehensive failure by the Government and local authorities. I should not be as shocked as I am, but I am horrified. On the point that was...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation (30 Nov 2023)

Paul Gavan: I agree with Mr. Joyce. The key word throughout all of this that keeps coming into my head is "accountability". There seems to be an absence of accountability, and Mr. Joyce's key ask is 100% justified and necessary. Again, I thank the witnesses and the Chair.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Gavan: Today, as the Leas-Chathaoirleach will be aware, is international solidarity day with Palestine and I call for a further debate on the issue of the illegal occupation of Palestine which has gone on for 56 years. As the Leader will be aware, there are points on which we agree. We all called for a permanent ceasefire. We in Sinn Féin have recognised the value in that call. However,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Gavan: On a point of order, is Senator Craughwell saying that foreign nationals were objecting to a foreign national?