Results 1-9 of 9 for 5 million speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...The Deputy should not be so divisive. He should not use Europe Day, which is such an important day, to be so transparently divisive. Europe Day is an important day for Ireland. We joined Europe 50 years ago and we have benefited from it enormously. Yes, there are difficulties and challenges, but Ireland has done extremely well out of its membership of the European Union. We are very...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Finance): Statements (10 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ..., the pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and a rate of inflation not seen in decades. Despite these significant challenges, we have an economy operating at full employment with a record high of 2.64 million people at work, and an unemployment rate of 4.2%. This positive economic performance is a testament to the resilience of the Irish people and the success of the Government's...

Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...rights. This support is perhaps best demonstrated by the agreement and implementation of the MFA packages, which have seen €20.7 billion successfully disbursed since the Russian invasion in February 2022, with a further €4.5 billion expected to be disbursed over the remainder of 2023. Our support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity is unwavering. ...

Report on Section 481 - Film Tax Credit: Motion (6 Jul 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...sector, showcasing Irish skill and creativity while promoting Irish screen tourism on a global scale. In particular, the Irish animation sector has continued to go from strength to strength. In the past 15 years, Irish post-production and visual effects have become a leading hub for large-scale productions, underpinned by a highly skilled local talent pool of skills to call upon. Irish...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Apr 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...block exemption regulation had not been agreed. The new regulation came into effect on 1 January 2023. Section 3 provides for: the extension of farm restructuring capital gains tax relief to 31 December 2025; the extension of young trained farmer stock relief to 31 December 2024; the extension of registered farm partnership stock relief to 31 December 2024; the extension and amendment...

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...of those concerns. As the Minister for Finance said earlier, the debate is happening in the context of a significant inflationary environment, albeit 2% lower than it was last year but still 5% ahead of where we should be on the ECB measure and where we would be in any way comfortable. That is creating significant cost-of-living pressure that Deputies are hearing about from their...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (24 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...and making sure they can be captured in a way that Revenue can accurately assess what is being done. As she knows, the scheme opened generally for registration at the end of November and for claims on 5 December. There are €12 million worth of claims of which close to €11 million have been paid out. It is still early days in the taking up of the scheme but that does not...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...of notifications, the obligation not to offer inducements, the obligation not to permit children to participate and the sponsorship provisions. Similarly, I congratulate him on Chapters 4 and 5. It goes very far. I agree with Deputy Gannon regarding how the Bill could go further in respect of sponsorship and advertising. The Bill contains provisions relating to children up to the...

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...Assembly, EMRA, area continues to dominate in 2020, having significantly increased its share of residential units permitted, which rose to 74%. This represents close to 33,000 units, an increase from 25,000 in 2019. Further analysis shows that 89% of all apartment units permitted in 2020 were in the same region. Of that, 64% were in the four Dublin local authority areas. The point...