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Finance Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: I thank the Minister for the work he and the Minister, Deputy Chambers, have done over recent weeks and months in relation to this budget but also the work the Minister has done since 2017 when he took office in the Department of Finance. The certainty he has brought to the country and to the economy cannot be taken for granted. I am very conscious that when it comes to budget time, there...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of additional school accommodation projects approved for County Offaly in each of the past ten years, 2015-2025; the date of their completion; if not yet completed, their current status and expected completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57429/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (16 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third level students who will benefit from increasing the SUSI income threshold from €115,000 to €120,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55739/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of people currently employed to provide training to apprentices, by apprenticeship programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55738/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Development Projects (16 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: 101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Community Centre Investment Fund will be open to applications; and if funding for new builds is being considered such as in the Community Centres Investment Fund 2023-New Builds Measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55737/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Schemes (16 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: 132. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any revision of the eligibility criteria for the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund is being considered to ensure more towns can apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55736/25]

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: As a new TD, I am proud to represent the people of Offaly. Little did I think that less than 12 months into this Dáil term, we would be faced with the need for a confidence motion of this nature. It seems that some Opposition Deputies have more of a problem with democracy than with Government policy. What really transforms the lives of people in this country are not Opposition...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: Cuirim fáilte roimh na daltaí agus múinteoirí ó Choláiste Naomh Cormac i mo Dháilcheantar Uíbh Fhailí. There is a concerning trend of anecdotal examples of cloud infrastructure firms choosing overseas locations instead of Ireland for new investments at a time when the sector is frustratingly awaiting the publication of the Commission for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: My first question is concerned with some of the statistics shared around occupancy levels. Is any financial modelling done on average rates and how they compare to rent revenues on longer-term lets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: From a regulatory perspective, will there be a cost for short-term let property owners to ensure compliance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: The owners are getting a month's rental income in eight to ten days at the moment. They generate more revenue in eight to ten days than in the full 30 days.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: So, there is going to be a cost on Revenue in relation to that. Has Fáilte Ireland done anything, beyond the register, as a potential incentive? Has it looked at how it could possibly be used as an enhanced tool around reservations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: Does that mean there cannot be a tool where reservations could be made directly from it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: Definitely not. Okay. I would like to ask about the counties that have been identified as being towards the higher end of supply and the challenges associated with that. At the other end of the scale, where there is a low level of short-term lets, will Fáilte Ireland be actively encouraging more short-term lets or is it moving away from this as a potential offering? I ask this in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: Will the standard be higher here for rural, self-catering farm sheds that have been repurposed than in France or Italy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: From a red tape and regulatory perspective, will it be a higher cost to maintain the standard here compared to Italy or France?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: I understand over €5 million has been invested in IT systems in the last number of years. Does Fáilte Ireland have the robustness to deliver the register and all the intricate pieces that will ensure its effectiveness? Will it need further investment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Briefing on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: I would like to look at the product offering in places like rural France and Italy where they have agritourism. There is a concern here that this is something unprecedented and that it is going to have a major impact on short-term lets. How different will what we do be from the likes of those agritourism offerings in France and Italy?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Programmes (15 Oct 2025)

John Clendennen: 137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the expected timeline for finalisation and publication of the planned Scaling for Finance Implementation Plan; the issues to be addressed in the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55924/25]