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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Imelda Munster: The point is, we are where we are because the board came to the Department and flagged how restrictive the scheme was but no action was taken. The board in utter frustration resigned in its entirety. The Department is advertising for new boards. Mr. Hogan does not think that they got anyone in the first tranche and the second there are three who are intended and five are needed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pension Provisions (28 Feb 2024)

Aidan Davitt: ...the Minister of State. I appreciate the response. As I said from the outset, there are many other elements in this that would be nice to thrash out with the Minister for public expenditure but we are where we are. I appreciate the Minister of State's response and thank him.

Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: ...be carried on through Dáil Éireann and become law to ensure children will be protected from the dangers of environmental tobacco smoke. We have been protecting workers but not children, which seems bizarre. We are where we are and can now correct the anomaly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Rights of Children: Discussion (12 May 2022)

Sharon Keogan: We are where we are. People are facing us with a fait accompli. People are coming into this country with their babies and we have to accommodate our legislation accordingly to not allow this State to have children in statelessness or to become ghosts within our State. Ms Nic Dhomhnaill made a comment on surrogate mothers and she said they do not have the intention to rear a child. To me...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...in respect of the Aarhus Convention and the right of citizens to engage on environmental issues. I am always talking about it in the House. However, and I do not like using the expression, but we are where we are. Senators Craughwell and McDowell made the point that Derrybrien has been constructed and it is there. It is questionable but its removal may cause even more environmental...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...and tell me what is going on. If everything is going grand, I will never see them and there is no bother. They were told the Department was going to do the devil and all, but it was not done and we are where we are now. The legislation might speed up appeals a bit, but if we keep giving the same piece of paperwork to the same drummer instead of a guitar player, we will have the same problem.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...Deputy McNamara, was developing our natural resources. They were men of forward thinking. As he said, many were injured or lost their lives in accidents when developing our resources, but they had the foresight. We are where we are now because of the latter-day emperor with no clothes, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who has a second...

Seanad: National Housing Development Survey Report: Statements (27 Oct 2010) See 1 other result from this debate

Jerry Buttimer: ...in my area not because I was against developers or speculators but because I did not see logic in some developments, for example, the imposition of high-rise apartments in my area of Bishopstown. We are where we are today. Much of the development was driven by local authorities needing to raise development levies to fund their services. If the Green Party in government does nothing...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (2 Jul 2013)

Paul Coghlan: ...it or not. Of course, they must be made to feel some of the pain. They contributed a great deal to making so much money available, often with little or no security. It is part of the reason that we are where we are. To allow the criminal investigations to proceed expeditiously is what is important. On foot of the behaviour we have seen, politicians are not the ones who should lead in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I need to ask Ms Rowland a question, as we only have a limited time for questions and I want to get to the bottom of why we are where we are. Is Ms Rowland saying that Deputy Pearse Doherty's questioning of the insurance industry concerning dual pricing has nothing to do with why the Central Bank is undertaking this review?

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Mar 2023)

Michael McDowell: ...have devised a simpler licensing and regulatory process under one single body to determine who could build offshore wind facilities and where, taking into account environmental and other matters. However, we are where we are and we are facing into an emergency. No one in this House would be thanked by the Irish people in 12 months if the lights went out or if matters got into serious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2016)

...lost money in the past two or three years. Perhaps we should take a longer term view, and actuaries would always recommend that we look at these matters over the longer term and over the cycle. We are where we are, and we shall see in the Central Bank returns over the coming years where the insurers profitability lies. The problem is that it does not address the issue right now and that...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Pringle's point was well made. In 2010, when the amalgamation of the eight separate boards took place, this matter was not noticed. We are where we are and the Minister of State has given an explanation. The important thing is that the legislation moves on. The existing gap is not in anyone's interest, be they angling clubs, tourism interests or environmentalists. It is not in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

...and we must use people like Dr. Brennan to help us to find our feet again and to advise us all. She has been there and bought the ticket. I thank Deputy Ferris for his kind remarks. However, we are where we are not by choice but because of legislation. We have a fantastic opportunity here. I believe the committee believes in this and wants to help. I hope that we can find a way to...

Seanad: Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Statements (5 Feb 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

Joe O'Toole: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Máire Hoctor, to the House. I will not get involved in a debate about who is to blame for all this. We are where we are and we need to find a solution to the problem. The Government's action, standing alone and unchanged, is unacceptable. I received a telephone call yesterday from a nurse who is married...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

Leo Varadkar: ...the contract. That is the truth of it but I think it can be done and it would be the best outcome all round. Perhaps that is what should have been done in the first place. I acknowledge that, but we are where we are now. We are working on that solution.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Committee for the Executive Office, Northern Ireland Assembly on Impact of Brexit (2 Feb 2021)

...had it not been for Brexit. There were always going to be issues with leaving the EU, especially in the way that we did. Rather than going over old ground, I think we are better to recognise that we are where we are and to try to see how we can minimise the difficulty and the impact on the local communities that we represent. The issues that have arisen at the checkpoints in Larne and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts and Education: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

...limited. We were successful in receiving dormant account funding for some of the initiatives. It would have been welcome had huge amounts of funding being available over the past four years but we are where we are. The funding we have received and the embracing of the initiatives that now feature as part of Creative Children are welcome.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on the Food and Drink Industry: Discussion (14 Jun 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...and deals with a very grave aspect of Brexit. We all agree with Senator Ó Donnghaile's initial piece that Brexit is one of the great tragedies of our time. I must say, to use that awful cliché, we are where we are and must try to cope. I am anxious to illustrate where this matter could have real impact. I live in the town of Bailieborough in County Cavan. One of the best...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of the metrics for financial reporting. It is unfortunate that we are in the current position. As Deputy Doherty and other Members will know, this procedure normally takes place in February. We are where we are because there was no functioning Dáil due to Covid and everything else. A Government had not been formed. We now have a situation whereby gross voted expenditure is almost...