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

Martin Heydon: ...chargeable excess tax, CET, and is charged at a rate of 40%. The CET is paid on top of the normal income taxes paid at the marginal rate upon drawdown of the pension funds. The SFT was set at €5 million when it was introduced in 2004 but was subsequently reduced by €2.3 million in 2010. It was reduced further to €2 million in 2014 and remains at that level today....

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Martin Heydon: I am sharing time with Deputy English. I thank the Minister for her leadership, energy and enthusiasm, which are evident in her 15-minute statement. As a Deputy who was first elected to this House in 2011, the greatest charge against me from the Opposition benches, as a rural-based Government backbencher from 2011 to 2016, was that we were seeing the death of rural Ireland. Nobody is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 May 2023)

Martin Heydon: ...Forces redeployed to work in front-line Covid-19 exposed environments in the HSE; and paramedic staff employed by Dublin Fire Brigade to deliver services on behalf of the HSE. To date, more than 205,000 eligible healthcare workers have received the pandemic recognition payment. As of 5 May, HSE data show 142,918 staff were paid, made up of 90,228 HSE staff and an estimated 52,690 staff of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Payments (10 Mar 2022)

Martin Heydon: The household benefits, HHB, package comprises the electricity or gas allowance and a free television licence. The Department of Social Protection will spend approximately €273 million this year on the HHB package for more than 484,000 customers and their households. The package is available as a supplementary allowance to those in receipt of various social welfare payments,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Martin Heydon: ...accelerated capital allowances that we had approved. The capital allowance for farm safety and disability adaptation equipment relates to 14 measures and where farmers invest in them they can get 50% offset against tax over two years in an accelerated allowance. Some of the measures look to address hazardous activity through investment in equipment. An example might be an anti-backing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Martin Heydon: ...a farm vehicle, seven involved machinery and 20 involved livestock. The age profile of those involved in farm incidents is also a serious concern, with the old and the very young accounting for 65% of fatal incidents on farms. Of 54 workplace deaths in Ireland in 2020, 20 were on farms, which is hugely disproportionate to the share of the workforce of our country, with just 7.1% of people...

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Sep 2021)

Martin Heydon: ...control regulation to legislate for and implement points systems for sea-fishing boat licenceholders and, separately, masters of sea-fishing vessels. The EU Commission has suspended approximately €24 million to date. This means that the investigation undertaken and paid for by the Exchequer is not being refunded by the EU Commission. Investment is ongoing and thus the EU funds...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (15 Sep 2021)

Martin Heydon: ...with market difficulties, which were largely driven by Brexit. That is why we fought hard to get money from Europe to establish the beef exceptional aid measure, BEAM, which ended up with €77 million being paid to 33,000 farmers in 2019, €50 million of which came from the EU with the balance having come from the national Exchequer. In return, farmers were required over the...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Martin Heydon: ...chains. This resilience of Ireland's agrifood exports in 2020 is also remarkable. Despite disruptions to supply and demand, agrifood exports in 2020 were €14.1 billion, compared with €14.5 billion the previous year, a 3% overall reduction. This is an extraordinary achievement when considering the challenges that food and drink producers have faced since March 2020. The...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Martin Heydon: ...for new market development, farm safety and research and innovation I welcome the measures that have come about this week in budget 2021. Given that fatal incidents on farms account for almost 50% of all workplace fatal incidents every year but agriculture accounts for only 6% of the overall workforce, it is simply not good enough to carry on as we have done to now. As the first...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Promotion (6 Nov 2019)

Martin Heydon: ...it for future generations and its huge tourism potential. We have received very positive news from the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Ring, of an allocation of more than €5 million, with €67,941 allocated to the Barrow blueway project. In that context, I thank the Minister, Deputy Madigan, for the work she and the officials in Waterways Ireland have...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Martin Heydon: ...day fund, which is of assistance in sustaining progress and an example of how we have learned from the mistakes of the past. Although this may initially sound contradictory, I also support the 25% increase in spending on our overall infrastructure outlined by the Minister and provided for in Project Ireland 2040. Although there may be some small risks in terms of overheating the economy,...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)

Martin Heydon: ...can move around their areas as best they can. That is why I am trying to move the conversation on from what is a very narrow debate here to what is a much more important and much broader one. In ten, 15 or 20 years' time, I think we will look back on this debate and be shocked by some of the arguments made, in the same way as we look back 20 years and see the adverts that say "don't drive...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (5 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: ...inpatient, general medical, surgical and acute psychiatric services, as well as a 24-hour emergency service to its immediate catchment population of Kildare and Wicklow. That is close to 250,000 people. Naas General Hospital works closely with Tallaght hospital and shares many consultant posts. Naas General Hospital is part of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group, as the Minister of State...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: ...resources. It is inclusive and not picking one group over another, as others would have one believe. The main measures in this Bill include the increases in social welfare payments by €5, which will see a gain for approximately 1.5 million recipients, from carers, the disabled and jobseekers to pensioners, widows, the blind and those on maternity leave. There are 8,000...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Martin Heydon: ...of €960 a year, which is a significant saving for those families. Second, the more targeted approach sees a subsidy scheme for low to middle income earners with children from the age of six to 15 years. That builds on the work Fine Gael would have done in its previous term in office when we introduced the second preschool year for the early childhood care and education scheme, the...

Select Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (5 Jul 2016)

Martin Heydon: I made the point about funding to assist in future analysis. Given the size of County Kildare, €5 million is a very small amount.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Martin Heydon: I am happy to have the opportunity to speak on this very important topic for the country. It is worth restating that the State only owns 25% of Aer Lingus. This leaves us with a minority shareholding with little control over the activities of the company. The 25% shareholding is the only thing we are selling. To put that 25% shareholding in context, much of the debate has been about the...

Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)

Martin Heydon: ..., when one fights for things, once they have been obtained, people, particularly those in Opposition, move on to the next fight without acknowledging, as in this case, that the securing of €250 million in funding has been a massive achievement by the Minister. The EU regulations stipulate that a minimum of 5% of the rural development programme be allocated to Leader, and Ireland...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Martin Heydon: In subhead A3 on research and training there is a 5% reduction of €1.5 million. What is the difference between research and training and A5, which is Teagasc grant-in-aid? Does research and training come under Teagasc also or is it separate? In terms of the slight reduction for Teagasc, is the Minister happy that Teagasc will be able to continue to provide the vital services it...