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Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2023)

Frances Black: The recommendation calls for a report by the Minister on the potential revenue raised from and the distributional impact of a wealth tax of 2% on all households with assets of more than €20 million. My colleague, Senator Ruane, had an exchange with the Minister on this issue on Committee Stage. We have slightly revised the recommendation to a higher threshold. According to Oxfam's...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2023)

Frances Black: Recommendation No. 5 calls for a report on options for changes to the vacant homes tax, including options to increase the rate of tax to ten times the basic rate of local property tax and the potential for the inclusion of derelict properties within the criteria for taxable properties. It is welcome that the vacant homes tax is being increased from three times the basic rate of local...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2022)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, line 33, after “land” to insert the following: “for a related purpose where such development has a commercial value of not greater than €5,480,000 million,”.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (28 Jun 2022)

Frances Black: This seeks to add the condition that, where a person applies for substitute consent for the land subject to the application, the development cannot have a commercial value of more than €5.48 million. This is to stop scenarios where large development projects are rammed through the planning process and are not subject to strict criteria. Amendment No. 7 is similar, in that it seeks to...

Seanad: Brain Health and Dementia: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Frances Black: ...just during brain health week. I want to highlight the figures that others have highlighted. Some 64,000 people in Ireland currently live with dementia. Those numbers are predicted to rise to 150,000 by 2050, which is shocking. It is essential that we adequately plan to support these people who are our loved ones, parents, siblings and partners. I will also use the opportunity...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2022)

Frances Black: ...due to blockades being imposed in 2016. The enforcement of the criminal blockade has prevented vital aid reaching 80% of the population who depend on it. As a result of this lack of assistance, 5 million Yemeni people are now on the brink of famine. In 2018, the UN warned that Yemen was facing the worst famine in the world for 100 years and predicted that 12 million to 13 million...