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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Pearse Doherty: ...from 2020, which I am sure the witnesses are aware of. They demonstrated that the cost of the tax relief on employee pension contributions stood at €1.2 billion, nearly €700 of which, €693 million, went to those earning incomes in excess of €100,000. The sum of €700 million is a staggering fact and statistic, meaning 60% of this tax relief goes to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (10 May 2023)

...that we considered to be reasonable in the context of the complaint. To give an overview, the total impact of this work was such that there were financial outcomes to the value of more than €5 million for people who brought complaints to the FSPO. We dealt with 4,700 complaints, of which 82% were dealt with through one of our early closure mechanisms, including mediation. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

...getting approval to go to another site, and it would take a century to digitise services around the country. We are not accepting that. We want to adopt more national approaches. There are only 5 million people in the country, which is the equivalent of a large city in other countries. We are confident that we can organise information. The summary care record, the sharing of care...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Local Link Transport Services: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...transport plays in rural development. I do not know whether the witnesses have appeared before this committee previously. Perhaps Mr. Boland or someone else from Irish Rural Link has. I live 5 km from the closest village and 17 km from the closest town. I am a member of the Green Party and there is this notion that we all live in Dublin and cycle everywhere, but I am more aware than...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

...are particularly central to the development and prosperity of the arts in diverse localities around the country and to ensuring equitable distribution of arts benefits to Ireland’s more than 5 million residents. We also make some recommendations for action by national and local government. In this brief introduction, I will draw the committee's attention to these. The first...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Tipperary County Council reported this project as completed in Q3 2020 for 5 new social homes. This project received funding of €1.15 million from my Department. The project was not formally opened by a Minister. My Department publishes quarterly Social Housing Construction Projects Status Reports (CSR), which provide details of social housing developments that have been completed, are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget 2024 (9 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...which need to be there. That is just that whole area of habitable properties. When I look at the derelict sites issue, however, I see that the levies collected in 2021 came in at just over €1 million and the amount levied was just over €5 million. Presumably, therefore, some of the money has yet to come in or may have may have come in in recent months. I do not think that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: House Sales (9 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59, 63 and 67 together. The help-to-buy initiative announced in budget 2017 is an income tax incentive measure designed to assist first-time buyers with the deposit required to purchase or self-build a new house or apartment to live in as their home. With a view to increasing the supply of new housing and stimulating demand, the relief is only available...

Seanad: Ireland's Application for Membership of CERN: Statements (9 May 2023)

Niall Collins: ...research organisation and provides significant benefits to Ireland. The review of Irish membership of international research organisations came to this conclusion in a study commissioned in 2015. Associate membership of CERN has been recommended in this study, as well as by the CERN Ireland users group and by an Oireachtas joint committee in 2019. That is the membership path the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: The 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and the after 11 p.m. times were set by the CRU, which means I am speaking to the right people about this issue. Breaking down the figures that Mr. Gannon went through in his presentation, 80,000 consumers are availing of smart tariffs out of a total of 1.2 million smart meters that have been installed. My rough maths indicates that this represents 6%, which seems...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (9 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...recover from the impacts of the pandemic and the current energy crisis. At the end of March 2023, the value of debt warehoused was €2.216 billion for 63,600 businesses. Of this total, 19,758 (31%) have warehoused debts of less than €100; 9,767 (15%) have warehoused debts between €101 and €1,000; and a further 11,769 (19%) have warehoused debts between...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 May 2023)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100, 103, 105, 113 and 115 together. The Help to Buy Incentive, announced in Budget 2017, is an income tax incentive measure designed to assist first-time buyers with the deposit required to purchase or self-build a new house or apartment to live in as their home. With a view to increasing the supply of new housing and stimulating demand, the relief is only...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (9 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ..., Cost of Living and Covid pandemic, and Finally, we have achieved all this whilst ensuring our public finances are in a sustainable position.The Budget Package for 2023 represented an increase of €5.8 billion in core expenditure bringing the total level of core expenditure to €85.8 billion in 2023. The level of expenditure supports existing services, provides services to an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: .... Given the success of the measure, I secured its inclusion in Ireland’s 2023 – 2027 CAP Strategic Plan (CSP). The indicative annual financial allocation for this measure in the CSP is €10 million and is payable on the chopping and incorporation of straw between 5 hectares up to a maximum of 40 hectares. The rate of payment is €250 per hectare for barley,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (9 May 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...assists patients to access emergency dental treatment by directly contacting private contractors or arranging treatment to be provided by HSE-employed dentists. An additional allocation of €15 million has been made in Budget 2023 to enhance the provision of oral healthcare services. This includes €5 million allocated on a once-off basis to support the HSE Public Dental...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

...to the demise of a prime minister and her government. The point is that we need to look at this more broadly than the Deputy is doing. Even his proposal is discriminatory against those on fixed-rate mortgages who have the same loans and the same repayments. The average repayment across fixed, tracker and variable-rate mortgages is roughly the same but Sinn Féin is proposing to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Costs (4 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...a much better transport system. The report praises free public transport and climate tickets as some of the most popular policy interventions to tackle the climate crisis. It states that if even 5% of car trips were shifted to public transport throughout the EU, oil demand could be reduced by around 7.9 million tonnes. We can already see what impact free public transport would have from...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2023: Committee Stage (4 May 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move recommendation No. 4: In page 8, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: "Report on increase in rate of Vacant Homes Tax 7.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on options to increase the rate of tax from 0.3 per cent of the value of a property to a rate of 5 per cent of the value of a...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres (4 May 2023)

...is a particular risk with these EU funds because they have a system of flat rate disallowances. For example, if the EU concluded that we were operating not in accordance with the rules, a 2%, 5% or 10% correction could be applied right across the entire fund. In theory, you could come up with a 10% correction that exceeded €100 million. We have avoided that. Our net contributor...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (4 May 2023)

Jack Chambers: ...Ireland’s essential supply chains and acknowledges the recent cost pressures on haulage businesses. As announced in February the Government approved a new Scheme design, and funding of €18 million for the Licensed Haulage Support Scheme 2023 to assist licensed haulage businesses with cost pressures. My Department is now administering the Scheme which covers eligible...