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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Guardians Ad Litem (16 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: ...from his care, with the establishment of a full-time care order earlier this year. In total, this solicitor attended the District Court on nine occasions and ultimately submitted a bill to the HSE for €6,000 plus VAT, or an average bill of €666 for each of those nine brief court appearances. On the day Tusla made an application for a full care order, a barrister also...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future Business Model Plans and Long-term Vision for the Media Sector: Discussion (24 Nov 2022)

Joe Flaherty: ..., one from Frank Mulrennan and one from Mr. O’Reilly. It is that the funding model for the industry is broken.We are looking at Sound and Vision, the broadcasting levy and what was done with VAT, but I believe all of those are fundamentally just sticking plasters. I think everybody in the wider public would agree we have an intrinsic regional, local and community media that will...

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: .... We can take real and meaningful actions to assist families who are struggling. We have heard many calls to pause the carbon tax but the impact of doing that will be minuscule. A reduction in VAT will assist and I commend An Taoiseach on his efforts at EU level in this regard. I also welcome the comments in recent days from him that he, the Cabinet and the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan,...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Joe Flaherty: ...for rent and other business-associated costs while a business is closed or customer restrictions are in place. From the start of this crisis, the hospitality sector has sought a reduction in the VAT rate and the reduction from 13.5% to 9% is certainly welcome. It takes effect from 1 November and will run throughout the course of next year. It will be a lifeline for many small...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: ..., he knows that the road to recovery will be desperately slow. He, like so many others, is pleading for guidance, assistance and support. In the July stimulus, there needs to be meaningful movement on the VAT rate for the hospitality sector. For many food outlets and bars in rural Ireland, such as those in Killashee, Ennybegs, Aughnacliffe, that may be the deciding factor as to whether...