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Taoiseach a Ainmniú (Atógáil) - Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (27 Jun 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...homes at an affordable price point for ordinary workers or affordable childcare so that parents do not have to make the choice between staying out of the workplace for a prolonged period or paying a second mortgage in childcare fees. When Fianna Fáil claims to be of the working class it is simply a smokescreen. Nothing in this pick and mix programme for Government will completely...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (10 Jun 2020)

Seán Sherlock: ...been some discussion about ring-fencing the carbon budget, for instance, or ring-fencing carbon tax. People are asking what that means in real terms for citizens. Does it mean the aforementioned fee-and-dividend model, which is doing the rounds in public discourse at the moment, is a real prospect in terms of Government formation? Will there be ring-fencing for key projects to deliver...

Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)

Brendan Howlin: That is the point. That is not going to happen. In fact, I think that will be a permanent reduction. There are others that will also be lost such as planning fees. The situation will very much depend on the local authority. In my local authority, harbour dues, for example, will be lost. Significant portions of the €108 million per month will be lost. So far, in answer to other...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (13 May 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...delete that from the process and to let each script and assessed grade stand on its own merits. I state that because I do not agree with the Minister when he states that an average student from a fee-paying school will not be advantaged by this system. If I was an average student from a fee-paying school, I would be much happier today than were I an exceptional student from a...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...to make a decision. Also, the Government proposes to charge them €116 for the privilege. I am stunned at the Minister's statement that the best he can do is postpone the date for payment of the fee. It should be waived. Students should not be asked to pay €116 for the privilege of sitting the leaving certificate this year, particularly in light of what the majority of...

Coronavirus: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Seán Sherlock: ...benefit of €203 per week. Many workers will have no contractual entitlement to anything beyond this, but they will have the same requirements to pay rent, pay bills and heat their homes. They may have additional costs associated with GP fees or the cost of medicines. This is the reality for low-paid workers, and one in four workers in this country is classified in this category,...

Appropriation Bill 2019: All Stages (17 Dec 2019)

Joan Burton: ...under the watch of this Government. The Minister of State's colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, announced that she was astonished that in some cases insurance fees for crèches and such like had increased from €3,000 to €8,000 to €10,000 because of companies leaving the market. A report was published yesterday by the...

Estimates for Public Services 2019: Motion (12 Dec 2019)

Joan Burton: ...of State has come here with the Government accounts. We still have not received any serious explanation in accounting terms of how €24 million paid in taxes by airlines was refunded and recorded as consultancy fees. Could the Minister please explain how such a misstatement of accounting information was included in the Supplementary Estimates? I still have not heard an explanation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (10 Dec 2019)

Joan Burton: ...and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to websites (details supplied) that offer pre-booked appointments at the INIS registration office at Burgh Quay, Dublin 2, for fees ranging from €20 to €50; his views on such practices; the steps being taken to stamp out these practices and to improve the in-house appointments procedure at Burgh Quay; if a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Pharmacy Services (10 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 413. To ask the Minister for Health if talks have commenced with the representative body for pharmacy contractors regarding new fee regulations, the reform and modernisation of pharmacy services and the unwinding of FEMPI for community pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee (21 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the future of the television licence fee system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48344/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the decision of his Department to propose significant cuts to pharmacy fees from January 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48001/19]

Broadcasting (Television Licence Fees Recovery) Bill 2019: First Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Seán Sherlock: ...be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the provision of data by television broadcasting service providers for the purpose of assisting in the recovery of television licence fees; and to provide for connected matters. In its 2018 report and recommendations on the five-year review of public funding conducted under section 124 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, the...

Financial Challenges Facing RTÉ and its Revised Strategy 2020-2024: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...urgent action is required". These are headings for three different pages in the report. My former colleague, Pat Rabbitte, when he was Minister did a considerable amount of work in changing the model of the licence fee and of the funding of RTÉ. This was continued by Senator Alex White. This seems to have been left on a shelf for the last three years. I would be really concerned...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: ...Dún Laoghaire Harbour to the local authority, giving it a shortfall of €10 million with no real plan and meaning services were curtailed in Dún Laoghaire. If we were talking about raising car parking and toll bridge fees with a strategic view to reducing the impact of climate change, I would be supportive, but one has to do such things in a holistic manner. We have to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (13 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on mortgage lenders imposing legal fees and other charges on borrowers in arrears who are co-operating with their bank to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46554/19]

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: .... People might argue that rich people would gain if such a measure were introduced, but rich people are already able to benefit in this way. I refuted this argument in 1995 when the then Minister for Education was abolishing tuition fees at third level. People were saying it was an awful measure because it would benefit rich people, but it benefited ESB workers and OPW workers who were...

Seanad: Health Services Provision: Statements (12 Nov 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: ...suffering from dementia and their families. For the past three years they have not been treated well. The Department's report of 2015 stated that the fair deal scheme was not fit for purpose and that fees payable to high-dependency patients in nursing homes, meaning the likes of St. Joseph's, were not viable. We are two years past the implementation of that report and nothing has...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Alan Kelly: ...it can be difficult to get people to join certain boards. However, we now see a situation where information that was being made public is no longer being made public. I believe that is because the fees are so vast. As a result, GDPR is being used. In response to information being sought on the two payments, they have used GDPR as an excuse and have created a dangerous situation, one...