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National Cancer Strategy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Tá Colm Brophy, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Colm Burke, Peter Burke, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Jackie Cahill, Dara Calleary, Ciarán Cannon, Jack Chambers, Niall Collins, Patrick Costello, Simon Coveney, Michael Creed, Cathal Crowe, Cormac Devlin, Alan Dillon, Stephen Donnelly, Francis Noel Duffy, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Alan Farrell, Frank Feighan, Joe Flaherty, Charles...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Amendment declared carried.

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I must now deal with a postponed division relating to Second Stage of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024, taken on Wednesday, 10 April 2024. On the question, "That the Bill be now read a Second Time", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2) that division must be taken now.

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time" The Dáil divided: Tá, 85; Níl, 44; Staon, 0. Tellers: Tá, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin; Níl, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Denise Mitchell.

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Tá Ivana Bacik, Colm Brophy, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Colm Burke, Peter Burke, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Jackie Cahill, Holly Cairns, Dara Calleary, Seán Canney, Ciarán Cannon, Jack Chambers, Niall Collins, Patrick Costello, Simon Coveney, Michael Creed, Cathal Crowe, Cormac Devlin, Alan Dillon, Stephen Donnelly, Francis Noel Duffy, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Alan...

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Question declared carried.

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (17 Apr 2024)

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (17 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (17 Apr 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Question put.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The vote will be deferred until the weekly division time. We cannot have the weekly division time until 7.30 p.m., so the House will stand suspended for 20 minutes.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Sitting suspended at 7.10 p.m. and resumed at 7.31 p.m.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Patrick Costello: I rise to underline some of the elements from the pre-legislative scrutiny report that would strengthen the Bill but are strong enough in the legislation as written. When the committee considering the matter, it highlighted important things in relation to the governance framework, sustainability, environmental, social and governance factors, divestment from fossil fuels, prohibition of...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions. I have listened intently to all the suggestions and views that have been put forward. There are some areas of difference. Some are quite fundamental to the Government's agreed design. It is fair to say that there has been a broad welcome from all sides of the House for the core idea of auto-enrolment, which is to find a way to provide...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the introduction of this legislation. It has indeed been a long time in gestation. I suspect it is probably a decade since this was first thought about, if not more.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Twenty-five years.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Richard Bruton: There is a great need. I have not seen the most up-to-date figures but from recollection I believe that about 40% of people in the workforce do not have any pension cover. That applies to both men and women although it is probably more acute with women, so there is a huge gap. The legislation begins to address some of the anomalies concerning how we treat pensions provision. We have a...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for the opportunity to share some thoughts and reflections on the legislation before us. I welcome the Bill, which, of course, I will support. I want to take the opportunity to recognise the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and her officials for bringing it to this point, and also previous Ministers such as Senator Regina Doherty and previous officials...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Denis Naughten: As Deputy Connolly said, I will take up my 20 minutes, if that is of any assistance to people coming in. The Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024 is designed to simplify pension decisions for workers and to make it easier for employers to offer workplace pensions. Under auto-enrolment, employees will have access to a workplace pension savings scheme, which is co-funded by...