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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: We have to deal with the backlog.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: Housing is often discussed in the Chamber but, too often, we do not discuss the reality of it and the real-life impact this crisis has on people's lives. The Irish Examiner spoke with some of these people this week. Kelly-Anne Healy is aged 37 and lives at home with her parents in Blackpool, Cork. She has worked since she was a teenager and always thought if she worked hard enough she...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: I will make the point, and I have said it repeatedly in the House, that housing is the single most urgent and important social issue facing our people at this moment in time. Access to housing is fundamental to our security, social cohesion, opportunity for people and progress as a nation. There is not a family in the country untouched by the crisis. I respectfully suggest the Deputy does...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: I do not know whether the Tánaiste thinks people believe him when he comes to the House and says we do not put forward any solutions. In the past number of weeks alone, my colleague, Deputy O'Callaghan, has put forward 255 amendments to the planning Bill but the Government has just routinely voted them down. One of them was around zoning land for affordable housing. It was rejected....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Before I begin, I will say that my thoughts and those of the party are with the families of those who lost their lives in the Stardust fire. As we all know, they have waited four decades for answers as to what happened to their loved ones at that time. They have faced many obstacles, including those put in their way by this State. I hope the families involved will get the answers they have...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: First, I will say that all of our thoughts are with the families of those who died in the Stardust tragedy in 1981. For over 40 years now, the families have pursued their search for truth and justice. In a couple of hours' time, we will hear the verdict of the Dublin Coroner's Court. This will be an important moment for the families and for the entire country because the Stardust tragedy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: If somebody was doing a four-year law degree and it ended up taking him or her six years or more, it would be unacceptable. If we told our teachers that their four-year course was now to last six or six and a half years, it would be unacceptable. Why is it acceptable for plumbers? Why is it acceptable for plasterers, brickies and carpenters? That is what is happening under the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: We see that. The Department commissioned that report so we could get a full understanding of the impact and that is why we are bringing forward a number of measures. The Ministers, Deputies Burke and Humphreys, are finalising an option paper on employer's PRSI. As I said, we are in the process of paying out €250 million of supports to the smallest of businesses. We are looking at a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: I acknowledge the huge range of supports that have been put in place over a number of years, from Covid supports to, as the Minister of State outlined, the support on rates and so many other supports. Some of those are gradually being changed and withdrawn. There is the VAT support, for example, and now the further introduction of the rates support. There are myriad supports there and some...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I am in support. I emphasise the point being made to me, and I am sure everybody else as well, is the time taken to administer all the available assistance. What used to be contained in a single page now goes to 29 pages, which takes time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with the previous speakers. I have met many small business owners in County Carlow. Their businesses are barely surviving. Grants are becoming a huge issue. Their outgoings are so much. We all welcome the living wage, the PRSI and all the different sick leave we are now looking at. It is important because people are living longer and it is important they are having a good...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputies. An enterprise hub will be launched in the coming weeks. It will be a one-stop shop so people can identify which specific support is relevant to them without having to go through a myriad of different forms. I keep coming back to this, but we have made the increased cost of business grant as easy to access as possible. I have given Deputy Moynihan the figures for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Business Supports

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: 68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to support those SMEs that are currently struggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16996/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Marian Harkin: 85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional business supports, apart from the increased cost of business scheme, he is considering putting in place, particularly for SMEs to meet the increased cost of doing business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17051/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Robert Troy: I take this opportunity to wish my colleague from Longford-Westmeath, the Minister, Deputy Burke, the best of luck in his new role. It is a great honour for him, his family, friends and supporters and for all of us in County Westmeath that he has been elevated to Cabinet and I genuinely wish him well in the months ahead. One of the biggest challenges he has is how his Department is going...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Minister has asked me to thank his colleague, Deputy Troy, for the good wishes. We will bring forward further supports in addition to the €250 million. We are looking at the PRSI issue for action in the coming weeks. Other issues are budgetary matters and will be considered in the context of budget discussions. I refer to our track record as a Government and the incredible...