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- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Pearse Doherty: The Government voted against it.
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Michael McGrath: No alternative sovereign wealth fund has actually been tabled by the Opposition party in question.
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Pearse Doherty: The Government voted against the amendment.
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Michael McGrath: The Bill that the Government has brought forward has been widely commended by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, the Central Bank of Ireland, the European Commission, the OECD and a list of ratings agencies and other independent experts, both domestic and international. I agree with Deputy Doherty about the risk of using windfall corporate tax receipts inappropriately. We will not do...
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Question put: "That the Bill do now pass." The Dáil divided: Tá, 77; Níl, 34; 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: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Tá Ivana Bacik, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Colm Burke, Peter Burke, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Jackie Cahill, Holly Cairns, Ciarán Cannon, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, 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...
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Question declared carried.
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: The Bill will be sent to the Seanad.
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 5: In page 16, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: "Designated housing projects 21. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage may designate in writing a housing project (in this Part referred to as a "designated housing project") where he or she is satisfied that the project contributes directly or indirectly, or is likely to contribute,...
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Amendment put and declared lost.
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Amendment No. 6 cannot be moved as amendment No. 5 has been negatived.
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Amendment No. 6 not moved.
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 7: In page 19, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: "(b) housing and infrastructure deficits,".
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Amendment put and declared lost.
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 8: In page 20, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: "(c) housing and infrastructure deficits in relation to such years as the Minister considers appropriate,".
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Amendment put and declared lost.
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Bill received for final consideration.
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Question proposed: "That the Bill do now pass."
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Pearse Doherty: As we have discussed, the Bill provides for the establishment of two funds, that is, the future Ireland fund and the infrastructure, climate and nature fund. These funds were first proposed in response to two trends, namely, the future costs likely to be incurred by the State and the growth of corporation tax receipts in recent years. We all acknowledge that we have seen a significant...
- Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)
Michael McGrath: I thank Deputies on all sides of the House for their co-operation in the consideration of this Bill on Second Stage, in the really good engagement we had on Committee Stage and again today on Report Stage. To those who say they are in favour in principle of a sovereign wealth fund but are against the specific one brought forward by the Government after a huge amount of work, I say, "Please...