That is the reality of it. Every year, rents are going up and the Government has no plan to fix it. Indeed, it is going to make it worse because it is going to allow landlords to reset the rents right across the board in March next year. It is appalling. That is why young people have decided to abandon this country in search of a different future.
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Pearse Doherty
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Does the Government build homes? Seriously.
Fourteen years. The Tánaiste fairly put his foot in that one.
Take your foot out of your mouth.
What about the renters?
They are back in the box room.
This is the lack of substance from our new finance Minister.
I am sure even Michael McGrath is blushing up there.
At this embarrassment from a finance Minister.
The renter's tax break would not exist if it was not for me.
Later today, thousands of taxi drivers will take part in a slow drive protest against Uber's new maximum pricing feature. Taxi drivers say this move is a blatant attempt to undermine the National Transport Authority, NTA, regulations and that it will be absolutely devastating to their incomes and for the future of the industry. They also tell us, and we know from other places where Uber has introduced this model, tha…
Tairgim leasú Uimh. 1:
In page 8, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:
“Report on universal social charge
3. The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on removing the universal social charge from the first €40,000 a person earns.”.
Tá an rún seo ag iarraidh faoiseamh cánach a chur ar fáil do dhaoine fud fad na tíre seo, rud a dhiúltaigh…
The Minister introduced the issue of reducing the cost of apartments. He wants to get real. This is not about reducing the cost of apartments.
In fairness, Paschal did not even claim that.
That is a different thing.
No, it is not. Jesus Christ, that is not the same thing. This is about making sure there is a profit margin for developers so that they build them. The Minister's predecessor - maybe he should pick up the phone to him - was not even suggesting this would reduce the cost. It was not an affordability measure. So, this idea that Simon Harris somehow thinks this €2.5 billion of a tax cut is about reducing the cost. He wo…
Let me finish. Please, stop interrupting. I did not interrupt the Minister once. He says this is about ownership of apartments. Some 96% of apartments built in this city do not actually come on the market. They are rented out at astronomical prices. The Minister makes a virtue of the fact that he forgot about the fact there is forward funding arrangements for apartments. The Government rushed through an amendment las…
What does the Minister say about the promise he made to workers when he begged them for their vote? He promised he would cut their taxes. In his manifesto, he campaigned on that and he broke that promise over and over again. With this vote, he now has the opportunity to do something that is positive, that is progressive and that is about reducing the burden on people here and now. The Minister says he wants to do thi…
You do not have time.
You are here long enough, you should know.
I am not wrong.
You have no time.
I move amendment No. 4:
In page 8, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:
“Report on supportive measures for rental property activation in areas impacted by defective concrete blocks
4.The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on supportive tax measures for rental property activation in areas impacted by defective concrete blocks.”.
Ame…
That is part of it.
I note the Minister said he would constructively engage, and I hear that. There is legislation coming up. He indicated he is going to oppose the amendments, which I am really disappointed with. I raised this with his predecessor and it is a sensible solution that does not cost the State any money because it is trying to release properties into the system that are not currently in it. As I said, I hope it would have a…