Neasa spoke in the Dáil today on how facilitating tax avoidance is undoing the positive contribution of Ireland’s Overseas Development Assistance programme. It is like trying to fill a leaky bucket. Full Transcript Neasa Hourigan, TD: Tánaiste, the Programme for…
We need an inclusive Public Banking Forum
We need a banking forum that involves not just the pillar banks and the Central Bank. It needs to include credit unions, post offices and labour unions for a truly inclusive discussion on what the future of banking should be.…
Green Party Position Paper on Public Banking launched
We need a review of regional & under-served community access to banking services with a view to establishing a material public banking system partially or fully supported by Credit Unions and An Post. The Green Party today has launched a…
Ulster Bank’s withdrawal from Ireland places a public bank on the agenda
As Ulster Bank announces it is to withdraw from the Republic of Ireland over the next few years, the requirement for a public bank has never been more keenly felt by ordinary banking customers. The programme for government sets out…
Neasa Speaking on International Tax Justice
Speaking in relation to the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Bill 2020, Neasa highlighted some issues with the changing landscape of financial services and taxation that we are likely to see arise in a post-Brexit Europe.…
Transparency in Budget 2021
Neasa on the need for transparency of oversight in the context of Budget 2021. Transcript: Some of the items I will be focusing on as part of my work in the Committee on Budgetary Oversight are performance metrics, results and…
Neasa Speaking in Advance of Budget 2021
Neasa speaking in her role as Chair of the Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee in advance of Budget 2021 on the role the Committee plays in our national budget.
60 Seconds on Well-Being Indicators
Neasa speaks for 60 seconds on well-being indicators. This method of decision-making would compel Government to consider broader metrics than just the nation’s GDP (or GNI*). It would consider - are we happy? Are we being fair to everyone? Are…
Launch of Green Party’s position paper on Wellbeing Indicators
Today Green Party Spokesperson for Finance Neasa Hourigan TD and Green Party Spokesperson for Social Protection Marc Ó Cathasaigh launched the Green Party’s position paper on Wellbeing Indicators. GDP is not a way to measure the wellbeing and the quality…
Funding a Just Transition
Neasa on the need to ensure a sufficient scale of funding to face the challenge that the EU and, specifically Ireland, face in addressing the economic impact of Covid-19 and the unfolding climate emergency. Transcript: Neasa Hourigan TD: As has…