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Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: If the Minister lifted the guillotine he would be fine.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Minister should tell the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government that I have a letter on this topic from a man whose wife died because of radon in his house. I am sorry for interrupting but it is very emotional issue when someone dies in a house and the Department does not seem to understand that.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I want to clarify a matter for the Minister. He stated he was unsure about what I had said. I said there is no difference between a home affected by pyrite and one affected by radon.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I have but if I do not use the opportunity now to speak about this I will not be able to do so because the Government has imposed a guillotine. I will use the opportunity. We cannot be stopped because there is a race to the bottom as quick as we can go. We must get in our say because we will not get one later. There will be a vote and that will be the end of it. I wish to stress my...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I could give the Minister a lift down to Kerry.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, but this point must be made. The Minister is a reasonable and fair man. My point is sound and solid. The houses in question are not being exempted because they are not located in Dublin, Cork or Limerick. It is unfair. Someone's family member might have died because of radon - I have experience of this - yet that person is now being asked to pay a property tax. Such people can only...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Deputy Ryan voted for the guillotine.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Deputy Ryan voted for it and now he is crying about it.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: He is a disgrace.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Vote for something and then complain about it.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I, too, have serious reservations about the property tax. I highlighted the case of being asked to put a value on a farmhouse. The farmhouse could be located in the centre of the family farm and alongside sheds. How can someone realistically put a value on the property? While the house is a home to the family living in it, who else would want to purchase a house in the middle of a working...

Diseases of Animals Act 1966: Motion (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Can we make any comments on this?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Retail Sector: Discussion with RGDATA and Retail Ireland (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I apologise for not being present at the beginning of the meeting and I am sorry that I will have to leave again soon. However, I am rather keen to make a contribution. I have read RGDATA's submission quickly and declare a vested interest. I am one of the small shopkeepers RGDATA represents. On a day-to-day basis for many years I have dealt with the issues on which the RGDATA...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Taoiseach the reason the transcripts of the Moriarty Tribunal are copyrighted to private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11527/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Taoiseach the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments he made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11482/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments he made; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments he made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11475/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments he made [11473/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments he made; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments he made [11478/13]