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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I missed the Minister.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: This is not like an NCT. It is a registration of a tank that presumably will be in place for a long time. I am unsure as to whether the requirement that it be re-registered every five years can be found anywhere else in the State's systems. One does not need to re-register property with the Land Registry every five years, although one might need to approach it if there is a mortgage, sale,...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The local authority cannot waive the charge if it is required to pay it.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: There is screening.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I will speak if the Cathaoirleach allows me to speak.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister will have to waive the charge. The local authority cannot waive the charge if it owes the money to itself.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister said that the owner could waive the charge in this instance. Can every other owner waive the charge?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: It makes no sense.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I will be here for the vote on the bank guarantee. We will see if the Labour Party supports it.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Fine Gael opposed it trenchantly and held it up.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Fine Gael accused us of all sorts of things to do with that site.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Unfortunately, many of them are in the Louth constituency where I live. There are many schools in Meath.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The troika did not tell the Minister to cut spending by €700 million.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: We took the right decisions for which the Minister is now claiming credit.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister should ask his colleagues in Cambodia-----

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The public is getting sick and tired of spin and more spin. The spin we are hearing from the Minister today is the same spin we heard with the publication of the jobs initiative. Following research by my colleague Deputy Michael McGrath, we find that the jobs initiative meant taking money off pensioners and putting it into an Exchequer black hole. Unfortunately, unemployment has increased...

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The Government is cutting capital expenditure, which provides our one chance of creating jobs and getting people off welfare. Fianna Fáil has proposed a capital expenditure programme amounting to 3.5% of GDP. The Government's fudge of a programme contains some of our plans, but has no new plans of its own. In fact, the only project prioritised by the Government parties is the one project...

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: It is a great record because it is due to the increase in population. Under Fianna Fáil, these schools would have received their extensions.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: That is a fact. We had extra money in the kitty and if the Minister asked his colleagues, he would find out that there are another seven schools within two miles that have got extensions over the last two or three years. However, it is complete spin to say that health and education are being prioritised. The only health project that is going ahead is the part-funded national children's...

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Thomas Byrne: What about the hospital in Navan? We were told by Fine Gael Deputies before the election that not only were they promising the delivery of a new regional hospital for the north east, but along with the Minister, Deputy Reilly, they had already met investors who were willing to put money into that project. Were we all told lies before the election?