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- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: More than the Government will be at sea after all of this.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: What is the definition of a stand-alone building? In many cases, a second home may have its own electricity connection and the parent or sibling may pay his or her own ESB bill. Would such a home qualify as a stand-alone building even though it is part of an original dwelling? There are several anomalies in the Bill. We are only scratching the surface. We need more time to consider the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: The Opposition also submitted them at the last minute because we received the Bill so late. That is another reason more time should be given to digest the Bill. It will be challenged every step of the way, not in the Houses but outside, where they are queuing up with their legal advisers ready to pounce on the Bill and pick out loopholes. It is important that we dot all the i's and cross...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: Many thousands of people receive rent allowance from the HSE. To the best of my knowledge, they must know their landlords but because of the Data Protection Act are not obliged to inform local authorities about them. Is it intended to amend the Data Protection Act so this type of information might be shared by the various agencies? That was one of our reasons for tabling the amendment in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I apologise for interrupting the Minister. Does this mean the HSE, which provides rent allowances, is obliged to give the names of the landlords to the local authorities?
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: We appreciate the offer.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: On a point of order, based on the Minister's suggestion, with which we agree, I propose we suspend and deal with the Bill at another stage.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: The Minister has suggested that, in the meantime, we go out and take down all the points requiring clarification.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: When will the Minister return to us?
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: There will be many more clarifications required on Committee Stage as there are many more amendments. We will not finish Committee Stage by 5 p.m.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: More are needed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I made a point on co-operation to the Minister. Given the time constraints now being imposed by the Leader, I ask that we return to this legislation. We will have to do so next week on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I agree with Senator Coffey on this point. If I was a landlord with two similar houses, one of which was in RAS and I was charged for the one that was not, it would be an anomaly. Lawyers will drive a coach and four through the provision. It is a recipe for disaster. The Minister has spoken several times about clarity but there is no clarity on this issue. It has not been fully thought...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: That is not the point I was making. Everything seems to be clear to the Minister but it is not clear to this side of the House. He is speaking about providing us with clarification on a number of items. I cannot see from where he is plucking out of the air that everything is clear when he must give us clarification.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I do. I move amendment No. 6a: In page 6, subsection (1), between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: "(c) in the case of a family home left vacant by a death or through its occupant(s) residing in a nursing home.". I await the response of the Minister.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I move amendment No. 8a: In page 7, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following subsection: "(5) An individual who on a liability date is the owner of a residential property shall not in respect of that residential property be liable to pay the charge relating to it for that liability date if-- (a) the property in question is the only residential property owned by the individual, (b) the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: A late payment charge of â¬20 has been proposed if a fee has not been paid within a month of the due date. Will there be further penalties for late payments if the payment is further delayed. Following enactment of the Bill, when must the â¬200 charge be paid. If payment is made late and people have not paid up within a week or a month of the payment date, when will the late payment...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: That is not true.
- Seanad: Unemployment: Motion (1 Jul 2009)
Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State and I welcome the motion. It is only fair to point out that were it not for the fact this side of the House provided two speakers in succession at 6.20 p.m., this debate would have collapsed. This shows what the Government thinks of the unemployed and unemployment in its dealings in this and the other House. While we could have played a cynical game and not...