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Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: We did.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Earth to cuckoo land.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: That was a fact-free contribution.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The Deputy should ask her constituents.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The first rule of any tax should be the ability to pay. Some weeks ago I spoke to a man who is at breaking point. He has debts of some €20,000 arising from a collapsed business and a mortgage which was approximately €160,000 several years ago and on which he has been unable to make repayments. His business debts have increased to €30,000 while the mortgage has gone up...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I met a couple last week of whom one has lost his job and the other is working 15 hours per week. For one week out of every month they have absolutely no money. In the winter, for example, they cannot afford heating for one week in every four. One of their children has asthma and each month they have to beg and borrow the money to bring the child 15 miles up the road.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Some 180,000 mortgages in this State are in distress, the home owners in question living in terrible fear of repossession. Credit unions have indicated that 1.8 million people in this State are scraping for less than €100 at the end of the month. Hundreds of thousands are in negative equity and imprisoned by the unsustainable debt created by a collapsed market. What is the...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I am happy to outline it if the Deputy will be patient. Some 400,000 people who had no job were given one in order magically to conjure up enough money to pay the property tax. People living in ghost estates who are obliged to be vigilant every day in ensuring their children do not fall into the holes where the paths should be are obliged to pay the tax. People who built houses on sites...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: In conclusion, what happened to the alter ego of Deputy Enda Kenny?

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The Opposition alter ego of Deputy Enda Kenny said "It is morally unjust and unfair to tax a person's home and by so doing grind him into the ground." We are seeing a flip-flop Taoiseach who makes a habit of saying one thing in opposition and doing the opposite in government.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to pay my taxes.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: No, I want to pay my taxes.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Earth to Minister Hogan - please come in.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: No, that is not the case.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: We mean people in the Minister's salary range.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the channel that will manage any future EU community led local development funding and LEADER funding; and if the proposed alignment of local government will impact on this. [28068/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Application (12 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 44. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he expects local authorities to cover the cost of the local property tax on their social housing stock; and if he will issue a directive that local authority rents should not be raised as a result of the property tax bill. [27061/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (13 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the appeals system for applicants who have been refused citizenship and or a working visa. [28234/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (13 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the 2012 report on human trafficking, including figures of identified victims, will be published by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28233/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Broadband Services Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will estimate the number of small and medium enterprises that do not have access to fibre based broadband across the State. [41606/12]