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- Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Allowances (13 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: I move:(1) THAT for the purposes of the State Aid de minimis rules the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended with effect from 13 October 2015 as follows –“Industrial building allowances: aviation services facilities ____.The Principal Act is amended –(a) in section 268 – (i) in subsection (1F), by substituting “then, notwithstanding that...
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Allowances (13 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: That was a small drone.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Allowances (13 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputies for their comments. This measure is an important element of job creation. We believe the aviation sector has significant potential for job creation and by providing this targeted incentive, we hope to encourage the establishment of the infrastructure that will allow us to attract significant maintenance, repair, overhaul and dismantling activities of aircraft to...
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Allowances (13 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: This is about the construction of hangars for repair, maintenance, overhaul and dismantling of aircraft. It is therefore about job creation and attracting skilled people to work there. The limit is €5 million per project. A small hangar could cost €1 million, while a double or triple hangar could cost €10 million or more. The €5 million reflects the limit set...
- Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (13 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: I move: (1) THAT for the purposes of the tax charged by virtue of section 72 of the Finance Act 2005 (No. 5 of 2005), that Act be amended, with effect as on and from 14 October 2015, by substituting the following for Schedule 2 to that Act (as amended by section 60 of the Finance Act 2014 (No. 37 of 2014)): "SCHEDULE 2 RATES OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX (With effect as on and from 14 October...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Relocation (13 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Based on the records held in the Human Resources Unit of my Department, two members of staff in my Department applied to be transferred to a Department/Agency outside the Dublin region in 2015. Both members of staff have since transferred to their chosen location.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is not acceptable that families and children, in particular, have to stay in bed and breakfast accommodation and hotel rooms.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: In many cases, they are quite a distance from Dublin, in particular, and the families have to travel to schools and so on, which is not acceptable. It is not true to say that there was nothing in yesterday's budget for housing. The Minister for Finance signalled that NAMA will provide 20,000 houses between now and 2020. We will open 100 sites across the country in 2016 and will deliver at...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: The problem is the planning regulations and the planning permission process.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Until we deal with the question of the provision of extra houses, in reality we cannot deal with this problem.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is not true to say that the rent supplement has not been increased. The Department of Social Protection has dealt with thousands of cases over the past period where, in individual circumstances-----
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----the rent supplement can be increased, thereby giving certainty to both the tenant and the landlord.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is clear that interference in the market, to its detriment, is not something we should do.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: While people are calling for what they call "clarity" on rent certainty, if we interfere in the wrong way, we will make matters worse.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: As was pointed out by the Minister for Finance, we had three reports in the 1980s by Mr. Peter Bacon which were supposed to sort out all of this but things actually got worse. The Government will not interfere-----
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----in a way that will make things worse. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, is working very hard on this issue and we hope we will be able to bring in a number of measures that will improve the position.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Believe me, I am frustrated about the fact that this is not moving in the way that one would want. We have PPPs, private builders, NAMA, social housing and modular units. Those are five issues. The money is in place and they should be moving.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is all part of the legacy of destruction that the Deputy's party left behind it.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: As the Deputy knows, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is taking action as a matter of urgency.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: First, 500 units of modular housing will be delivered in two tranches of 150 and 350.