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Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Where does the section state that?

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: That is not for what the section provides.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I cannot see that somebody, to advantage himself or herself, would withhold information at the start of the process and then provide it during the appeals process. I cannot see how that advantages anybody in the long term. No matter what the Minister of State says, if the information was not given or falls into the category specified in the notice it cannot be used in an appeal even if the...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Is the Minister of State telling me that information which comes to light subsequent to the initial certificate but before the appeal can be used at appeals stage?

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: That is not what I asked. What about tribunal stage?

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: This goes to the heart of the issues discussed about other sections. In the light of these discussions and even after two years after the Bill was first published, will the Minister of State simply withdraw the amendment and come back on Report Stage after discussions with the industry? I have read some of the representations made to me concerning the legislation’s provisions and do...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: While the Minister of State is technically correct, if we insert this section, we are referring to section 19(5) as amended the last day. We did not know discussions would take place this morning. I am glad that the Irish Hotels Federation is being open on this matter. It is performing an important civic duty on this incredibly complex - I contend unnecessarily so - area of law. If the...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: It is a problematic section.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: We objected to the last section because the issues we raised were so serious that they impinged on the Constitution. We believe there was a major unfairness in what was proposed. I acknowledge the comments of the Minister of State to the effect that he will continue the dialogue. We are keen to ensure that this dialogue would continue in an orderly way and yet that the Bill would not be...

Seanad: Arts and Culture Sector: Motion (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Táim chun labhairt as Gaeilge anocht mar measaim go bhfuil an-tábhacht ag baint le cúrsaí Gaeilge agus litríocht agus filíocht na Gaeilge i gcomhthéacs na n-ealaíon sa tír seo. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Seanad. Tá a lán ceisteanna curtha agam uirthi le laethanta beaga anuas, ach nílim chun na ceisteanna sin a...

Seanad: Arts and Culture Sector: Motion (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: On a point of order, Senator Mark Daly is unmarried and my wife was never appointed to a board. Before Senator Maurice Cummins throws these allegations-----

Seanad: Arts and Culture Sector: Motion (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Is the Senator accusing my wife of being on a board?

Seanad: Arts and Culture Sector: Motion (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Senator David Norris has left.

Seanad: Arts and Culture Sector: Motion (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: They can probably speak Irish.

Seanad: Arts and Culture Sector: Motion (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Only when you were caught.

Seanad: Joint Policing Committees: Motion (15 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I am willing to allow a Government member to speak before me as I have only arrived in the Chamber.

Seanad: Joint Policing Committees: Motion (15 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: Have all of those on the Government side spoken? Does Senator Burke wish to speak before me?

Seanad: Joint Policing Committees: Motion (15 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: If Senator Colm Burke wishes to speak now, I would be delighted.

Seanad: Joint Policing Committees: Motion (15 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: I thank Senator Colm Burke for speaking before me as I had just arrived in the Chamber. Like him, I did not realise that this debate was taking place as early as it was.

Seanad: Joint Policing Committees: Motion (15 Oct 2014)

Thomas Byrne: From Brussels? I was not in Brussels.