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Seanad: Telecommunications Services: Motion (25 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: This is 2009.

Seanad: Telecommunications Services: Motion (25 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: We have doubled the number of subscribers in the past two years.

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (31 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: As previously advised to the Deputy a partial fish counter on the river Boyne is located downstream of Navan at the Blackcastle weir. I am advised that in June 2008 the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board purchased a fish counter at a cost of €11,883. I understand that this counter currently acts as a back up to the Eastern Regional Board's five other counters in case of breakdown. It is...

Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: The Deputy might need to bring his name tag with him.

Financial Resolution No: 2: Income Tax (7 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: Will the Deputy let us have his view?

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (7 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: The Expanded Offshore Support Group (EOSG) is an industry supported research fund which is managed by my Department and is focused on hydrocarbon exploration and production research. Part of the EOSG remit involves the occasional provision of financial assistance to individual students towards the cost of postgraduate studies which are relevant to this field of research. Applications for...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: Does the Deputy want a guitar?

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: We would never make changes on that basis.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: Give us a proposal. The Deputy has done nothing but criticise since she began her contribution.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: The Deputy had chances. She is taking the populist route and sitting on the fence.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: I wish to share time with the Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: The budget measures introduced by my colleague, the Minister for Finance, are very much a necessary response to the economic turmoil we currently face. Ireland has experienced a dramatic economic downturn against the backdrop of a collapse in the world financial order. This, in turn, had a major adverse impact on the resources available to the Government in framing the supplementary budget....

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: Many people from other countries have come to work in the IFSC. If a person decides to move to live in Switzerland or another country, we cannot stop that person at the airport and tell him or her that he or she cannot leave the country.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: It is easy to make the point in this House that we should end the tax exile status of citizens. People have the right to free movement, as provided by the European Union.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: We have arrangements with other countries. Addressing the matter is not as simple as people portray it to be, but such an argument sounds good. I acknowledge people such as Mr. Michael O'Leary who, while he has come in for considerable criticism on occasions, has stayed here. He is providing much needed employment and pays his taxes. I acknowledge what he has done for the country.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: As the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, said yesterday, the budget has been constructed with six broad policy objectives, namely, to place the public finances on a stable and sustainable path, to restore our banking system to ensure that credit is available to both businesses and consumers, to regain our economic competitiveness, to protect employment, to stimulate economic...

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: Do not keep us in suspense, Joan.

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (12 May 2009)

Seán Power: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax collected under headings (details supplied) each year from 1999 to 2008; and if he will estimate the tax generated from the construction and property sector for each of the same years. [18567/09]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (26 May 2009)

Seán Power: Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, following the decision of the British authorities to make changes in its visa requirements for short-term visitors from Taiwan, he is considering making similar changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21344/09]

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (26 May 2009)

Seán Power: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made and his plans to reduce the amount of illegal drug consumption in prisons here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21346/09]