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Financial Resolution No. 4: Mineral Oil Tax (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: The Irish people use three general drugs as social drugs of choice in large quantities, namely alcohol, cannabis and cigarettes or tobacco. If the Government wanted to stop people smoking cigarettes, and did not just want to raise revenue, it would put €5 on each packet. That would stop people from smoking. This is simply a revenue raising exercise. As far as I can calculate the...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Mineral Oil Tax (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: I also suggest the Minister consider legalising cannabis and taxing it in the same way as cigarettes. The Government might then be able to meet some of the other costs it has that it has not been able to meet because cannabis is nearly as widely used as tobacco and alcohol, despite the best efforts of the authorities to prevent it. I thought the excise increase on diesel was a carbon tax...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Mineral Oil Tax (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: The commuters in my constituency will not be at all pleased that the Greens let them down again by not being present at the meetings where the carbon tax reduction on nice, clean cars was neutralised.

Financial Resolution No. 4: Mineral Oil Tax (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Deputy Barrett should take his time.

Financial Resolution No. 4: Mineral Oil Tax (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: The Tánaiste did not agree to a time extension earlier.

Financial Resolution No. 4: Mineral Oil Tax (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: No, the Tánaiste did not agree to a time extension earlier.

Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: It is nothing to do with the Swedish model.

Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: In what country is that model in place?

Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: I was not aware that the Government had any social policy.

Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: The Government is using the commission as a cover for its lack of ideas.

Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: By my calculations, smokers are giving the Government approximately €1.3 billion.

Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: I was close enough. I was only €200 million out.

Financial Resolution No. 10: Stamp Duties (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: That is correct.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the delay in paying redundancy rebate to a company (details supplied). [14105/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if direct contact has been made with the Vietnamese authorities since the draft new bilateral agreement on adoption was forwarded to them; and if there has been progress in allowing the current agreement to continue without interruption pending the full sign off of the new agreement. [14106/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (7 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 288: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason some local authorities were allocated more than they sought in 2008 under the disabled person's grant scheme and housing aid for the elderly scheme, such as Cavan, Kerry, Laois, Leitrim, Offaly, Roscommon and Waterford County Councils; the reason Kildare County Council only received 33% of the...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Answer the question.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (9 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: It will cost more than the first unit would have cost.

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: On the same issue, the Government promised to publish 18 Bills in this session but it has published only one on that list.

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: There are seven listed under the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform only one of which has been published. The other Departments have done nothing during this session. They seem to be moribund because there is no legislative activity. This is supposed to be a legislative assembly but of 18 Bills promised only one has been published.