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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the long-term residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 will be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18395/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (7 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to a previous parliamentary question, if the college in question meets the definition of an approved college for the purposes of section 473A of the Tax Consolidation Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18394/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive orthodontic treatment. [18835/09]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (12 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the plans for school improvement works to be carried out at a school (details supplied) in County Laois. [18834/09]

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity of speaking on the Finance Bill 2009. It is significant enough to be dealing with a supplementary budget which was introduced on 1 April 2009. I congratulate my colleague, Deputy Áine Brady, on her recent promotion as Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children and wish her every success in that post. In my 12 years in the Dáil, I have never seen...

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: We agree. This is the second time I have referred to Sky Television. On Sky Television and a good many American television programmes it seems every night that people are being led away in handcuffs, even for a parking offence. As a result, most people in Ireland work on the basis that if one does anything wrong but is not led away in handcuffs, it is no good. There is a different way of...

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Perhaps it is better or worse, but we have a different way, which may require a cultural change over the course of some decades. However, we have not yet reached that point. Most believe every time there is wrongdoing a person should be paraded along what is termed "the perpetrators walk" in handcuffs in front of television crews even before a case is put before them.

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: I accept that is an issue and recognise it would be a populist move. Although it might make us feel happy for an hour or two, it would not put bread on anyone's table at the end of an evening.

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Most would take a certain amount of glee from it and I understand the Deputy's point.

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: I understand; it is a human reaction. However, I am serious about this issue. Let us consider a calculation. If the banks have a write-down of €8 billion in their property portfolio and the corporation tax rate is 12%, that is the equivalent of €1 billion in tax which need not be paid if the write-downs can be carried forward. That would make it very attractive to a potential...

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Some 100% of the local businesses represented in my office last Monday evening had been refused credit or loan facilitates which they might otherwise have been granted. We can use all the fancy words we wish, but the simple, basic stimulus needed in the economy is cash flow from the banks to businesses. Businesses seek additional finance by way of loans and overdrafts because they are owed...

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: There is a vicious circle and the banks are starving companies of funding. I understand they are nervous and that they do not know where they are going. However, there are good and viable businesses which are vulnerable. They should not be but they are because the banks will not provide the normal source of credit to companies. Any business producing a product has the intellectual ability...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (14 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an inspection under the farm waste management scheme will be carried out for a person (details suppled) in County Carlow. [19429/09]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a claim for redundancy payment from the Social Insurance Fund will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Laois in respect of their application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19862/09]

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Protection of Debtors) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to make a contribution to tonight's debate on the legislation proposed by my constituency colleague, Deputy Charles Flanagan, the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Protection of Debtors) Bill 2009. It is a very timely and important Bill covering an issue very much in people's minds and it affects people's daily lives. While a thorough debate...

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Protection of Debtors) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: It would be a separate operation within the auspices of the Financial Regulator. My main difficulty with the Bill is its failure to define "debt collector". If it was confined to specific areas we could deal with this failure but, as has been mentioned previously, certain people with criminal connections are collecting debts. In recent weeks I have heard a first-hand account from a person...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (20 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if people in receipt of disability allowance automatically become entitled to the contributory State pension; if this does not occur in some situations, if she will make arrangement to pay PRSI contributions in order that they will have an entitlement to the State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20511/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a project at a school (details supplied) in County Laois which is at stage 2A will progress. [21648/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 May 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive a date for an operation in view of the fact the original operation was cancelled and it should be carried out as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21751/09]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Fleming: Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a redundancy payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [22962/09]