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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (29 May 2013)

Joe Higgins: That is fine. I would just like to point out, not to the witness but to the Government representatives, that while the Revenue Commissioners was given huge access for the purpose of collecting the tax, the opponents, who represent quite a huge tranche of opinion, were blacked out of the media completely until yesterday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (29 May 2013)

Joe Higgins: My supplementary question to Ms Feehily may be a matter of legal interpretation, in which case she might be kind enough to send a written reply in due course. The Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 provides that a residential property shall not, for the purposes of the Act, be regarded as a "relevant residential property" where it is not occupied as a dwelling. Part 3 of the Act includes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (29 May 2013)

Joe Higgins: My question also applies to the other categories of properties that are deemed to be not relevant, including, for example, properties that were purchased this year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (29 May 2013)

Joe Higgins: Yes. My question is whether a property that is deemed under the provisions of the legislation to be not relevant is required to be registered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (29 May 2013)

Joe Higgins: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Non-Disclosure Provisions Under the Freedom of Information Act: Discussion with Information Commissioner (5 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: Could Ms O'Reilly elaborate on her thinking on the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) Act 2000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Non-Disclosure Provisions Under the Freedom of Information Act: Discussion with Information Commissioner (5 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: Merchant shipping.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Non-Disclosure Provisions Under the Freedom of Information Act: Discussion with Information Commissioner (5 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: The commissioner's last sentence was that she was particularly mindful of the public interest dimension that could attach to information in this area. I agree strongly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Non-Disclosure Provisions Under the Freedom of Information Act: Discussion with Information Commissioner (5 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: It is important that this be clarified and sorted out. Ms O'Reilly stated section 18 relates to confidential information obtained by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board and provides that disclosure without authorisation constitutes an offence. Do fishing and trawling fall under the provision? Ms Reilly cannot be an expert on the Act all of a sudden - nor can I - but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Non-Disclosure Provisions Under the Freedom of Information Act: Discussion with Information Commissioner (5 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: There is an issue with regard to trawling and fishing, for example, and the conditions in which many workers are taken on. This has serious implications for safety, leading to accidents. The same is the case with merchant shipping. It is important that there be clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Non-Disclosure Provisions Under the Freedom of Information Act: Discussion with Information Commissioner (5 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: Whose role is it to clarify that? Is it the role of the commissioner or the Oireachtas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Non-Disclosure Provisions Under the Freedom of Information Act: Discussion with Information Commissioner (5 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: In regard to the notification and investigation of air navigation accidents, the Office of the Information Commissioner takes a somewhat different view. What is the position? Is there an international dimension?

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: That is an excellent idea.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): International Summits (11 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the role he will play at the G8 Summit which will take place in Northern Ireland in June. [23968/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): International Summits (11 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will raise human rights concerns regarding G8 member countries at the G8 Summit in June. [23969/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): International Summits (11 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: Are the records of some of the leaders attending the G8 summit in Fermanagh of concern to the Taoiseach? President Putin routinely crushes the right to democratic peaceful protest in Russia. President Obama routinely sends pilotless drones, which have killed thousands of innocent civilians, into Pakistan. The economic policies of the likes of Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Cameron...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): International Summits (11 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: Does the Taoiseach condemn the violence done by drones?

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: That is nonsense.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions No. 223 and 230 of 28 May 2013, the assistance his Department will provide to parents unable to find tutors that will work alone with a number of children with a severe or profound learning disability, there are parents unable to fund tutors due to the challenging environment they would be working in when in...

Other Questions: Water Meters Installation (12 Jun 2013)

Joe Higgins: 6. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the schedule for the installation of water meters in the different local authority areas. [28077/13]