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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 126. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43390/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of public servants in his Department who are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43392/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a common process and common criteria across the local authorities for checking the accuracy of the electoral register each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42803/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the local authorities, when revising the electoral register, avail of other sources of information in addition to field workers calling to a property to determine if a registered voter is, or is not, resident at the property. [42804/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43395/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public servants in his Department who are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43399/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 164. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43393/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43389/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of public servants in her Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43391/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43397/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public servants in the Department being paid in excess of the Taoiseach's salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43403/13]

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: Shame. Shame.

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 1: Alcohol Products Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: Táimse glan in aghaidh an méid atá an Taoiseach tar éis a chur chun cinn. Is ionsaí eile e seo ar phócaí gnáth daoine - €145 milliún breise ag teacht as na pócaí céanna, cuid den scéim déine lena bhuil an Rialtas ag leanacht ar aghaidh. Is rud é seo atá agus a bheidh tubaisteach do cúrsaí...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 2: Tobacco Products Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: Ba mhaith liom arís labhairt in aghaidh an ordaithe seo, a bhaineann le tabac. Is fimínteacht ar pháirt an Rialtais ligint orthu gur ar mhaithe le sláinte don chuid is mó atá sé seo á dhéanamh acu. Is ionsaí eacnamaíochta eile é, i ndáiríre, a luífidh isteach orthu siúd a bhfuil thíos leis an dúil...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 2: Tobacco Products Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: The Tánaiste has no idea of the amount of illegal tobacco being consumed here.

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 6: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: A publicly delivered universal health care service should obtain in society and it should be a right of every citizen to have comprehensive health care of the highest quality paid for from general taxation. There should be one health service of the highest quality for all. On the contrary, in our society we have a two-tier, totally unjust health service. The wealthy, who grow wealthier by...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 6: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: With an emergency wealth tax of 5%, which the top 1% would not miss, it would amount to €2.9 billion. Every 1% of corporation tax, based on an effective rate of 8%, amounts to €500 million a year. A financial transaction tax could also yield €500 million. These amount to billions of euro the Government could plough into remaking our health service from top to bottom....

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 7: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: I have one or two questions. The Minister mentioned a number of exemptions. Will he confirm that, for everybody other than those exempt, the DIRT, at 41%, represents a quite indiscriminate tax hit, including on a young person or partners saving desperately to buy a home and who might have €10,000 or €15,000 accumulated and who might be trying to accumulate more. The Minister...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 7: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: What the Minister is trying achieve is completely unacceptable. He stated that up to €650 per annum in interest will be exempt on a five-year account. At a rate of 3%, €650 would involve a deposit of up to €21,300. That is the relief that has obtained to date. The deposit could easily be that of young people or working people trying to put a house deposit together....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Remuneration (15 Oct 2013)

Joe Higgins: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of public servants in his Department that are being paid in excess of his salary and in excess of the Government's pay cap; the annual cost of these excess payments over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43402/13]