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Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: I interrupt on a point of order. Normally the Minister for Finance would circulate a statement in advance that would provide a perspective for this debate.

Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Is it coming from the Department of Finance or from the Department of Transport?

Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: On a point of order, earlier the Ceann Comhairle disallowed questions from party leaders about the prior documentation we would get in order to facilitate a debate on the budget. Here we have the high farce of the Minister for Transport coming to the House, who is not even the Minister concerned——

Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: This is not serious.

Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: It is high farce.

Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: I did not ask about collective Cabinet responsibility. I asked whether there would be any reasonable documentation. I wrote to the Minister for Finance ten days ago looking for reasonable information which was not furnished.

Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: I am bitterly disappointed at the standard of the Government's treatment of this debate. I wrote to the Minister for Finance 11 days ago looking for the revised economic forecast for GDP, an updated figure for the tax forecasts for this year, with information on a number of other available tax options. We are facing into an unprecedented set of decisions and the House needs the maximum...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the case made by the motor industry for a car scrappage scheme to promote movement of the stock of cars. [11223/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly in the way VAT on second hand cars is structured, such that VAT is based on the price at which the car is acquired even it has to be sold at a considerable discount in the current market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11222/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under a VAT claw-back scheme, car dealers are forced to pay VAT on the value at which second-hand cars were brought into stock even if they are forced to sell these cars at a significant discount from the original price and that discounts are having to be made to sell second-hand cars; and his...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that employees of Trinity College Dublin pre-1995 have been informed that the State will not guarantee their pension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the reason why they have been charged with the pension levy for public servants. [12027/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the impact of the proposed increase in betting tax from 1% to 2% on employment in this sector; and if he has identified options to introduce more broad based tax measures on the gambling sector. [12092/09]

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of statutory instruments enacted which affect the scope of the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act, 2003; the purpose of each of the statutory instruments enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12228/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date when she expects the bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam to be signed in view of the imminent expiry of the existing agreement and the risk it poses to parents seeking to adopt in Vietnam. [11621/09]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 504: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has assessed the Goodbody report on the supply and demand for taxis; his views on whether measures need to be taken to address the balance of supply and demand for taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11224/09]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 505: To ask the Minister for Transport the maximum hours which taxi drivers can work and the breaks and rest periods required; and if his attention has been drawn to the excessive hours being worked just to earn sufficient income. [11225/09]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 511: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent assessment of the taxi business (details supplied) on behalf of the taxi regulator; if initiatives are necessary to provide a stable basis for developing the sector through this difficult recession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11710/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 541: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps necessary to adopt a non-Irish child from a country (details supplied) under the Adoption Act 1990; if a visa is automatic for the child that will be adopted; the steps in acquiring a visa for that child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11244/09]

Written Answers — Public Procurement Policy: Public Procurement Policy (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 615: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he has taken to ensure that the agencies to which he provides funding put large contracts out to public tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11243/09]

Written Answers — Civil Registration: Civil Registration (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 792: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way a person can change their name on their birth certificate when their Christian name has been mistakenly entered. [11001/09]