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Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The current Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform cannot pass a sleeping dog without kicking it.

Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: It is true.

Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: When we have this debate, the Taoiseach should ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to rein in his nasty partisan instincts for a change so that we can all get more business done on it.

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (8 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the National Sports Facilities Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33783/08]

Written Answers — Vetting Procedures: Vetting Procedures (8 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there is a national policy of registration and vetting of volunteers and workers within the arts and sports environment similar to a Garda vetting process; if not, his plans to introduce such a scheme to ensure the protection of the young and vulnerable; if best practice amongst organisations who receive funding is considered;...

Written Answers — Motor Vehicle Registration: Motor Vehicle Registration (8 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason there is a discrepancy between the Vehicle Registration Office and the Motor Tax Office whereby a vehicle (details supplied) is recorded as having two owners on the Vehicle Registration Office database and five owners on the database of the Motor Tax Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34012/08]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (9 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to fulfil the commitment in the programme for Government to meet the UN target of 0.7% of GDP assigned to overseas development aid by 2012. [34191/08]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (9 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position as it pertains in Somalia in view of the fact that there has been widespread displacement and a threat of famine; if his Department has been asked to assist in non-governmental organisations gaining access to the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34190/08]

Financial Resolution No. 3: Income Tax (14 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The very fact that this levy is entirely lacking in discrimination is my main reason for opposing resolution No. 1. Some 660,000 people were exempt from income tax before today. They will now be brought into the tax net within the remit of this 1% levy without any discrimination, discernment or regard to their conditions. It is not simply a 1% levy for high earners and middle-income...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Income Tax (14 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: It was a question that caused me to reflect.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Income Tax (14 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I can only imagine the Ministers, Deputies O'Dea, Dermot Ahern and the rest, if the country had been plunged into this nightmare when they were in opposition. The enormous figures are frightening — a general Government deficit of over €12 billion and the debt equity ratio rising to 43%. How could we have been plunged into such a hole? How could there have been such a transformation...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Income Tax (14 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: That argument would only stand if there was an exemption or threshold.

Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I cannot believe the Green Party would go along with that.

Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister for Finance has taken the baton from his predecessor, the Taoiseach, Deputy Cowen, and crashed straight into a wall. The more I consider the macro figures, the more I understand why Ministers were whey-faced on their way in and out of Government Buildings during the past three weeks. The position is disastrous. The Government had a choice involving making expenditure cuts,...

Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: It is beyond belief when one considers that 8 cent will be added to the price of a litre of petrol. The price of oil is falling at present, partly as a result of the financial turmoil. However, there has not been a commensurate decrease in the price charged for petrol and diesel at filling stations. The Government is now going to drive the price up again by imposing this 8 cent increase....

Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not take issue with Financial Resolution No. 9. It is equitable that the figure is capped at a more reasonable amount than was the case up to now. For many of the reasons Deputy Shatter advanced, it is desirable that people in those circumstances ought to have some incentive to provide for themselves in terms of their pension rights. It is interesting, though, that the Government has...

Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: No, I am referring to the figure on capital gains tax. There is a figure of €160 million in a full year. I would like to know where the expert advice available to the Government came from. I hope nobody on the opposite side of the House has been playing golf with some dental economist. Where will this €160 million come from?

Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: That is a pity. Where will the €160 million come from? Is somebody currently making money on shares or the disposal of property, or on something I do not know about? I would like to hear the Minister or the Tánaiste tell us where those particular figures came from. The increase for bills of exchange and cheque books is, I suppose, neither here nor there. Some of us still use them. We...

Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes, there could.

Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: For the record, it was €168 million.