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Written Answers — Revenue Payments: Revenue Payments (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a scheme operated by the British Revenue Commissioners which allows companies experiencing temporary trading difficulties the opportunity to defer some revenue payments; if he has examined this scheme; and if elements of it could be applied in the situation here. [37898/09]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a proposal by Dublin City Council to carry out a combined project of flood protection and layout of a water main along the Clontarf seafront, Dublin 3; and if money has been allocated for the project in 2010. [38370/09]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some banks are accepting a P60 as proof of income for the purpose of securing a mortgage; his views on requiring a P21 to be used as proof of income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38723/09]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on ending the situation in which an estate agent can also operate as a mortgage broker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38724/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 376: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending the concession on the year in which capital gains tax must be paid in the case of compulsory purchase orders under section 542 to include persons other than those engaged in farming. [38894/09]

Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 558: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if drugs used for [i]in vitro [/i]fertilisation are covered under the drugs refund scheme; if there are plans to restrict access to this support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38830/09]

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 672: To ask the Minister for Transport the circumstances under which the gardaí or the local authority can remove a vehicle that is parked on the road but no longer in use and neither taxed nor insured; if an owner can leave it parked indefinitely on the public road and withhold their agreement to move it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38896/09]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 765: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the campaign backed by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions regarding the conduct of trials against persons (details supplied); if Irish diplomatic representatives have sought a briefing on these cases or expressed concern regarding aspects of the proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 809: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the planned cuts in the combined budget of community development and local development social inclusion; the impact it will have on numbers employed in the programmes and the number of clients served in various categories; and his proposals to protect a project (details supplied) in Dublin 17 which is operating in a...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 810: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the wage bill of Waterways Ireland in 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38930/09]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 956: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some councils have taken persons off the housing list and will not consider them for a housing offer if they have entered into a rent accommodation scheme arrangement either with their own council or with another council, however other council are willing to...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (3 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 976: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 21 October 2009 if a local authority which introduces a waiver scheme is acting [i]ultra vires[/i] the terms of the Local Government (Charges) Bill 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39029/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 2: In page 16, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "2.---(1) For the purposes of this Act, the "Oireachtas Committee on NAMA" shall mean a Select Committee of each House, or a sub-committee thereof so enjoined and appointed by Resolutions of each such House, established with the purpose of monitoring the implementation of this Act, including all acts done in...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: Ever the loyal backbencher.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: I have just a couple of questions for my two-minute slot. Why has the Minister reversed his view that he thought it appropriate that the Oireachtas would have a role in respect of the valuation committee? That was an explicit statement he made but he is now providing no statutory arrangement. Why does he believe the Oireachtas should have no role in the board subsequent to the first board...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: I must express my huge disappointment with the Minister's response. If we have learned anything from banking crises in other countries and analyses of them from the IMF and others, the one common thread is that there must broad political consensus around a proposed solution with proper transparency and scrutiny of the asset recovery process. As we have seen from the IMF, in cases where...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: I remember the Minister's eloquence when he was not a member of Cabinet on saying how important it was agencies should be scrutinised and-----

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: -----that the Dáil had made huge mistakes in letting power away from elected Members when it should be seeking to seize it back. On his very first test on this issue, he offers a toothless committee without a legislative basis or any expertise to underpin its work. It is the old mushroom treatment - keep them knee deep in manure and leave them in the dark. This is what he is offering the...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: It is sufficiently important that this body has all-party consensus. The former Swedish Minister for Finance told an all-party committee of the House that such a consensus is vital. It is essential to have all-party understanding, willingness to confront the problem, proper scrutiny and not to pay over the price. The Minister is letting himself and his officials down in the longer term. He...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Richard Bruton: -----and of this board. The Minister at one level acknowledges this when he said he was willing to consult with the Opposition. However, when it comes to putting it into the legislation, some gremlins have got a hold of it and have dragged the Minister back into the corridors of darkness. The Minister has let himself down. This was one area on which there was broad consensus where we could...