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Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Where is Anglo Irish Bank now?

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I commend the Minister for bringing the Bill before the House. This is a day which will largely go unnoticed, unfortunately, but it is the day on which we will effectively criminalise slavery in Ireland by defining "forced labour" and reinforcing it as a specific criminal offence. Like my colleague, Deputy Robert Dowds, I congratulate Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, Ms Denise Charlton, Ms...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (3 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to allow for an opt out system for organ donation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32326/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (3 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 212. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the MSM blood ban, if sexually active gay men are also prevented from being organ donors; and if so, if he or his Department have considered removing such a ban [32327/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Unfortunately, I must leave to attend another committee meeting. I have no option but to do so as it is a select committee. I will throw a few grenades and run, if that is okay. I thank the delegation for the presentations and I am interested in some of the comments made that half the Protestant primary schools in the country could be closed. There was also a question of values and a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Issues Facing Small Primary Schools: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: There are votes taking place in the select committee.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to speak. Everybody here could agree that we hope the legislation will not be needed, but life is not that simple. I want to put on the record that those who propose that this section be deleted are suggesting that the constitutional rights of women, as laid down by the Supreme Court and the will of the people, be left unvindicated. They are also...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Provision (4 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the actions her Department is taking in terms of child care provision, inspections, rules and regulations following on from the RTE "Breach of Trust" programme. [32350/13]

Other Questions: Child Care Services Provision (4 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I very much welcome the Minister's comments on the qualification standards that are being rolled out. Compared to child care workers, education professionals such as teachers have a level of job security and status, as well as being trusted and respected. They are reasonably well paid in addition to having solid terms and conditions. People who work in the child care sector tell me that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Missing Persons Hotline (4 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will detail the way the new 116000 missing children's helpline will be advertised and promoted so that its presence will be widely known amongst children and their parents. [32351/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pre-Budget Consultation Process: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (10 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister for her presentation. I was relieved the word "fraud" did not feature heavily in it. Often when we talk about social protection budgets, the media seem to be obsessed with the word" fraud". The Minister concentrated more on the importance of the social protection budget to the local economy, which I would like to emphasise. She mentioned the basic rate and how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pre-Budget Consultation Process: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (10 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Is the Senator referring to the newspaper or the weather?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (11 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance in July 2011, in response to a Parliamentary Question, in which he stated that the profits earned from the provision of stallion stud services in the income tax and corporation tax returns for 2009 were .5 million for income tax and million for corporation tax, if he will supply the corresponding profit figures for 2010, 2011 and 2012. [34162/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (11 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance in July 2011, in response to a Parliamentary Question, in which he stated that the profits earned from the provision of stallion stud services in the income tax and corporation tax returns for 2009 were .5 million for income tax and million for corporation tax, if he will quantify the amount of tax paid to the Exchequer on these profits. [34163/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (11 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the income tax paid on the profits earned from the provision of stallion stud services in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012. [34164/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (11 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax generated by the Exchequer from stallion fees for each of the years, 2008 to 2012 inclusive, since the introduction of the current scheme for taxation of stallion profits and gains on 1 August 2008. [34165/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (11 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will identify the amount of tax revenue to the Exchequer foregone as a result of the current scheme for the taxation of stallion profits and gains introduced on 1 August 2008. [34166/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (11 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners do not specifically identify tax collected under the current scheme for the taxation of stallion profits and gains introduced on 1 August 2008, which has enabled many stallion owners to shelter tax and, as a result, pay no tax or very little tax to the Exchequer. [34167/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (11 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has no visibility of the amount of tax collected and foregone under the current scheme for the taxation of stallion profits or gains introduced on 1 August 2008. [34168/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (11 Jul 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to provide a report with an analysis of the tax paid by corporate and individual stallion owners for the duration of the current scheme for the taxation of stallion profits or gains introduced on 1 August 2008. [34169/13]