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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (27 Feb 2013)

James Bannon: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a third level student grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10693/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (27 Feb 2013)

James Bannon: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update regarding the inequitable cuts to the Heritage Council which have resulted in grants programme not being available for 2013, to the detriment of funding for local heritage projects; if this deficit will be compensated for in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10694/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (27 Feb 2013)

James Bannon: To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply a more suitable wheelchair to a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10690/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Feb 2013)

James Bannon: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an MRSI scan at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly or Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10695/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (27 Feb 2013)

James Bannon: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the proposed N4 Mullingar to Longford, Roosky, motorway project; the consultants engaged for the project; if the project will go ahead within the next two years; if not, if the restrictions will be lifted from the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath which is located in the route area; and...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: Property taxes, household charges, water charges and licences for televisions that people may or may not have are the new face of stealth tax in Ireland. I say this as a Government representative who resisted the imposition of one stealth tax after another by the previous Administration. My conviction that such a burden, disguised in whatever format, is not justified remains the same. ...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: It does not surprise me given that those Members voted yesterday against extra time for this important debate. When the Tánaiste offered them the opportunity to continue the debate until 5.30 p.m. today, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin voted against it. From the moment a property tax was mooted, it was implicit that while it had to be introduced, it would be fair. The outcry from...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: Thank you. The novel Castle Rackrent, by our Longford author Maria Edgeworth, was based on the demise of such properties. Taxes and the astronomical cost of repairs are an impediment to the retention of these wonderful properties. We must guard against taxing our heritage homes, no matter how large or small, to the point at which they become impossible to maintain. I value our heritage in...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: Make no mistake: a lack of resources will lead to the destruction of our fine heritage. As I said with regard to water charges, just as water cannot be taken from an empty well, one cannot take money from empty purses. Unprecedented demands can only in the long-term be to the detriment of our valuable structural heritage.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: Heritage homes give each locality an individual sense of place and identity and create a link to the past that cannot be replaced.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: Many fine houses disappeared in the 1930s and 1940s because of rates. In my area of Longford-Westmeath-----

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: -----we lost Foxhall House, Doory Hall, Lissard House, Mount Jessop and Bawn House in Longford, Barnstown House in County Westmeath, and many others.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: We are left with nothing more than the ghostly presence of ruined estates that bear witness to another age. How much more relevant it would be to still have the reality. In conclusion-----

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: -----taxes such as a site value tax are the way forward, rather than a flawed property tax.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: I thank the Chair for his endurance and for giving me my seven minutes.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: I did not say that.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (5 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be repaid moneys due in respect of RCT contractors tax for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11294/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Budget 2013 provided an excise rebate on diesel for haulage companies, but not for transport companies despite his belief that under law, assistance given to truck operators would also be given to coach operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11305/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (5 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11296/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (5 Mar 2013)

James Bannon: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the sub-standard of broadband provision to Ardagh, County Longford will be improved, in view of the fact that it is dependent on the upgrading of the telephone exchange; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11307/13]