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Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Ba mhaith liom a rá i dtús báire go bhfuilimid i gcoinne an Bhille seo ina iomláine. Is é sin an fáth nár chuireamar síos leasú ar Chéim an Choiste. Is dóigh linn go gcuirfidh sé isteach ar na daoine is boichte inár sochaí, go háirithe iad siúd sna ceantracha tuaithe. In retrospect, the Government will go down as the most anti-rural Government...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Not by ourselves. Senator Keane said all the taxes must be considered in the global sense. She is absolutely right. We have to ask why this and other measures are being introduced by the Minister to fund local government. It is because we are still paying off bondholders and are potentially paying off promissory notes, if a deal is not done by the end of the month.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: As Senator Keane said we must have our cake and eat it. Some people are getting more of the cake than they should be allowed.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: One is only kicking the can down the road on that issue.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Minister is asking our children and our children's' children to pay it at extra interest.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We will not go into the whole idea of who is right and wrong. The Minister is eating into my time because he knows I wish to raise a number of points. This is an unfair tax on people living in rural areas because, as the Minister will know, they depend on their cars. Last week we had a debate with the Minister for Finance, and Senators on the Government side hopped up and down about the...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: -----and the tax on septic tanks.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The school transport service has been cut back and there have been cutbacks in rural schools. The Minister is hammering rural communities left, right and centre.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Very simply, we have said it many times and it was made obvious in our pre-budget submission that there are options available. I will use the analogy of a lot of people eating a large amount of cake who are not paying their fair share. The Government could put a wealth tax on people, create a third rate of tax for people earning in excess of €100,000 and cut the level of pay of senior...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Plenty of potholes.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is totally untrue.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Not at all. We would love to see a wealth tax being introduced.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: No, I am not.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: They all come on buses.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: What about the thousands it will cost people to change their septic tanks?

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Senator voted for the Finance Bill in which the increase was imposed.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I will send the Senator a copy of Sinn Féin's pre-budget submission. It is very clear.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That could be construed as, "On your bike, Senator Norris." My party has not tabled amendments because we oppose the Bill in its entirety based on the points outlined on Second Stage. On the law of diminishing returns, it was indicated last week by the Minister for Finance, for example, that there had been a 6% decrease in revenue from excise duty and taxes on petrol due to a lower level of...

Seanad: Aistriúchán de Bhillí agus Ionstraimí Reachtúla (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Is deacair do dhuine teacht isteach ar lá chomh breá leis seo ach táim buíoch de as bheith anseo. Tá an cheist seo ag eascairt ó dhúshlán cúirte a bhí le tógáil ag comhairleoir as Baile Átha Cliath maidir leis an Bhille Rialtas Áitiúil (Muirear Teaghlaigh). Baineann seo leis an leagan Gaeilge de Bhillí Stáit a bheith le fáil. Tá...

Seanad: Aistriúchán de Bhillí agus Ionstraimí Reachtúla (27 Mar 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Níl mé sásta leis sin, beag nó mór. Níor tugadh freagra ar an gceist a chuir mé. Tuigim go bhfuil an tAire Stáit ag rá go bhfuil reachtaíocht nua ag teacht isteach ach an cheist a chuir mé ná cad iad na Billí nach bhfuil aistrithe, cé mhéad acu atá ann, cénuair atá sé i gceist sin a dhéanamh agus cé mhéad cás a caitheadh amach as na cúirteanna de bharr nach raibh na...