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Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I thank Senator Darragh O'Brien and the Cathaoirleach for their advice.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Pat The Cope Gallagher, MEP (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I welcome Mr. Gallagher, MEP, as a fellow Donegal man. I join with others in paying my respects and offer sympathy to the family of Mr. Bernard McGlinchey on his recent passing. I served on Letterkenny Town Council with him. He was a tough but fair opponent and he was always available for advice, which we could be sure was sound. We did not always agree politically but he was a...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Pat The Cope Gallagher, MEP (25 Apr 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I ask Senator Colm Burke to stay on the subject.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: Along with Senator Landy and others, I was delighted to read Deputy Rabbitte's statement about the threatened sale of Coillte's harvesting rights. Last week in Donegal I said I could not see that happening and could see no reason for it to happen. I believe there is a general consensus among all parties and Members that this should not happen. There is a social dividend in retaining the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: It is that we discuss this. Maybe the Opposition does not like when the Government-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: It is that we discuss the sale of Coillte's harvesting rights and that the Minister come to the House to officially put it to bed. Those are the words everyone wants to hear and I call for that debate to take place. The Opposition may not see the good in it-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: The Opposition will be disappointed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (1 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I agree that we would listen to the case the petitioner would make if she were to come before the committee. All State bodies, including local authorities, should encourage non-smoking. If we get to the stage in the future that nobody smokes that would be great. We have to educate people about this. There are two issues involved, one is the public health issue and the other is the visual...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I have some points of clarification. I agree with Senator Reilly about roaming charges on the Border. I encounter the problem every week travelling to and from Dublin. I refer in particular to data roaming. Anyone who has switched it on while travelling through Northern Ireland would have paid the cost of a flight to California by the time he or she got home. It is totally ridiculous....

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: The broken promise of the previous Government was the most costly in the history of the world, not just this State.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: That is a broken promise. The promises to which the Senator referred are small beer compared to the broken promise when the previous Government was given a country to look after. It did not look after it; it broke that promise.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Finance to come to the House to discuss the personal insolvency legislation, especially personal insolvency practitioners who are obliged to pay VAT on fees. That is not acceptable. People should not have to pay VAT on the situation in which they find themselves.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I want to pay tribute to Alex Ferguson.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: We could bring him into the House to sort out a few------

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on an issue I raised recently regarding a provision within the insolvency legislation, whereby VAT will be charged for the service. The Minister might come into the Chamber to clarify this point because I have investigated the issue and found the same situation arose in the United Kingdom. The position there was challenged and VAT is not now charged in...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: It was not. The Labour Party group in Dublin City Council has committed to reducing it. I have not heard the Fianna Fáil councillors make such a commitment.

Seanad: Wind Energy Guidelines: Statements (15 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I welcome the Minister of State. This is a subject that causes raised eyebrows throughout the country, no more so than in Donegal where, from my experience as a councillor over the years, there is something of a negative view towards the development of wind energy. There seemed to an attitude in the east of Donegal, although it was not such an issue for the west of the county because we had...

Seanad: OECD Review of Irish Pensions System: Statements (15 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I welcome the Minister. The pension problem is one of the biggest issues facing this country. I recall as a young man looking at the pension model when I started in the insurance business. It showed that when one started earlier one was on a bicycle on a slope, but the longer one waited, the steeper the climb on the slope became. Nobody realises how difficult it will be for this country...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: The Bill is emotive for Senators on all sides of the House. Members of the public hold differing views, depending on which day of the week one speaks to them. People keep changing their minds. The Bill will, therefore, be discussed for a long time. On my first day in the House I quoted Cicero and recommended a book by Robert Harris entitled Lustrum in which he referred to Cicero...

Seanad: Diesel Laundering: Statements (23 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: Smuggling in the Border areas has been going on since the Border was established. Some people have made a lot of money out of it and criminals have used it to enrich themselves. That is still ongoing and will continue until we devise a solution. The thinking behind this is that diesel costs 50 cent per litre less for farmers who do not use the public roads. It is a logical way to look at...