Results 701-720 of 4,363 for speaker:Arthur Morgan

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 295: To ask the Minister for Finance the average percentage of profits paid as tax in 2004 by the top 20 performing companies on the Dublin Stock Exchange. [34452/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of investigations which have been carried out by Revenue as the veracity of declarations by persons claiming to be non-resident for tax purpose regarding the number of days spent here in a given tax year; and the number of cases where it is been found that false declarations have been made. [34453/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage at which the average industrial earning persons here begin to pay the top rate of income tax. [34463/05]

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 359: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Question No. 259 of 9 November 2005, the way in which he can have confidence that a monopoly has not developed in the newspaper market, for which he does not have precise market share details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34464/05]

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Question No. 259 of 9 November 2005 the way in which he can claim that there is a vibrant competition, particularly in the Sunday newspaper market when it is estimated that a group (details supplied) own approximately 87% of Sunday newspapers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34570/05]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of revenue which would be raised if the PRSI cut-off ceiling was removed based on 2004 figures. [34442/05]

Written Answers — Women's Refuges: Women's Refuges (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 666: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the continued delays to build a women's refuge in Dublin 15. [34424/05]

Written Answers — Women's Refuges: Women's Refuges (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 667: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason residential housing density guidelines are used to determine capital funding for women's refuges. [34425/05]

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 668: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the number of city and county councils which have sought funding for the undergrounding of existing 110kV and 220kV ESB overhead cables under the urban and village renewal measure of the regional operational programmes, 2000-06; and the breakdown of same funding provided for each of these...

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Standing Orders frustrate Deputies far more than Deputies frustrate Standing Orders.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under one of those frustrating Standing Orders, in this case No. 31, to debate the following urgent matter: the necessity for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to make a statement regarding the actions of a company, Doyle Concrete, in Rathangan which is attempting to bully its workers into accepting intolerable terms and conditions of...

Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: I am absolutely flabbergasted. Not in my three and a half years in this House have I heard the level of bland bluster that I have heard from the Minister this afternoon. It is nothing short of a scandal. The Government has done nothing in nine years to tackle the housing crisis and it is in denial about that crisis. Waiting lists have continued to increase, house prices have gone through the...

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Go on, provoke us.

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: What about the legal profession? Give us a break.

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: I invite Deputy Carey to heckle at will. It might liven up this dull dungeon.

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: I begin by addressing an important issue I have been seeking to raise in this House for some time. Competition law is being mischievously used to attack the rights of certain workers, particularly actors, musicians, film crews and freelance journalists, to be collectively represented. When this competition legislation was going through the House, guarantees were given that this situation...

Written Answers — Ferry Operations: Ferry Operations (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views regarding the treatment of workers on board the Irish Ferries ship the [i]Normandy[/i], notwithstanding the fact that the Government's ability to intervene is constrained by the fact that this ship flies under a flag of convenience; and if his Department has raised concerns regarding the treatment of...

Written Answers — Ferry Operations: Ferry Operations (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions regarding the pay and working conditions of workers on ferries operating between member states of the EU with the Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Commissioner, Vladimir Spidla; and if he will report on the discussions held. [31456/05]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue which would be raised from a 50c increase on a packet of cigarettes based on 2004 figures. [34771/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases in which claims by organisations to have been established for charitable purposes have been found by the Revenue Commissioners to be false after granting such an organisation an exemption from tax; and the amount of defrauded tax which has been recouped on each such occasion. [34816/05]