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EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Minister run a competition to name it?

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I will be brief because I feel somewhat like a victim in a Frederick Forsyth novel. This is a hospital pass to the next Government.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Minister agree that the next Government has been Shanghaied by this agreement? I will put it to him in more temperate terms. As the principal negotiator, what freedom broadly speaking does the Minister believe the successor Government will have to change the agreement, given how it sets out the parameters of each budget between now and 2014 and the rigorous monitoring of the...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The time for rigorous monitoring was when Deputy Bertie Ahern was in control.

Written Answers — On-farm Investment Schemes: On-farm Investment Schemes (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason planning permission is required for fencing in Natura areas under the sheep fencing grant scheme when it is not a requirement under the prescribed actions set out by the national parks and wildlife service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45205/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (2 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the role he will play in the implementation of the recently published plan, Trading and Investment in a Smart Economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45540/10]

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (2 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding his discussions with the main banks to ensure that credit is made available to all businesses and particularly to small and medium sized enterprises; when he last met the banks to discuss these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45541/10]

Written Answers — National Pensions Reserve Fund: National Pensions Reserve Fund (2 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the companies excluded from the National Pensions Reserve Fund investment portfolio under Part IV of the Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008, as a result of those companies' involvement in the cluster munitions or anti-personnel mines industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45727/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (2 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will publish the report prepared by him following the recent Dignity (Daphne III) Project visit to Sweden; his views on whether replicating the ban on the purchase of sex is feasible in Ireland; when the report will be available to Members of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45703/10]

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: He did not tell us anything about what Deputy Gormley said.

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Somebody is.

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: He will have plenty of time to read our plans.

Order of Business (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It is very important they are dealt with before the lads go home for the weekend.

Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach think the Green Party will come back?

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Somebody get Deputy Gogarty a soother.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a new China policy.

Financial Resolution No. 18: Capital Acquisitions Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not disagree with the history provided by Deputy O'Donoghue on stamp duty and how it came to play such a significant role in the property transactions which took place here over the past 15 years in particular. It is not quite true to say nobody upset the apple cart as I remember a former colleague of the Minister for Health and Children famously announcing that his party had decided to...

Financial Resolution No. 18: Capital Acquisitions Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I also intended to ask the Minister about age exemptions.

Financial Resolution No. 18: Capital Acquisitions Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I ask specifically about DIRT and about people who are retired or on pension, who have a nest egg or whatever. They saw the tax gradually rising from 20% in recent years to virtually 30% in some cases. I ask the Minister to clarify at what age exemptions will apply after this measure is implemented.

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister stated, in introducing the measures on property-related legacy issues, that the cost was €400 million. Is the yield of €100 million a quarter of this? Does it mean the changes being made to the schemes will result in a yield that is 25% of the yield that might accrue if the pruning were more severe? What are the considerations in trying to make the restrictions more...