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Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: I am trying to respond. What is the point?

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: Consideration has been given to all this in the review. I have explained that there can be some problems with putting it on a statutory basis. There is empirical evidence from other jurisdictions to confirm where the problems exist when it is put on such a basis. That is all I am saying. I am not saying it in favour or against the notion of putting it on a statutory basis — it is being...

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: Both Bills will be taken in this session.

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: I join in that message of sympathy to the Mills family. Michael Mills was a doyen of political journalism in Irish parliamentary politics for many years. He was very distinguished and went on to be the first Ombudsman, a position he discharged with a great sense of fairness and justice and with great effectiveness. He was a fellow constituency man of mine as a native of County Laois. We...

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: With regard to the OECD report, can I say——

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: May I not say, therefore, on the OECD report——

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: I have no problem with the Whips considering a debate on the OECD report as that would give people the opportunity to discuss it. Both Deputy Burton and I would obviously need more time to deal with it, based on our interpretation of the report this morning. I regard it as far more positive than that.

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: I understand the employment agency regulation Bill is due this session.

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: I understand the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is due this session. However, with regard to the specific point raised by the Deputy, I will ask that the line Minister communicate with his office.

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: It was and my understanding is that the Minister suggested he would bring forward legislation later this year and, therefore, would not take up or agree with the view the Deputy has just expressed. All I can do is refer the matter to his office for further consideration. The possibility of a statutory instrument extending or expanding the existing landmines legislation as a method of trying...

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: I understand it will come before the House late this year.

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: I am suggesting the Deputy is trying to breach a wall which will not be breached before 7 May.

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: I understand it will be introduced later this year.

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: We have not promised legislation in the House on that.

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: I am very surprised to hear he has not——

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: I would have thought there would be the most intense co-operation between those two parties.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: The position is that in matters relating to the VAT rating of goods and services, I am constrained by the requirements of EU VAT law with which Irish VAT law must comply. In this regard, I would point out that the rate of VAT that applies to a particular good or service depends on the nature of the good or service and not on the status of the consumer. In this case, there is no provision in...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: I assume the Deputy is referring to the new graduate entry programme which has been introduced as part of the plan to increase the number of medical graduates overall and to expand opportunities for entry to medicine. The graduate entry programme provides undergraduate medical education of four years duration and it has been developed to produce medical graduates with the ability to...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that in January 2008 when they issued tax credit details incorporating the Budget changes, a total of 449,000 individual Tax Deduction Cards (TDCs) were issued to Employers. This figure represents 17.5% of the total employments of 2.56m on record at that time. In an attempt to identify the number of Employers using TDCs for their intended purpose,...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Apr 2008)

Brian Cowen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104 and 105 together. I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that, where a property owner vacates his or her own home and leases the property, the rental income arising from such a letting is liable to income tax after allowing for the cost of maintenance, repairs, insurance and mortgage interest on borrowings to purchase, repair or improve the property....