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Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: Will the Minister consider allowing those who have already spoken on the motion to speak again, on the basis that sufficient time is now being provided to those who have yet to speak?

Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: I am making this suggestion in the interests of Deputies on all sides of the House.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Treasury Bonds (14 Feb 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full analysis of the new bonds, which it is proposed to replace the promissory notes, to include the projected annual capital and interest payments from the State for the full life of the bonds; the projected annual cash return to the State from the Central Bank of Ireland associated with these payments, that is, 3% paid on €25...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (19 Feb 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the banks' slow rate of progress in dealing with mortgage arrears and the potential delay to the personal insolvency service the actions he will take to encourage the banks to deal with borrowers in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8065/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tax Code (19 Feb 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason VAT is charged on ebooks for use in schools, when no VAT is charged on school books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8883/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Upward Only Rent Reviews (19 Feb 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 469 of 22 January 2013, if he will share all analysis and data referred to excluding any legal advice, which his Department considered before deciding not to proceed with legislation to address the issue of upward only rent reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8434/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Upward Only Rent Reviews (26 Feb 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 19 February 2013, if he will share the economic analysis of possible policy options in relation to the proposal to abolish upward only rent review clauses in existing leases prepared by the Department of Finance referred to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9961/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (26 Feb 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 12 February 2013, if he will provide a specific date for when the Personal Insolvency Service will accept applications from borrowers seeking debt relief and specific dates for when case studies of resolutions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10352/13]

State Forestry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: The motion calls on the Government not to sell the harvesting rights to State forests. In half an hour Dáil Éireann will do what it normally does. All of the Government backbenchers, despite what they feel and the views they may want to represent, will do exactly what they are told and the motion will be defeated. That is parliamentary democracy as it operates here. I hope this...

State Forestry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government has stated that it will not sell off any strategic assets. I put it to the Minister that the monopolistic nature of this asset - and its importance in terms of tourism, the environment, farming and a large range of other considerations - makes it a strategic one. As the Minister is aware, I do not have much of an ideological position in respect of the State owning all manner...

State Forestry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: As an Irish citizen the Minister may or may not understand what the forests mean to the people I represent. It does not matter if he does not understand it. What matters is that he appreciates that there are many of us who feel like that.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas Installations Regulation (27 Feb 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to establish a registration scheme for oil installers and service technicians, similar to RGII, which regulates professionals permitted to work on gas systems, and RECI, which registers those permitted to work with electricity; the steps he has taken to date, if any, to establish this scheme; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Education Committees Staff (28 Feb 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the non-implementation of the February 2009 Labour Court recommendation in relation to the directors of vocational education committee outdoor education centres, the stated reason for which was the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act, if he will consider a referral back to the Labour Court for a binding...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: My first point concerns the process. Members of the Oireachtas Select Sub-Committee on Finance have three days, from morning to night, dealing with the Finance Bill. If the Government wanted to give this Bill substantial time at that select sub-committee, which includes Opposition Members and many excellent Government Members, it could be done. This is stifling parliamentary debate. The...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: Sure.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: Local authorities do not provide transport.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: One of the most contentious issues is that people in areas like Dublin and Wicklow will pay several times more than people in the Minister's own constituency. In his answer to questions on that issue, on which I have tabled amendments, the Minister said the reason those people pay more is because the higher value of the house is a function of higher local services. The Minister and I both...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Outdoor Education Centres (5 Mar 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the directors of vocational education committee outdoor education centres, and a February 2009 Labour Court recommendation in relation to directors of VEC outdoor education centres, which his Department agreed it would accept as binding, the reason his Department has refused to implement the recommendation, originally citing the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (5 Mar 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on his proposals to physically separate the area in shops where alcohol is sold, including his preferred approach and any agreed timescales for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11449/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (5 Mar 2013)

Stephen Donnelly: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his proposals to ban below cost selling of alcohol, including his preferred approach and any agreed timescale for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11450/13]