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Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: We need a local property tax exemption for people whose homes and properties have been flooded. We have an exemption in there for pyrite-----

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: This is Second Stage. It is about the broad basis of the Bill. In respect of properties that were flooded, I do not know when the Minister of State said it, whether it was today, yesterday or the day before, but it was reported on some radio station this morning that he said this Government is the most proactive ever in the context of dealing with flooding-----

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: -----and with people whose houses are flooded and who have to pay local property tax. The purpose of this legislation is to deal with local property tax. He said that all the plans can be viewed on the website. The Minister of State is living in a virtual world. He must come out of his website and into reality. Telling people in Portumna and Athlone that they can view his plans on the...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: When he has funding to prevent flooding in people's houses, he should actually use it. I will deal with that matter specifically when I move my amendment on Committee Stage. I am not opposing the broad thrust of the legislation because we agree with the extension to 2019 that the Minister of State has included in it. However, we would not need to be here today if he or the Minister for...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: On a point of order and before the Leas-Cheann Comhairle puts the vote, 13 amendments were to be discussed on the Bill but only 30 minutes were allocated and five amendments debated.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: One amendment dealt with houses that were flooded-----

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: -----and exemptions from the local property tax.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: I would conclude were those opposite not jeering.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: Since we were not allowed to put the amendment-----

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: -----exempting those households from the property tax, I oppose this approach.

Appropriation Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: I am pleased to have an opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Appropriation Bill 2015. As the Minister said the purpose of this Bill is to give legal sanction to all expenditure by Departments as approved under the Estimates and Supplementary Estimates processes, the latter of which we discussed recently. The Estimates are based on the choices made by Government in terms of its...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2015. I accept and agree with everything the Minister has said in outlining the purpose of this legislation. I will not repeat much of what he has already put on the public record. Essentially, the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission has its own independent function but it needs a budget. It is...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: Good. The number of non-House staff has increased significantly in recent decades and that needs to be factored into the general approach of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. My final suggestion may not be relevant to the commission but rather, perhaps, to Standing Orders. I would like to see the Ceann Comhairle elected by secret ballot rather than by an open vote. A secret...

Ramming of Garda Vehicles Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: I compliment Deputy Griffin on introducing this Bill. I am pleased to hear the Minister of State at the Department of Finance say that the Minister for Justice and Equality does not oppose the Bill. I presume the legislation can in due course move to Committee Stage where the drafting issues etc. can be teased out in further detail. This legislation asks the Oireachtas to support the...

Coroners Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: On my behalf and on behalf of Fianna Fáil, I support Deputy Clare Daly on bringing forward this legislation, the Coroners Bill 2015. Essentially, the Bill focuses on one issue, the need for an automatic inquest into all maternal deaths. We should all be ashamed that the Coroners Bill 2007 has been sitting on the shelf for so many years without having been completed. It is urgent that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: 181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of all flood relief schemes in County Cork at planning, construction and post-construction phase, the commencement and completion dates for each scheme, the funding envisaged for all such schemes and the annual funding for such schemes in the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: 182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of all flood relief schemes in County Kerry at planning, construction and post-construction phase, the commencement and completion dates for each scheme, the funding envisaged for all such schemes and the annual funding for such schemes in the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: 183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of all flood relief schemes in County Clare at planning, construction and post construction phase, the commencement and completion dates for each scheme, the funding envisaged for all such schemes and the annual funding for such schemes in the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update with regard to all flood relief schemes in County Tipperary at planning, construction and post construction phase; the commencement and completion dates for each scheme; if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of funding envisaged for all such schemes, as well as the annual funding for such schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: 185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of all flood relief schemes in County Waterford at planning, construction and post construction phase, the commencement and completion dates for each scheme, the funding envisaged for all such schemes and the annual funding for such schemes in the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...