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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Canavan, Dr. Lynch and Ms Brooks most sincerely for being here, for their courtesy and information. We look forward to continuing this dialogue as part of the development of the strategy.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will redress the imbalance of different tax treatment between commercial and residential property investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25716/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending similar tax treatment, as applies to the real estate investment trust scheme, to residential property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25717/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the proportion of mortgage interest on rented residential property that is tax deductible; if he considers that such a measure would help counteract the increase in rents for residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25718/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider making changes to ensure that the local property tax on rented properties is a tax deductible expense; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25982/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social Insurance (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding the pay related social insurance rate of 4% applied to rental income, if he will ensure that this payment is a contribution for all benefits arising under the social insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25983/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 254. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the levy on private pension funds will be brought to an end; if he will consider implementing measures to return the funds taken from such pension funds over a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26133/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the scope of Circular 51/1979, leave from State employment for members of the Reserve Defence Forces, to include all State bodies, including the Health Information and Quality Authority, which were established after the circular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25984/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 348. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will support an extension of circular 51/1979 leave from State employment for members of the Reserve Defence Forces to include all State bodies, including the Health Information and Quality Authority, which were established after the circular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25985/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support an extension of circular 51/1979, leave from State employment for members of the Reserve Defence Forces, to include all State bodies, including the Health Information and Quality Authority, which was established after the circular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25986/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 597. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to incentivise the increased supply of residential property available on the rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25719/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Registration of Nurses (1 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: As the Minister knows, there is an issue with recruitment and registration of nurses and this has to be changed quickly. The process should take just 90 days but it can, in some cases, now take up to a year. It is affecting all sectors of the health system, be it public or private, the voluntary sector, nursing homes or acute hospitals. As the Minister said earlier, there are vacancies...

Topical Issue Debate: Registration of Nurses (1 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I am glad she did not read out the written reply; she was quite right not to. I commend her on her engagement with this issue and the previous one. I will stray for one second. The Minister of State, to be fair, intervened in the cystic fibrosis issue in Cork University Hospital and I commend her on that intervention. She did not have to...

Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Troy should bring back Mary O'Rourke.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: A vow of silence. The code of omertà.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: We do it every week. We are up four points in the polls and you are going down.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Has Deputy McConalogue not got a clinic tomorrow?

Order of Business (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: There will be a vote on Tuesday.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: He does not have much to say. He has been waffling and talking rubbish all afternoon.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy's party left some legacy for the country. He should be ashamed. It was in government for 14 years.