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Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome this Bill, which has been in the offing for a long time. It is probably a pity that the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation did not have a chance to discuss this matter further before the legislation was brought to the House. I accept that it came before us in 2012. Perhaps we could have discussed the heads of the Bill more recently. I have always welcomed the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when fibre broadband will be available in Newtown, County Kildare, an area which has been identified by the strategy announced earlier this year for the delivery of quality high speed broadband to rural areas; if he will provide an update on the mapping process being undertaken by his Department to improve the broadband...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to ask questions. The entire process has been enlightening not only for members but also for members of the public who are watching these proceedings and those who made submissions. Mr. Gleeson indicated that before the pre-legislative stage, he had had a number of meetings with various bodies. Will he identify these bodies? How many meetings did he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: All right. I want to know whether a change can be made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: It would be interesting to find out the information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I shall rephrase my question on head 6(3)(2), which reads: "The media rights committee shall consist of no more than 5 members appointed by HRI and may include members who are not members of HRI." Can the Department, before the legislation is brought before the Dáil, consider replacing the word "may" with the word "should"? There is a fear that conflict between the HRI and racecourses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I asked about streamlining, funding and savings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: The Bill is on Horse Racing Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: Surely part of the general scheme is an annual report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: All right. I will use another method to ask my questions at some other time. I thank the Chairman and the officials.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: Can I ask about the savings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: Sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: It would depend on the board itself. One hopes that common sense might prevail, but it does not always.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: That would be either a statutory instrument or part of the legislation itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: Deputy Heydon has also mentioned areas of racing that are not under the remit of the regulatory body at the moment, such as stall-handlers and the people who operate the photo finish. It would make sense if everything associated with the race - everything before the horse goes into the stall, everything during the race, and everything afterwards - were associated with the regulatory body....

Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I echo the sentiments expressed by Deputy Mitchell about marriages of convenience and it is sad we have to deal with this. As she indicated, there are many other types of marriages of convenience in the State which are not acceptable in modern Irish society but, unfortunately, we have not dealt with those in this legislation. This is very subjective and, as Deputy Mitchell said, we like to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (9 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the validity of a national car test certificate, NCT, on a car which has been proven to be off the road for a period of time must be backdated to the anniversary of the last test date, which in some cases could be a substantial length of time, instead of from the date of the test going forward, particularly as the new rules...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (9 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a used car which has recently undergone an MOT in the United Kingdom requires an national car test when it is imported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38693/14]

Financial Resolution No. 2: Refunds of Appropriate Tax to First Time Buyers (14 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: What about Part V?

Financial Resolution No. 2: Refunds of Appropriate Tax to First Time Buyers (14 Oct 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the innovative measure that has been put forward this evening. Such innovative measures, however small, send a signal that the Government is trying to assist young people who are looking to purchase their own housing. I am probably being very repetitive about the issue of housing because I keep going back to when I served in a local authority in 2000. I was the only member of the...