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- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (4 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I regret to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide a response to his Question at this time. The information sought by the Deputy will be provided at a later date.
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (4 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I regret to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide a response to his Question at this time. The information sought by the Deputy will be provided at a later date.
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (4 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I regret to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide a response to his Question at this time. The information sought by the Deputy will be provided at a later date.
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (4 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I regret to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide a response to his Question at this time. The information sought by the Deputy will be provided at a later date.
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (4 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I regret that the information requested by the Deputy is not readily to hand. I will write to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (4 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I regret that the information requested by the Deputy is not readily to hand. I will write to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (4 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I regret that the information requested by the Deputy is not readily to hand. I will write to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (4 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I regret to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide a response to his Question at this time. The information sought by the Deputy will be provided at a later date.
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (4 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I regret to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide a response to his Question at this time. The information sought by the Deputy will be provided at a later date.
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (4 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I regret to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide a response to his Question at this time. The information sought by the Deputy will be provided at a later date.
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (4 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I regret to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide a response to his Question at this time. The information sought by the Deputy will be provided at a later date.
- Land and Land Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases)(Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I wish to share time with the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Billy Kelleher.
- Land and Land Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases)(Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: On a procedural point, I only received a copy of the Bill at noon yesterday. In the context of fairly significant legal issues, it would be important that, in future, Bills be made available as expeditiously as possible. I did not know about this being-----
- Land and Land Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases)(Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The Bill was not available to my Department until yesterday at noon. The first I knew this was being taken was when I read in The Sunday Business-----
- Land and Land Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases)(Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: As we debate this evening, businesses are hurting, people are being laid off and 432,000 of our friends, neighbours and families have no jobs. That is 432,000 reasons why we, as legislators, need to be here, breaking our backs to find real workable and practical solutions which lead to real jobs and real prosperity. To do that, we have a duty to be honest and to acknowledge what we can do...
- Land and Land Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases)(Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: When I address the legal considerations, I will then deal with the practical side of the equation. At the core of the Bill is an attempt to impose a substantial restriction on private property rights, since one of its key objectives is to effect a change in the amount of rent which has been agreed as a result of a contractual arrangement which has been freely entered into by the relevant...
- Land and Land Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases)(Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The statutory alteration in a contractual term which the Bill would bring about is capable of having significant discriminatory effects. If constitutional principles are to be satisfied, the intervention proposed must be necessary and proportionate. Any legislation which fails to satisfy this test runs the risk of amounting to an unjust interference in property rights. In this regard, and...
- Land and Land Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases)(Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The complexity of the financial arrangements which sometimes underpin commercial lease arrangements is completely ignored, as are the obligations which are taken on foot of them. Furthermore, in purporting to treat all tenants equally by giving them the benefit of the Bill's provisions, there is a risk that some will be given a benefit which they do not need and that some landlords may...
- Land and Land Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases)(Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: At first sight, it is also possible that the envisaged restriction on property rights would be disproportionate to the social good apparently sought to be achieved. In essence, what the Bill seeks to bring about is a downward adjustment in rents across the board. It is difficult to conceive how this would be possible to implement in a constitutional manner. It can be guaranteed that if...
- Land and Land Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases)(Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Mar 2010)
Dermot Ahern: -----to intervene in private contractual arrangements.