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- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: Every credit union member in the country is suffering.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: What about the credit unions?
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: The Senator obviously does not know who these people are.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: He obviously does not know who the bondholders are.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: I ask the Leader to request the Minister for Finance to come before the House to explain in a clear, concise manner the ramifications for ordinary account holders in the banks of the â¬2.7 billion fund which must be set aside in the Central Bank by 2020 to guarantee the bank guarantee scheme. The Central Bank must set aside â¬300 million per annum in the period from 2011 until 2020 for...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: I assure Senator Norris that Valentia hospital is being taken care of. Flying visits from Senator Norris to Valentia will not save the hospital but those on the ground are doing their utmost.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: I do, and it concerns funding from banks. Someone who contacted me this morning has secured a grant from BIM to expand his shellfish business. This grant accounts for 50% of the sum yet he cannot secure the other 50% from the bank and so he cannot expand his business and create more employment. I assure the Leader that BIM would not grant funding to the company if it was not viable....
- Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: In the interests of brevity I will keep my contribution to questions. Will the Minister examine harbour dues because I believe anomalies exist throughout the country as anything between â¬15 and â¬300 is charged per night by various harbour masters? How many applications have been made for the renewal of aquaculture licenses and for new licences? The Minister cannot be blamed with regard...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: Recently I have been inundated with business people who are unable to pay their rates demand. I did some research on it and I always understood that rates were calculated on the square footage of a business but that is not the case. It is only part of it. The other part of the way rates are calculated is on the best achievable rent of a property. During the Celtic tiger years business...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: I am almost finished. They are paying rates on the square footage but we must look at the position of professionals who have two rooms who may have a turnover of millions of euro yet that is not taken into account in the rateable valuation. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to the House for an open, frank discussion on rates.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: We could have a sitting of the Seanad in Killarney House when it is-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: I am not calling for a debate or for any Minister to come before the House. I am looking for action on a very serious matter. In the course of my work during the week I made representations on behalf of a patient in my constituency who needs a very specific operation which necessitates a neuro-stimulator. Out of frustration the consultant e-mailed me yesterday from the department of pain...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: It is still there.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)
Tom Shehan: The Senator should move to Donegal.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Sep 2011)
Tom Shehan: I cannot let it pass without mentioning that Senator Coghlan, in his modesty, did not say that he was out with a litter picker on many occasions. Prior to the recess I asked for the chief executive of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, to be brought before the House. I ask again for that to be done as a matter of urgency. Some 700 jobs are about to be relocated because of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Sep 2011)
Tom Shehan: I have said it and let him come in here. He refused to answer that in committee.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Sep 2011)
Tom Shehan: I ask the Leader to invite him-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Sep 2011)
Tom Shehan: We are offering him the opportunity to come to the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Sep 2011)
Tom Shehan: I would also like the CEO of the EPA to come to the House. I have always understood that "illegal" and "unauthorised" meant pretty much the same thing.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Sep 2011)
Tom Shehan: I hope he will.