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Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: This is a long-awaited Bill. Many of us have received numerous representations particularly with regard to professional qualifications and registration of those qualifications. The provisions within the Bill in that context are very welcome. The Bill also gives us an opportunity to talk about the construction industry in general and Government policies on construction. Given the hand-in-glove...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (2 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the activities planned for 2006 under the national drug awareness campaign as part of the national drug strategy. [4346/06]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (2 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that the Irish Nurses Organisation figures for people on trolleys in accident and emergency units are correct; her plans to deal with the accident and emergency crisis in hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8607/06]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which resources are provided to allow people with disabilities to participate in further education. [8760/06]

Public Transport. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport if and the way in which he intends introducing new private bus operators into the Dublin Bus market; and the progress he has made in negotiations with transport unions in this regard. [9203/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: to allow the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to make a further statement to this House to clarify the record after his Department refused freedom of information requests from media organisations to provide an accompanying photograph to a false passport application that he made...

Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: There are 141 amendments which need critical examination before 11 p.m. this evening, 80 of which have been submitted in the name of the Minister for Finance. As Deputy Bruton has stated, we have been given no background information about these new amendments, many of which were not referred to on Committee Stage and many of which will not be discussed tonight on Report Stage. In his 2004...

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: I support the amendment. What would the situation be if the reverse was true and taxpayers were granted all existing tax reliefs which had to be claimed back by Revenue? I suspect systems would be in place which would find out fairly quickly the money due to the State. The onus is placed on the taxpayer to make themselves aware of reliefs available, how he or she can benefit and the type of...

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: I move amendment No. 4: In page 9, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: "1.—The Minister shall establish a new subhead in the Book of Estimates on expenditure to be incurred as a result of obligations under the Kyoto Protocol.". Having been ruled out of order on Committee Stage, I resubmitted this amendment in a form which ensured it would be in order. It seeks to have the...

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: The Deputy is getting closer.

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: Perhaps at this stage the Minister and I can come to some arrangement as to how we want this Bill to proceed. I presume the other Opposition spokespersons will attend shortly. I was disappointed with the response of the Minister for Finance before Private Members' Business that the Book of Estimates subhead for carbon credits meets what I was seeking in terms of the amendment before us. I am...

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: I support the amendment. The Government has failed to institute a plan which would bring the home carer's allowance at least some distance closer to the standard PAYE credit. The home carer's tax credit was introduced as a sop in response to the furore which greeted the introduction of tax individualisation. The fact that the value of the credit has remained static for several years indicates...

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: We do not need to spend too much time on this amendment. As Deputy Bruton stated in moving the amendment, we have covered most of the ground already in amendment No. 1. The theme of the contributions appears to be that if the Minister is not prepared to have some kind of refund mechanism for the additional moneys he finds in the coffers due to the indifference or ignorance of taxpayers, he...

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: Tax relief on pensions is, to paraphrase Oscar Wilde, the tax relief that dare not speak its name. It is the most pernicious and iniquitous method of relief in the system. The Minister has missed a major opportunity to tackle one of the most unequal aspects of our tax code. This became apparent when tax forgone began to equal the amount paid annually in the State pension and it has now...

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: It is too early to tell.

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: We will see who is inconsistent in 2025.

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: The Minister might remember how I complimented him on budget day and after his speech on Second Stage of this Bill. I do not know if he interpreted it as a compliment but I meant it as such. I am convinced he believes in the need for change and we share a belief in the direction that change should take. However, I am frustrated because the amount of change he believes in is far too modest and...

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: I am recording my own version of history, as the Minister has been doing all evening.

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: There will be no more compliments for the Minister.

Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Dan Boyle: Fair enough, but he might need them one day.