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

Anthony Lawlor: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to receive a review of the operation of local property tax; when he expects to rectify the anomaly whereby pyrite-affected homeowners are expected under the legislation to pay for expensive core sample testing, completely unnecessarily, in order to avail of their entitlement to the exemption from the tax; his views that such testing is...

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

Anthony Lawlor: 259. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the demand for social housing, if his Department has examined the possibility of a tax incentive scheme as a means of encouraging more landlords to let their properties to tenants in receipt of a rent supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26205/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 401. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish nuns and priests who are engaged in missionary work abroad are entitled to a medical card for the months they return to Ireland between missions; if not, the reasons for same; if those over 70 years of age will be entitled to the over 70s general practitioner visit card when it is introduced in August 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (30 Jun 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 598. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to concerns raised by homeowners, if he, Dublin Fire Brigade or the relevant local authority has received a fire safety report on a development (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if he is aware that the contents of the audit have not been made available in full to homeowners in the development; if he accepts that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment in the Pub Sector: Discussion (30 Jun 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the witnesses. I wish Mr. Cribben the best of luck in his ongoing talks with the LVA. The next time he appears before the committee there might be a joint body rather than two separate bodies. I wish to raise a couple of points. I have always been opposed to below-cost selling because the manner in which many below-cost sellers, including supermarkets, are taking advantage of...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: This is not part of the debate.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: The Deputy is meandering now.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: In fairness, the Chair never interrupts Deputy ruth Coppinger when she starts talking about something that is not in issue.

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

Anthony Lawlor: What about the fellow selling strawberries?

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

Anthony Lawlor: Notwithstanding what has been discussing about waste, there is another definition of it. We have more of an issue with what might be classified as waste that has been removed from development sites. This is becoming a serious issue in my area and others. Much of this waste is covered under Article 37 where the developer decides to move from one site to another and makes a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (2 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if analyses are done on the economic benefits of capital projects versus the interest charged on Government borrowings over time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26118/15]

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the opportunity to speak about this Bill. For those involved in small businesses, it is a welcome addition to the legislative programme. It provides an opportunity for those small businesses that have been wrongfully done and not received payments. Instead of sending debtors to prison, there will be an opportunity to make attachment orders to the some income they may have. It...

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I am only saying what I saw.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I am sorry. As one who was stopped and abused leaving Leinster House on Wednesday evening, it is only right and proper that I should say something about what occurred.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: It could easily have been orchestrated by people from Sinn Féin–IRA. We need to look at it in that way.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: Sinn Féin-IRA might have a different way of attaching a collection of debt order. I will not mention it now.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: Most certainly Sinn Féin-IRA did that in the North of Ireland and places in Dublin before. This is an easy legal way to attach debt to the income of people who refuse to pay. It is unfair that a landlord has to pay a debt when a tenant does not pay it. We must ensure the courts will follow the tenant rather than the landlord. For several years landlords have had a variety of...

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I am glad that is the case. Seven out of ten people have signed up to Irish Water and are willing to pay their bills. We owe it to these law-abiding citizens who do pay to make sure those who will not, even though they have the ability to pay, are dealt with.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: Fine Gael was the State’s first Government. Sinn Féin, of course, was not around then.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: The Greek Government is Sinn Féin’s friend.