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

Anthony Lawlor: Boot-boys. Sinn Féin had them outside Leinster House on Wednesday night.

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

Anthony Lawlor: We do not use the sticks Sinn Féin uses.

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

Anthony Lawlor: The employer can collect PAYE and PRSI contributions.

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

Anthony Lawlor: I am sorry, Acting Chairman; I just find it hard to listen to this.

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

Anthony Lawlor: They already collect PAYE and PRSI contributions.

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

Anthony Lawlor: What has Sinn Féin been doing in Northern Ireland for the past eight years?

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

Anthony Lawlor: What has Sinn Féin done in the North?

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

Anthony Lawlor: I just cannot go on listening to this. The legislation sets out the requirement of the employer to comply with a court order to collect and pay out the debt, and it states the employer is not liable for non-compliance during the first ten days. After ten days, that employer is now liable for the employee’s non-compliance. Under the legislation, that employer can now also be fined up...

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

Anthony Lawlor: He spoke to me directly.

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

Anthony Lawlor: The legislation covers people who-----

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

Anthony Lawlor: Does Sinn Féin have the IRA back again?

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

Anthony Lawlor: Sorry.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (7 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance given the analysis being carried out by a company (details supplied) on the possible sale of Allied Irish Banks shares, depending on the advice received, if it is envisaged that this money will be used to reduce the national debt or if it will be invested in capital projects; if a cost-benefit analysis and an analysis of the economic benefits of investing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (7 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the revised planning guidelines for wind development will be published; the reason for the excessive delay; if he will commit to the publication of the revised guidelines before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27121/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I am delighted with the way Mr. Boylan spoke about Brexit. It is a concern for all of us, not just in the Border area but nationally. We can see how serious it is when we have people in the Department working to ensure we do what we can, from the point of view of the Irish diaspora in the United Kingdom, to ensure something like this does not happen because of the negative impact it would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: County Kildare has the two major motorways but the tourists go through the county to go somewhere else. We are working hard to suck them in by a variety of initiatives, whether around racing, the national stud or other attractions. We do not have the battlefield sites although the battle of 1798 did start in the village of Johnstown.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: We also have to look at alternative ways to drag people in. I have always believed there are people going by on your doorstep and if one cannot pull them in there is something wrong. That is my view.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: When is the Horse Racing Ireland (amendment) Bill expected to come before the Dáil? It has been promised before the summer. The Construction Contracts Act was enacted in 2013 but much of the legislation has not yet been brought forward by the relevant Minister. When can we expect it? It was brought in so all the cowboys in the Fianna Fáil tent in Galway could not get after the...

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome this legislation and the debate on it enables us to discuss openly and transparently the issues people have in repaying their mortgages, whether they be on a variable, fixed or tracker rate, although the Bill only deals with variable rate mortgages. I would view the Bill as a tool to control interests rates. Sadly, this legislation is 15 years too late. If it had been enacted 15...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 6 May 2015, if his Department had any further communication with the Revenue Commissioners regarding the 5,300 Standard Life shareholders whose option to receive money from the sale of the business as a capital investment was not received in time due to postal delays; if he will issue an instruction to the...