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Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The detail of the property tax will be brought through step by step-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy can shout me down all he likes. The tax will be debated in this House step by step. It will be done in as fair a way as we can in the circumstances Deputy Kelleher's party left this country.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputies opposite have no shame.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Extracts from the draft HSE report into the tragic death of Mrs. Savita Halappanavar in University College Hospital Galway last October were published in national newspapers yesterday and today and were commented upon in the media and now again. All our focus should be on the renewed distress that this has caused for the family of the late Savita Halappanavar and particularly her husband....

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister has conveyed his personal concerns to Praveen Halappanavar on this matter. He has made it clear that he is awaiting the final report of the independent assessor. He has reaffirmed his commitment to giving Praveen Halappanavar the final HSE report as soon as it comes into his possession. The normal procedure for people who are referenced in a report of this kind is that they...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: This is an issue of unimaginable pain for the Halappanavar family, particularly for Praveen. It is not an issue that I intend to make a political dispute about in the House. We need to get the full facts into the public domain as soon as the report is received by the Minister for Health. I have indicated to Deputy McDonald that the Minister for Health has not got a copy of the draft report...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Once the report is finalised, in advance of any publication it should not be in the public domain in draft form or any form and, with all due respect, it should not be commented on by anyone until we see the complete report. Too often in the past in the case of many issues people have come to conclusions. Let us give space and time to the expert panel to set down all the facts after due...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: A couple of separate issues have been raised by the Deputy. Deputy McGrath seems to have acknowledged that there will be significant savings to the State following the deal on the promissory note and he is asking for them to be applied in a certain way, but at the same time he is decrying the arrangement made. The Deputy's view is that we should simply default or walk away from it, as if...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: That awful decision was made and we have to live with the consequences of it but we have mitigated it to a large extent following last week.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy McGrath mentioned unsecured bondholders.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I will not be distracted by people who are trying to re-write history. However, in terms of unsecured bondholders-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Is there a joint leadership of McGraths now?

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Does every McGrath have a question?

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Let me answer the question on unsecured bondholders. The Deputy might be unaware, if he has not read into it all that well, that we have already burned unsecured bondholders to the tune of €15 billion in unsubordinated debt.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: In regard to the property tax, I have already pointed out that in order to sustain the very services for which Deputy Mattie McGrath argues, such as health, social welfare and education, we need a broad tax base to pay for them.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy is big on demands for spending but he never supports mechanisms for raising revenue.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Broadening the tax base as envisaged with the property tax will provide a significant income stream for the public coffers. It will sustain local government and allow it to thrive into the future. The details of exemptions or amendments will be thrashed out on the floor of this House in the coming days and weeks.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: We cannot undo it. One cannot get back one's virginity.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I am disappointed that the Deputy is disappointed. I genuinely accept his Pauline conversion and that he has renounced the sins of the past.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I genuinely accept that he wants to put his votes to sustain the last, disastrous Government behind him in order to make amends. That is an honourable and good position.