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Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (9 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the food crisis in Ethiopia, reports of which, it is suggested, the Government may be trying to suppress although the UN's World Food Programme reports that it is receiving increasing reports of hunger related mortality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34196/08]

Order of Business (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The last list of legislation contained the mental capacity Bill, which was to allow people with an intellectual disability to give evidence in court cases where they are the victim. It seems to have slipped off the list and I wonder whether it will be dealt with at all. It is urgent.

Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: That will never happen. It was promised five years ago.

Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: It might buy a box of firelighters.

Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: There is no public transport.

Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: There is an alternative, namely, the horse.

Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Cars are only a luxury.

Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The budget hits a particular group of people who can ill afford to be hit with the type of increases the Government proposes. The charge that will affect virtually everybody is the increase in VAT. That increase, as well as the increase in the tax on petrol, suggests that petrol is a luxury item and that VAT is only applied to luxury goods, but that is not the case. VAT is levied on...

Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: However, the 1% levy will be applied to everyone's income, even those on minimal incomes, which is outrageous. The increases in VAT and petrol tax will bring in significant income for the Government but we are not sure what will happen to that income. The implication of these increases is that they apply to luxury goods, which defies reason. An increase in VAT at a time when people's...

Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: We need another regulator.

Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: We do not have enough regulators in certain areas.

Financial Resolution No. 8: Excise Duty (Betting Tax) (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The increase in VAT will impact on it.

Financial Resolution No. 13: Stamp Duties (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Two different items in this group of resolutions trouble me. One is the increase in DIRT. No exemption is provided. Most people lodge their savings after tax. What they earn on those savings is not a gift from the Government — it is not a gift from anyone — it is interest made on the basis that a bank has the use of one's money while it is on deposit. One pays tax before the money is...

Financial Resolution No. 14: EXCISE — Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister is admitting it has nothing to do with the environment.

Financial Resolution No. 14: EXCISE — Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I am glad the Minister has admitted this measure is nothing more than a grab for local government funding. He was clearly not successful in his budget negotiations. An Oireachtas committee, of which Deputy Hogan was a member, sat for two years investigating the high cost of car insurance. The tax on cars now costs more than insurance cost two years ago. It is outrageous and I do not...

Financial Resolution No. 14: EXCISE — Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: That sums up the Green Party's attitude to public transport.

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the business plan submitted by the Cork Airport Authority to the Dublin Airport Authority; if he has received a response from the DAA to the business plan; when he will make his views known on the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34905/08]

Written Answers — National Spatial Strategy: National Spatial Strategy (14 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 254: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that the finance promised for the eastern gateway bridge of the Cork Dockland project will come on stream as scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34906/08]

Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I refer to another budgetary issue. Will the Tánaiste tell us if it is proposed to provide sufficient moneys in order that the fair deal scheme can be introduced earlier rather than later? This is promised legislation that has been published. The difficulty for health board areas is that the funding is not available. The families of those entitled to medical cards and who have medical...

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (21 Oct 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Is that agreed? Agreed.