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Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Amendments Nos. 8 and 18 are out of order.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Senator Barrett has indicated that he is opposed to the section.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: In keeping with the tone, it is not only bypasses that cause these types of problems. I was contacted recently by someone who took over a failed business that had closed. While the rent for the property had more than halved, the rate bill remained the same. The Bill refers to the best achievable rent and so forth. If a business was not viable previously, it will certainly not become...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Amendment No. 74 concerns the description of "relevant person". Will the Minister of State outline why the Revenue Commissioners will be included in that regard?

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: On a point of clarification, I presume the Revenue Commissioners would not have access to information on the profitability or tax clearance certificates of any business.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: I agree with the points made by Senator van Turnhout, who made her case far more eloquently than I could have done. Any government should be judged on how it treats young people and older people in our society. It is generally agreed in this and the other House that the Minister of State, Deputy Harris, is very approachable, accessible and helpful, but he is also the youngest Member of the...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: He has reiterated today that nothing will be done for nursing homes by way of these provisions in terms of their being exempt from rates. I know of a lady with no remaining family who has been in a nursing home for nine years. She is fortunate to be accommodated under the fair deal scheme. The State has been moving away from the provision of beds for the elderly through community hospitals...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: I hope Senator Byrne is not trying to justify a tweet sent about this Bill costing sporting clubs millions of euro.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: It is a tweet which may have been sent.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: On next Tuesday week.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Tom Shehan: I would like to pick up on what Senator Keane had to say. Am I right in my understanding that there is discretion within the local authority regarding start-ups? I was led to believe this was the case some time ago when action was taken in a section of a town in the south of Ireland that was commercially dead. Nothing was happening in that section of the town. I applauded the town manager...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Tom Shehan: I compliment the Minister of State and his officials. We can hold up this Bill for the way it has been enhanced. Senator Byrne can be obstreperous the majority of the time. On this Bill, however, he has been more than co-operative and his engagement has been very positive as well. One has to say that there is better legislation as a result leaving this House going to the other House....

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Tom Shehan: Dé Máirt seo chugainn ar 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)

Tom Shehan: Will the Leader arrange for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to come to the House before Christmas, if possible, for a debate on road safety? I have spoken in the House before about how I believe wearing fluorescent jackets should be made mandatory for those walking or running at night. A lady told me about an incident that had happened when she, her husband and three children...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)

Tom Shehan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Nash, to the House. As has been said by my colleague earlier, it was difficult to stand up here and defend the last couple of budgets but this budget has by and large been far more positive than what we have had to deal with for the last few years. It is a little disappointing that we had to move our budgets forward from December to October, probably...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2014)

Tom Shehan: I raised this issue some weeks ago on the Order of Business and also last week on Second Stage. I believe there is an anomaly whereby people who have to adapt cars because of a disability and purchase a new car benefit from VRT exemption, fuel exemption and road tax exemption. However, a person who, due to health reasons or following an accident, is in need of a specially adapted vehicle...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2014)

Tom Shehan: Del Boy.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2014)

Tom Shehan: The benefits of the exemption from road tax and fuel duty under the scheme should remain with the vehicle when it is sold on. People who should qualify for the scheme should be those with a primary medical certificate, a measure which could cut out much of the ambiguity. As for authorised and unauthorised sellers of adapted vehicles, I do not agree with Senator Paul Bradford’s...