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Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Motion for Earlier Signature (26 Nov 2015)

Tom Shehan: I move:"That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him."

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Tom Shehan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I am substituting today for my colleague, Senator D'Arcy. There are a few points in the Finance Bill I wish to address. I have spoken to the Minister about these matters prior to the budget. No more than my colleague on the other side of the House, Senator White, and others, I have hobby horses. I recall how long it took the Minister to deliver the...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2015)

Tom Shehan: In the run-up to Christmas, when people are financially stretched and stressed, I reiterate that they should not go to loan sharks. I do not refer only to illegal loan sharks but also to those who advertise everyday. I love the small print at the bottom of their advertisements to the effect that they are regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. They absolutely pulverise the people who...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Order for Second Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Tom Shehan: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Tom Shehan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. One has to look positively on the Bill and the provisions outlined by him. The LPT reliefs for houses damaged and undermined by pyrite and for houses in which people with disabilities reside are a humane, honest and up-front way of dealing with these issues. One must also welcome the certainty that there will be no increase in the LPT before...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Tom Shehan: Could the Minister of State shine a light on this for us or take it up with the relevant officials?

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Tom Shehan: Not under this Chair.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Tom Shehan: Of course, Senator Darragh O'Brien has two ponies.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Tom Shehan: If Fianna Fáil is going in with Sinn Féin, it will have to get rid of it anyway.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Tom Shehan: Now.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2015)

Tom Shehan: That is because Fianna Fáil robbed the pension fund.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2015)

Tom Shehan: The Senator's party took the prize bit of it. The Senator is getting mixed up.

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Tom Shehan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Effectively, the Appropriation Bill is an accounting exercise to balance the books and ensure that there is capital in place for issues or emergencies that may arise. The Comptroller and Auditor General has sought this and nobody wants to see Ministers go cap in hand. From my point of view, it is purely an accounting exercise. It is essential...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2015: Motion for Earlier Signature (15 Dec 2015)

Tom Shehan: I move:That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Appropriation Bill 2015 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.