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Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Yes, but this point must be made. The Minister is a reasonable and fair man. My point is sound and solid. The houses in question are not being exempted because they are not located in Dublin, Cork or Limerick. It is unfair. Someone's family member might have died because of radon - I have experience of this - yet that person is now being asked to pay a property tax. Such people can only...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Deputy Ryan voted for the guillotine.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Deputy Ryan voted for it and now he is crying about it.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: He is a disgrace.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Vote for something and then complain about it.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I, too, have serious reservations about the property tax. I highlighted the case of being asked to put a value on a farmhouse. The farmhouse could be located in the centre of the family farm and alongside sheds. How can someone realistically put a value on the property? While the house is a home to the family living in it, who else would want to purchase a house in the middle of a working...

Diseases of Animals Act 1966: Motion (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: Can we make any comments on this?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Retail Sector: Discussion with RGDATA and Retail Ireland (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I apologise for not being present at the beginning of the meeting and I am sorry that I will have to leave again soon. However, I am rather keen to make a contribution. I have read RGDATA's submission quickly and declare a vested interest. I am one of the small shopkeepers RGDATA represents. On a day-to-day basis for many years I have dealt with the issues on which the RGDATA...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Taoiseach the reason the transcripts of the Moriarty Tribunal are copyrighted to private companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11527/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Taoiseach the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments he made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11482/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments he made; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments he made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11475/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments he made [11473/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments he made; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments he made [11478/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appointments she has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments she made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11481/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Land Swap (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a request from Killarney Town Council to the Office of Public Works to swap 21 acres from them for 12 acres from the National Park to be used for the purpose of a new burial ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11168/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the number of appointments that were made to members of the general public who submitted a curriculum vitae for the appointment; the number of direct appointments he made; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Fisheries Board had a bye law passed at some stage to change the date of the Maine Brown Flesk river opening dates from 17 January to 17 March; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11330/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Speeds (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposals being put in place to improve broadband in Lairagh, Killarney, County Kerry. [11336/13]