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- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Fine Gael is unrecognisable and has transmogrified into a party of Neanderthals.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: I have listened to the contradictory responses being offered from across the floor and I listened to what Deputy Ring had to say.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Fine Gael councillors continue to rezone land in the most irresponsible way.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Those opposite should consider the record of their councillors in respect of zonings and rezonings.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Fine Gael's record in this regard is utterly shameful. If one wishes to reduce people's dependency on their cars, one must plan communities properly. It is astounding that members of a party which used to believe in certain standards can continue to rezone in such an unethical way.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Fine Gael members have continually voted to rezone lands.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: What can I do? I am continually being interrupted.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: With respect, I am not doing so.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Deputy Tuffy actually came out in opposition to energy efficient light bulbs.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: I must respond.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: On the car scrappage scheme, I wish to inform Deputy Tuffy that the levy applies only to the A and B bands. In other words, we are referring to low-emission vehicles. Will CO2 emissions be reduced? Absolutely, and that is the intention behind it. I invite Opposition Members to read the Budget Statement and analyse it in detail.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: When they do so they will discover that this is a comprehensive response to climate change and they should vote in favour of it.
- Written Answers — Local Government Charges: Local Government Charges (8 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: The total received in respect of the non-principal private residence charge under the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 was â¬51,780,220 on 7 December 2009. The following table shows the breakdown of this amount across each local authority. Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Amounts raised as at 7 December 2009 Amount Dublin City Council â¬9,428,140 Cork County Council...
- Written Answers — Local Government Charges: Local Government Charges (8 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: The latest information available to me in relation to the number of persons who have paid for more than one property under the non-principal private residence charge is as of 18 November 2009 and is set out in the following table. Total number of persons who have paid the NPPR charge Number of persons who have paid for 1 unit Number of persons who have paid for 2 to 10 units Number of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: A significant theme of my Department's Human Resource Strategy is to support the process of ongoing learning, thus ensuring that staff are empowered to reach their full potential and that the Department has the capacity and skills base to address specific organisational needs. In support of this objective, the Department provides for a variety of training and development opportunities,...
- Written Answers — Local Government Charges: Local Government Charges (8 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: The charge on all non-principal private residences, which is set at â¬200 per dwelling, is payable by the owners of private rented accommodation, holiday homes and other non-principal residences. Under the provisions of the Act, any property which is liable for commercial rates is exempt from this charge. The question of whether or not the charge is tax-deductible is a matter for the...
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (8 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: The Deputy should always check against delivery. The committee should be commended on its questioning, which is extremely important. I will elaborate on that later. Any useful discussion of the performance of the authority has to benchmark what it has achieved when compared to the role assigned to it by its founding legislation. The authority was established in 1997 to secure the social...
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (8 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: The Bill that Deputy Hogan now proposes, the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009, has a number of objectives. They are to bring the authority within the audit remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General; to allow the Comptroller and Auditor General undertake special reports into the authority's operations; and to require its CEO to come before the Committee of...
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (8 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: Do I have to accept a point of order?
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (8 Dec 2009)
John Gormley: I was going to commend the Deputy on his scrutiny of this issue.