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Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: The Minister of State should at least make some effort for the people out there so that they will not have to pay local property tax in the first week of January in respect of houses they will not be able to live in over Christmas. If that is not reasonable, I do not know what is. Is the Government so out of touch with the people regarding the payment of property tax next January that it...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: He said-----

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: We need a local property tax exemption for people whose homes and properties have been flooded. We have an exemption in there for pyrite-----

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: This is Second Stage. It is about the broad basis of the Bill. In respect of properties that were flooded, I do not know when the Minister of State said it, whether it was today, yesterday or the day before, but it was reported on some radio station this morning that he said this Government is the most proactive ever in the context of dealing with flooding-----

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: -----and with people whose houses are flooded and who have to pay local property tax. The purpose of this legislation is to deal with local property tax. He said that all the plans can be viewed on the website. The Minister of State is living in a virtual world. He must come out of his website and into reality. Telling people in Portumna and Athlone that they can view his plans on the...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: When he has funding to prevent flooding in people's houses, he should actually use it. I will deal with that matter specifically when I move my amendment on Committee Stage. I am not opposing the broad thrust of the legislation because we agree with the extension to 2019 that the Minister of State has included in it. However, we would not need to be here today if he or the Minister for...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: It is very timely to discuss this Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015 today. There is one good element to its substance, which is the deferring of the revaluation date for the local property tax from 1 November 2016 to 1 November 2019. The issues of exemptions for people affected by pyrite and disabilities are also welcome but they are more of a public relations...

Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: I understand what the Minister of State said and I am sure he understands the point I make. I accept it will not be dealt with specifically in this legislation. I acknowledge that paragraph (c) provides that the Appeals Commissioners must indicate in their statement if a case has been referred to the High Court. I accept that some of the cases that proceed to the High Court will be between...

Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 8:In page 41, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“(5) A report shall subsequently be amended by the Appeal Commissioners to state the result of any appeal to the Circuit Court or the High Court arising out of the determination, together with the result of any subsequent appeal from such a decision of the High Court to the Court of Appeal.”. I...

Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 4:In page 39, line 19, after “appealed to” to insert “the Circuit Court or”. I welcome the opportunity to move the amendment, which my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath submitted. Of the 14 amendments in this group of amendments, six are in the name of Deputy Michael McGrath. When we have dealt with them, only one amendment will remain to be...

Estimates for Public Services 2015 (9 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: I am pleased to contribute to this debate on the Supplementary Estimates, which are additional record Supplementary Estimates from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin. His Department was set up to reform public expenditure but the only reform he has achieved was to ensure no adequate budgeting at the beginning of each year. In the last fortnight of every...

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 to allow interchangeability between biologic and biosimilar medical goods. I am pleased to introduce this short Bill, which I hope can reduce the large bill of up to €2 billion that we face each year for medicines in our health services. The Department of...

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Equipment Scheme Applications (9 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: 78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be approved for a grant under the dairy equipment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44263/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place for persons to pay a compromise sum to the Revenue Commissioners for breach of the regulations regarding mineral oil containing a prescribed marker in their private car, if the payment can be made in instalments, when these provisions came into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43842/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Cafés Expenditure (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: 334. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of funding for a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43540/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Governance (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the governance manual for primary schools 2015 to 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43936/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Religious Education (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: 518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a copy of the consultation paper regarding education on religion, belief and ethics in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43937/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (3 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: 30. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional medical and nursing staff that have been recruited at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, County Laois, in 2015 to date; the plans for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43005/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (3 Dec 2015)

Seán Fleming: 71. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for the future of the emergency department at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43004/15]