Results 2,681-2,700 of 5,388 for speaker:John Deasy
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commercial Rates Issues (27 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the massive increases in commercial rates due to be levied on businesses in County Waterford on foot of a statutory revaluation of commercial rates in Waterford city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31447/13]
- Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Charges Review (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: The system is not fair. I know how it works and what is being proposed. I acknowledge that this is not the Minister of State's portfolio. The system is the problem. It will put people out of business. The town council in my home town, Dungarvan, has a lower rate valuation than the county. On its abolition, local businesses run the risk of being harmonised with the county rate. They may...
- Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Charges Review (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: It is clear that the revaluation process being undertaken by the Valuation Office in the city and county of Waterford will send a considerable number of businesses to the wall. The revaluation is leading to increases of over 300% in some cases and will affect the retail sector in particular, with some of the larger industrial users getting discounts of up to 40% for some reason. The average...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he wil provide an estimate of the current number of vacant properties, by county, which are in the ownership of the State and under the management of the Office of Public Works inclusive. [31163/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost to the Exchequer, across all Departments, of maintaining Farmleigh House, Dublin; and the number of overnight State visitors, high-level meeting delegates, and members of the public who attended events there in the years 2010 and 2012. [31165/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Statistics (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 132. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to Eurostat data showing that citizens of other EU states living here had a higher employment rate than Irish nationals in 2012; and the reason that this is the case. [31152/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 161. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of donations made to the National Museum of Ireland in the past ten years. [31164/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electric Vehicle Grants (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of electric vehicles that have been purchased by consumers here in each of the past seven years. [31153/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electric Vehicle Grants (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the State's investment in electric vehicle infrastructure in the past seven years. [31154/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electric Vehicle Grants (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications received and granted, by county, under the electric vehicles grant scheme, since January 2011. [31155/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of privately owned forests, by county, here. [31157/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications granted, by county, under the afforestation grant and premium scheme, each year since 2007 inclusive. [31158/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications granted, by county, under the woodland reconstruction scheme, each year since 2007 inclusive. [31159/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications granted, by county, under the woodland improvement scheme, each year since 2007 inclusive. [31160/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications granted, by county, under the native woodland establishment scheme, each year since 2007 inclusive. [31161/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (26 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: 217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications granted, by county, under the forest road scheme, each year since 2007 inclusive. [31162/13]
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: The existing legislation-----
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: This is germane. The existing legislation was drafted in 2001 in completely different economic times.
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: I thank the Taoiseach.
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)
John Deasy: It has become clear that the revaluation process currently being conducted in Waterford by the Valuation Office will result in businesses, and retailers in particular, going to the wall in large numbers. The Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2012, which was introduced in the Seanad, provides for an entirely different system of assessing rates for businesses based on self-assessment by the property...