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Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: ——prove that in any way.

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: The Minister has been given a long opportunity to debate this point. Regardless of whether he has all of this data at his fingertips to prove Ireland has been uniquely good to young families, one must be below the minimum wage to qualify for a medical card that would give such hard-pressed families access to a GP. In the part of Dublin city that I represent, so-called affordable housing is...

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: This is the reason they are outside. Such people are not even earning the minimum wage.

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: The Minister tries to come before the House and pretend——

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: ——that this wonderful social innovation, that people——

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: A dose of economic and social reality is required. Members must reconsider——

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: ——the manner in which those families that bear the burden of the so-called Celtic tiger are being supported. They are the ones who are making the huge investment in the housing capital that must be done in such a rapid period. They are the ones who are being abandoned in respect of their child care needs. They are the ones who are being obliged to undertake long commutes and who are...

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: When the debate adjourned, we were wrapping up on this group of amendments, which deals with a number of issues, including the possibility of tax relief being extended into areas of special educational need and the welcome decision by the Minister to grant medical tax relief from the very first euro of expenditure incurred by an individual or a family. I welcome the suggestion by Deputy...

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: The Minister did not address that point.

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed). (7 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 9: In page 13, between lines 25* and 26*, to insert the following: " Section 466A (home carer's allowance) €770.00 €1,760.00 ". Amendment No. 9 was also tabled on Committee Stage. However, its subject matter is of sufficient importance that it warrants a debate in the House. It relates to the tax policy we have developed in respect of families in recent years....

Written Answers — Lisbon Agenda: Lisbon Agenda (6 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress his Department has made in implementing the Lisbon Agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8578/07]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (6 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation to combat human trafficking and to ratify United Nations Protocols and European Conventions in this area. [8680/07]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (6 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason for the delay in proceeding with the electricity interconnector which could help raise the use of reusable sources in Irish generation and access to cheaper electricity purchases. [8703/07]

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Has he? I see. He does not need relief for medical expenses, or I hope not anyhow. I take the Minister's point that the ideal would be to deliver education provision in the education setting. In his comments, the Minister recognised that we have already broadened the concessions to include people who need to fund psychological assessments. We already recognise the need to fund speech and...

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Until when?

Order of Business (6 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Through which end of the binoculars?

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: The strongest argument in favour of the establishment of an advocate system is the persistent refusal of the Revenue Commissioners to conduct an appraisal of the overpayment of tax by PAYE workers. The reality is the Revenue Commissioners have all the information at their finger tips. They know the amount of activity which occurs in doctors' surgeries, nursing homes and in these other areas...

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Can the Minister ask the Central Statistics Office to include a single question into the household budget survey? As it collects medical expense data, such a question would shed much light on this issue.

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 8: In page 11, to delete lines 16 and 17 and substitute the following: 1.—In this Part— "Principal Act" means the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; "special educational needs" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004.". To some degree, we have discussed amendments Nos. 10 to 12, inclusive, already in...

Finance Bill 2007: Report Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister. I welcome this provision and the €22 million being put into this will be a very good investment, broadly well-received. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform would probably look for much more than that when he comes to see the Minister on occasion.