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Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: Was the Tánaiste consulted about the appointment of Mr. Tom Mulcahy to the——

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: It is relevant to ask——

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: May I just ask——

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: Perhaps the Chair will let me complete my sentence before he rules it out of order. Is it appropriate that the same person should chair two bodies?

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: He will act as a supervisor——

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: It is a legislative initiative.

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: It does not seem appropriate to merge the chairmanship of two boards.

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: Is it not the case that irrevocable decisions which will have a bearing on this legislation will have to be made in the next few days?

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (7 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the escalation of stamp duty costs on young families; and his views on measures to relieve this. [4121/07]

Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister for his reply. The criticisms made by the Irish Taxation Institute have a number of worrying dimensions which militate against the view that Revenue is improving its performance. For this reason, it is important to carefully examine the institute's concerns. The Minister adverted to its concern that a high proportion of those entitled to certain reliefs, including...

House Prices. (7 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: The Minister may think the property market will have a soft landing, but there is certainly no soft landing for first-time buyers. Is the Minister aware that the figures for the housing market show the percentage of houses bought by first-time buyers has declined rapidly, from over a half in 2004 to less than one third now? This clearly indicates first-time buyers are being squeezed out of...

House Prices. (7 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: The policy is collapsing. The targets are not being delivered.

House Prices. (7 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: That is all bluff and bluster. The Minister should consider the hard figures. The Government committed to producing almost 7,000 social housing units and 4,000 affordable housing units, but it has achieved less than half of that target. All this talk about what will happen in the years 2007 to 2013 does not butter the parsnips for people who are waiting for housing but find that, as the...

House Prices. (7 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: The Government collapsed its own policy of 20% for social and affordable housing. It has not pursued its own policy.

House Prices. (7 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: The Minister is in Government. He can start lecturing when he is——-

Decentralisation Programme. (7 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the timetable to which the Government is working in respect of the decentralisation of State agencies; if it includes an examination of the business case for the proposed move; and the special arrangements being prepared to deal with the entirely different role and contractual arrangements which exist in the State agencies compared to the public...

Decentralisation Programme. (7 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister for his reply. I am sure he was invited to a recent meeting that was organised by some of the representatives of the workers affected. It was notable that there was no Fianna Fáil representative and many people were disappointed. Nonetheless, some very important questions were put at that meeting that require answers if the Government is intent on fulfilling what it...

Decentralisation Programme. (7 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: What is the offer to people with expertise in State agencies who opt to remain in Dublin? This is supposed to be a voluntary programme. The Government wants people to volunteer to do one or the other. The only offer that I have heard from people who wish to remain in Dublin is unemployment. If they do not move and the Government pushes ahead, then unemployment is their only option if they...

Decentralisation Programme. (7 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: Into what vacancies are people being deployed?

Decentralisation Programme. (7 Feb 2007)

Richard Bruton: That does not apply to Stage agencies.