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- Tax Yield. (28 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: If one looks back over the past three years of the Minister's forecasts in respect of capital taxes, the aggregate increase he forecast in his Budget Statement was â¬40 million but the actual increase was â¬2,975 million. He was 7,440% out in his projection of the increase in capital taxes over the three years. That is a truly extraordinary deviation between forecast and actuality. To...
- Tax Yield. (28 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: The Minister is saying that 74 times more than was projected is somehow justifiable.
- Tax Yield. (28 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: That was not my question.
- Tax Yield. (28 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: Time is scarce so the Minister should focus on the question asked, not some bogus question he thinksââ
- Tax Yield. (28 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: The Minister is not answering the question.
- Tax Yield. (28 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: The Minister is not.
- Tax Yield. (28 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: They are not working.
- Tax Yield. (28 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: They are not working.
- Tax Yield. (28 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: The Minister has failed to address the issue.
- Tax Yield. (28 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: It is a serious issue because it has cost people â¬3,000 million.
- Tax Yield. (28 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: That is the truth. The Minister should look at the figures. The truth is that he did not bother to look.
- Tax Yield. (28 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: The Minister did not look at the figures.
- Tax Yield. (28 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: I am saying the projections should have a sound basis. They are wrong every year and people are paying too much tax as a result.
- Written Answers — Medical Facilities: Medical Facilities (23 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Defence the level of capacity at military hospitals or convalescent facilities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7211/06]
- Written Answers — Civil Registration Service: Civil Registration Service (23 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to an increase in the fee for photocopying birth, marriage and death certificates; and its adverse impact on people seeking to research family history; and the reason for same. [7535/06]
- Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (23 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the intervention he has made or plans to make in the effort to secure rights of residency for Irish people working in the USA; his assessment of the present views of the US Legislature towards granting long-term residency to persons who have work permits and towards allowing the undocumented workers to regularise their position and be...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the maximum period of backdated payments which his Department will make where persons were unaware of their entitlements; the reason this date is set at a shorter period than applies in respect of ordinary debts or rights of his Department to pursue overpayments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7504/06]
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (22 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of overseas development aid for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6822/06]
- Written Answers — Foreign Missions: Foreign Missions (22 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if security at Irish embassies and consulates abroad has been reviewed following recent rioting in the wake of publication of cartoons in the European media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6838/06]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Feb 2006)
Richard Bruton: Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under the initiative to move patients in hospital to step down facilities suitable to their needs, that a promise that wheelchairs would be provided where needed, has not been honoured; and if she will seek a full report on the operation of this initiative for the use of...