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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: My question concerns the property tax. The belief that private property was an instrument of oppression was a core part of Sinn Féin's manifesto.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Senator Landy has left the House but-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I compliment Senator Landy. We heard that Stormont is oppressive and must be closed down and that Sinn Féin would never enter Stormont but members are sitting there in their big fat seats.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The principle behind the property tax is a fair tax on people who can afford to pay it.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: We debate the principle behind and the figures relating to it because the principle has already been established in the Six Counties and it works there. I wish to discuss the principle next week. I am sure Sinn Féin will have changed its mind on private property by the time that comes around.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Senator Landy has left the House but-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I compliment Senator Landy. We heard that Stormont is oppressive and must be closed down and that Sinn Féin would never enter Stormont but members are sitting there in their big fat seats.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The principle behind the property tax is a fair tax on people who can afford to pay it.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: We debate the principle behind and the figures relating to it because the principle has already been established in the Six Counties and it works there. I wish to discuss the principle next week. I am sure Sinn Féin will have changed its mind on private property by the time that comes around.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I call on the Minister for Finance to come to the House to discuss the situation with Liberty Insurance which was formerly Quinn Insurance. I have been contacted by many people who run small businesses who are insured with Liberty Insurance but the insurance company is refusing to re-insure them and has given them 30 days notice. If they cannot get their businesses insured they will close....

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Second, with regard to the people I talk about, the diaspora who have left this country and set up businesses in New York, California, Britain and Australia, the young people who had the guts to go out there and set up a business, Sinn Féin's contribution to them is to say "If you come back to Ireland, we will tax you on your American assets as well". That is their contribution to the...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The Senator should be looking for it because it goes into Gerry's back pocket.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I have no problem-----

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I have no problem, if I insulted Deputy Adams, withdrawing it.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I have no problem with that. The point I want to make is that Sinn Féin is talking about taking money from the wealthy in this country yet it is taking money from the wealthy in New York, California and the UK and putting it into the party. That is how close they are to the wealthy. There is no party in this Chamber apart from Sinn Féin that has $500 a night dinners in another country to...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Under false pretences. As for Irish unity, there is not a word out of Sinn Féin about a united Ireland any more.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The Chair might give me some leeway as I was interrupted. Senator MacSharry was about 20 minutes over his time. The Labour Party contribution to this budget was quite marked, with the Department of Social Protection maintaining social welfare rates and no cuts to education. I commend our Labour Party Ministers for the work they have done and I commend the Minister for Finance and the other...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I welcome the Minister of State. We all know that the task we faced today would have been a difficult one for any Government. Senator MacSharry said that he defended the previous Government when he sat over here. He defended that Government's policies, whereas we are defending a budget that has had to be introduced to clean up after those policies. He must have been confused by the...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I ask the House to imagine what would have happened if the last Government, which was led by Fianna Fáil, had been in power for the last two years.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: If Fianna Fáil had stayed in power for another two years, we would be in a worse position than Greece. The country was destroyed by the Fianna Fáil Government that left office two years ago. If it had been given another two years in office, the mess would have been even worse.