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Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: It is not in the Bill.

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: What is the country? The country is families and the people.

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: PRSI.

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, every Deputy is entitled to have a say on this Bill. We are reporting progress and we are on section 1 of the Bill, which has 157 sections. We are half way through the debate. This is a farce.

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister can call it a bombardment but it is a farce that we will not even get past section 2 of the Bill or deal with the fact that the Revenue Commissioners will be given certain powers or the penalties. What is ongoing in this Chamber is a joke. I call on the Minister to be unafraid of debate. We can get through this section by section. The last Bill brought before the House by the...

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Deputy Bannon has not read the Bill.

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: A number of amendments have been ruled out of order, and I am not challenging the ruling of the Ceann Comhairle in that regard. There is, however, a need for clarification for future legislation. This is not a property tax. The Minister knows what property is. It is not just a home. It also includes other assets, such as stocks and shares, gold, savings and so on. The Bill proposes a...

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Section 1 deals with when the Act will come into operation and the Title of the Act, which deems it a local property tax. That is an offence to what is contained in the legislation because it is not a local property tax. Property is far more than a family home. If the Government really wanted to introduce an assets tax or property tax, it would have proposed something similar to what I...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if the residents of Priory Hall, Dublin, are to be levied with the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56458/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if homeowners whose homes have Pyrite issues will be levied with the property tax. [56459/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if homeowners who currently pay management fees will be levied with the property tax. [56460/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if any exemption will be given from the property tax to homeowners who have paid stamp duty in the previous nine years. [56461/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 11 December 2012, if he will confirm the fees paid by the National Assets Management Agency or its debtor for the provision of an independent valuation or independent valuations in the case of the sale of the property (details supplied). [56851/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to the announcement by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in which he is the sole shareholder of 100% of the shares, that IBRC has engaged a person (details supplied) as chief risk officer and newspaper reports that he has approved a salary for them of more than €500,000 per annum, if he will identify the person or persons at the National...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the reason the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (details supplied) is earning in 2012 approximately 40% less than his deputy. [56864/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation as to the reason there are at least six staff at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation earning more than €400,000 per annum whilst no staff at the National Asset Management Agency earn salaries in 2012 of more than €400,000 per annum. [56865/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the financial quantum of loans net of provisions being managed by the National Asset Management Agency at 30 June 2012 and being managed by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation at the same date. [56866/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the latest estimate of the dates by which the National Asset Management Agency and the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will be wound up. [56867/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the profit or loss of the National Asset Management Agency for the six months ending 30 June 2012 and the profit or loss of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation for the same period. [56868/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (18 Dec 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the metrics by which he assesses the ongoing performance of the National Asset Management Agency and the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. [56869/12]