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Written Answers — Ferry Operations: Ferry Operations (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views regarding the treatment of workers on board the Irish Ferries ship the [i]Normandy[/i], notwithstanding the fact that the Government's ability to intervene is constrained by the fact that this ship flies under a flag of convenience; and if his Department has raised concerns regarding the treatment of...

Written Answers — Ferry Operations: Ferry Operations (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions regarding the pay and working conditions of workers on ferries operating between member states of the EU with the Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Commissioner, Vladimir Spidla; and if he will report on the discussions held. [31456/05]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue which would be raised from a 50c increase on a packet of cigarettes based on 2004 figures. [34771/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases in which claims by organisations to have been established for charitable purposes have been found by the Revenue Commissioners to be false after granting such an organisation an exemption from tax; and the amount of defrauded tax which has been recouped on each such occasion. [34816/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a reduced rate of VAT of 4.4% is applied to live greyhounds and the hire of horses; the amount of VAT raised in 2004 in respect of each of these two items; and the amount which would be raised in respect of each of these two items, in 2004 terms, if VAT was charged on them at the standard rate of 21%. [34872/05]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 345: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when legislation to regulate charities will be published; and the reason its publication has been subject to ongoing delays. [34792/05]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 425: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Meath County Council has been charging tenants attempting to purchase their rural cottage homes under the tenants purchase scheme; the market value of their homes inclusive of the site despite the site having been provided free to Meath County Council by the...

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Go on, provoke us.

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: What about the legal profession? Give us a break.

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: I invite Deputy Carey to heckle at will. It might liven up this dull dungeon.

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: I begin by addressing an important issue I have been seeking to raise in this House for some time. Competition law is being mischievously used to attack the rights of certain workers, particularly actors, musicians, film crews and freelance journalists, to be collectively represented. When this competition legislation was going through the House, guarantees were given that this situation...

Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: I am absolutely flabbergasted. Not in my three and a half years in this House have I heard the level of bland bluster that I have heard from the Minister this afternoon. It is nothing short of a scandal. The Government has done nothing in nine years to tackle the housing crisis and it is in denial about that crisis. Waiting lists have continued to increase, house prices have gone through the...

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Standing Orders frustrate Deputies far more than Deputies frustrate Standing Orders.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (16 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under one of those frustrating Standing Orders, in this case No. 31, to debate the following urgent matter: the necessity for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to make a statement regarding the actions of a company, Doyle Concrete, in Rathangan which is attempting to bully its workers into accepting intolerable terms and conditions of...

Written Answers — Household Expenditure: Household Expenditure (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 194: To ask the Taoiseach the average percentage of income which the bottom 20% of households spend on housing, food, fuel and electricity, medical expenses and child care. [34443/05]

Written Answers — Household Expenditure: Household Expenditure (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 195: To ask the Taoiseach the average percentage of income which the bottom 20% of households save or invest. [34444/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of tax relief on private pensions in each of the past five years. [34382/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of tax relief on private health insurance in each of the past five years. [34383/05]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised by way of corporation tax in each of the past five years. [34387/05]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (15 Nov 2005)

Arthur Morgan: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the overall tax take that was raised by way of corporation tax. [34388/05]