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Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: Gombeenism has been defeated.

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: I will get the information for the Deputy.

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: "recognises that: - the programme for Government states that the universal social charge will be reviewed; - the reinstatement of the income and health levies would bring poverty traps back into the system; and - the appropriate time to make any amendments to the universal social charge is after the...

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: I welcome the opportunity to debate this issue in the House. I am not sure whether Deputy McLellan was making her maiden speech, but I listened intently to what she said and congratulate her on her speech. She referred to the democratic programme in the first Dáil. She was right to highlight the aspirations of that democratic programme. However, she did not refer to another inimical part...

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: I find it difficult to stomach that a party can lecture the two parties of the Government about austerity when, in terms of its Administration in Northern Ireland, it is very good at austerity. It is very good at challenging the notion of James Connolly, as suggested by Deputy Ferris. What would James Connolly do in the case of budgets in Northern Ireland being opposed with such ferocity by...

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: The Government makes no apology in setting out its ambitious programme for Government. The first aim of the Government is to renegotiate the terms of the IMF-EU deal. We believe the deal is not working for Ireland and that it must be renegotiated so that we have a path to growth that will get the country back on its feet. We believe the issue of interest rate payments on the package of...

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: -----they should bring forward their own proposals.

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: Let those proposals be costed in a fair and independent way to see exactly whether or not they reach the parameters set. The call for the immediate abolition of the USC and reinstatement of the income and health levies is entirely impractical. First, it would not be either simple or straight-forward to reintroduce the income and health levies. For example, the legislation governing the...

Universal Service Charge: Motion (29 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: -----the Government could not simply abolish the USC, and the system would default back to the old regime. Second, changing the tax system during the tax year presents significant problems. In this case, there would be a mixture of charges where the USC would apply on income for the first three months of the year and the income and health levies would apply for the following nine months. It...

Order of Business (24 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: That will happen next week.

Order of Business (24 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: It gave us a master class in undermining public confidence.

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (23 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: The Deputy will be aware of the on-going national programme of catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management studies, which will lead to the development of comprehensive Flood Risk Assessment and Management plans for areas of significant flood risk. The Office of Public Works has assigned significant resources to this programme and it is intended that contracts to engage consultants to...

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (23 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: This Office sponsors a post-graduate architect training scheme to provide practical experience for graduate architects wishing to prepare for the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (R.I.A.I.) (NUI) examination in professional practice or RIBA Part 3 examinations. The training programme is available for up to a maximum of 30 Graduates for a period of 3 years. This Office currently...

Corporation Tax: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: I thank him. We never heard them before.

Corporation Tax: Motion (22 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: Sinn Féin wants to increase tax rates.

Corporation Tax: Motion (22 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: It did.

Corporation Tax: Motion (22 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: It campaigned on the issue of increasing corporation tax in a previous general election.

Corporation Tax: Motion (22 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: It is in the Sinn Féin manifesto.

Corporation Tax: Motion (22 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: It was in the party's 2007 manifesto.