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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of a matured SSIA that is deducted in exit tax; if there are special arrangements for pensioners who are on low incomes that fall well below the tax bracket; if such persons have to pay the exit tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9528/07]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Masts: Telecommunications Masts (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason mobile masts have been removed from beside two southside schools (details supplied) if there are no health risks to children; the reason, if these children have been protected from potential harm, masts have not been removed in the area of another school when it can be shown that microwave radiation...

Asset Covered Securities (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: As I understand it, this legislation refers to facilitating banks to avail of secured long-term funding by issuing covered bonds and using certain types of assets such as residential mortgages and some of the assets of public sector loans in a covered assets pool and then issuing bonds secured under the covered bond legislation against the pool. Like other Deputies, I received a note from the...

Asset Covered Securities (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: In my short contribution I asked the Minister of State to outline the role of the Financial Regulator in the preparation of this Bill. The Minister of State made a second reference to what I presume was commercial expert legal advice and, as he did not reply to my query in his second Stage speech, can he tell us whether the Bill was drafted by the parliamentary draftsman or by private...

Asset Covered Securities (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: What does that mean? Did the Financial Regulator help to draft the Bill or what was its role? One of the biggest difficulties in the financial services sector in recent years arose in the area of reinsurance. The securitisation of mortgages is a parallel activity and many references are made to bonds in the Bill and in some jurisdictions the words bonds and junk are often not far removed....

Asset Covered Securities (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: The Department sent a note; it did not give a briefing.

Asset Covered Securities (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: The Department sent a note that was not particularly enlightening but I thank it for sending it.

Asset Covered Securities (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: I remind the Minister of State that we are facilitating him. We got notice of this Bill late last week and, as he has said many times in the course of his presentation, it is very technical. We have not received much explanation of the Bill so I am asking the Minister of State to outline in detail the role of the Financial Regulator as it is supposed to be part of all of this. The Irish...

Asset Covered Securities (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Can the Minister of State give us a brief description of the role of the Financial Regulator in drafting the Bill?

Asset Covered Securities (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 5: In page 45, lines 20 and 21, to delete "notified in Iris Oifigiúil". The reference to notification in Iris Oifigiúil is unnecessary and will cause confusion as all statutory orders must be notified in Iris Oifigiúil under the Statutory Instruments Act 1947. The purpose of amendment No. 6 is to ensure the Houses are formally notified of orders made under the legislation.

Hospital Services. (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important issue. I was disturbed and shocked to learn that the waiting list in the urology unit at Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, now exceeds two years and that the unit plans to close its doors to all but emergency cases. This is a shocking state of affairs. It is of particular concern at a time when such...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: What is another year in terms of primary school education, particularly in Dublin West? It is another period of agony for parents and children as they wait to find out whether they will get a school place at primary or second level. Last August the Minister made her first visit to Dublin West in a formal capacity to see a primary school. I noticed that she came when the school was empty...

Interest Rates. (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: I recall that when the Minister introduced the extra mortgage interest relief in the budget in December, he told us it would compensate for the increase in interest costs on a typical mortgage. Mortgage costs had risen in October and have gone up again since he made that announcement in December, and the bulk, if not all, of the extra interest relief has been absorbed by both interest rate...

Tax Collection. (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for his response. Following these successes of the Revenue Commissioners, does he agree that the statement of the former Minister, Mr. McCreevy, that there were no pots of gold with regard to unpaid taxes, was untrue? There was always a special situation for particular people who were not subject to the same tax regime as the PAYE sector. I congratulate the Revenue...

Tax Collection. (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Is the Minister aware of the comments of his colleague the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, that the Government was going to impose an additional tax on traditional light bulbs? Is the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government correct in saying that? What details of this additional tax has he worked out with the Minister for...

Tax Collection. (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: Has he not told the Minister about this tax? He announced it.

Tax Collection. (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: He received a great deal of publicity on announcing it.

Tax Collection. (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: I do. I am dying to hear it. I would love for the other Minister to be here too.

Tax Collection. (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: The Minister for Finance did not hear about it. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government did not even send him a note.

Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2007)

Joan Burton: The sale.