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Social Partnership Agreement. (9 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the measures which will be put in place at the expiration of the current Sustaining Progress partnership agreement to ensure that community and voluntary sector representation in this process will be strengthened and increased. [33287/04]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (8 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects to complete his review of future support mechanisms for renewable power sources; if a decision on the new support measures which need to be put in place has to await the conclusion of his wider review of the electricity market. [3676/05]

Written Answers — Communications Masts: Communications Masts (8 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason there is no local or national register of the location of mobile phone masts; and if ComReg will ensure that such information becomes publicly available. [3675/05]

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage. (8 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: One of the more curious references in the Minister's speech related to the introduction of section 134, the increase in the threshold for the publication of certain settlements in the list of tax defaulters from its current level of €12,700 to a new level of €30,000. This was recommended by the revenue powers group and the Law Reform Commission, but recommendations are not always accepted.

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage. (8 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: A likely effect of this provision will be an increase in low level tax fraud. People who know they will not be named and shamed will go so far in not paying their income tax because they know there will be no public opprobrium attached.

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage. (8 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: I am establishing this as a marker that we will revisit this issue in years to come. Stranger still, in line with the recommendation of both bodies, the Minister decided to introduce the concept of indexation only for the threshold for naming and shaming tax defaulters. Where is the indexation of tax credits and tax bands? Why is the Minister not introducing innovative indexation measures to...

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage. (8 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: I can point to recommendations from the ESRI that the Minister has not accepted. I will come to them later. Another curious aspect of this Bill is that the Minister is amending a number of tax reliefs. Some he has been forced to amend as they have been identified as state aids and he is rowing back on how they can be applied. However, some are being extended and some new tax reliefs are being...

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage. (8 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: If that is the case, the Minister could have chosen in advance of that review to terminate reliefs that are obviously inequitable. He could have chosen to put maximum tax reliefs in place on a cumulative basis and on an individual basis in terms of each tax relief that is being offered. He has chosen not to do so. That he has chosen not to do so means he has decided that the tax inequity that...

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage. (8 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: It was a panic reaction. Despite the Minister's problem with his postal delivery service, the Government has chosen to quickly challenge any question of State aid being applied to the stallion tax.

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage. (8 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: We are talking about the contrast between his actions on this tax and the lack of any questioning by the Government on the issue of State aid in the area of biofuels.

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage. (8 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: The Minister has pursued the policy of his predecessor who decided not to introduce a carbon tax, the price of which is already apparent with the cost of €135 million for the purchase of carbon credits to be paid for the right to participate in the EU's carbon emissions trading scheme, which will have to be borne by all Irish taxpayers. In this Bill the Minister has introduced a number of...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (3 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the latest NCCA report on the senior cycle will be made available publicly; her views in relation to the June 2004 report which stated that doing nothing would be the worst option; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3055/05]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (3 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to her reply to the raising of the issue by this Deputy in 2004, the position regarding plans to replace the roofs of a school (details supplied) as part of a combined project. [3054/05]

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: I wish to share time with Deputies Crowe and Connolly.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (3 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: The Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs is one of the newer ones and as a result may not have gathered a sufficient head of steam to produce more than its share of legislation in the House. In this 29th Dáil, we have seen only a handful of Bills, such as the Bille teanga and a functions Bill regarding how the Minister was meant to be running his Department and granting him...

Order of Business. (3 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: The Green Party supports the requests for time to be made available to discuss last night's IRA statement, especially because of its belligerent tone and its implication that weapons can be used as some kind of bargaining chip.

Order of Business. (3 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: I am stating the position of other Deputies. Will the Minister for Finance take the opportunity to correct errors made by himself and the Taoiseach reported in yesterday's Official Report? The Taoiseach made two factual errors in his reply to a question about the M50, stating that something cannot be done——

Order of Business. (3 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: I am asking that the record be corrected in both instances. The Minister for Finance also seems to have made a factual error in terms of whether the European Commission had made a preliminary finding or not.

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (2 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent visit to Sweden and Finland to discuss EU battlegroups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2807/05]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (2 Feb 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether there have been improvements in China's human rights record; if so, if he will report on those improvements and the way in which such improvements will impact on Irish foreign policy towards China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2806/05]