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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 12:In page 30, to delete all words from and including “paragraph” in line 3 down to and including “land,” in line 5 and substitute the following:“paragraph 21 (inserted by the Water Services Act 2014):“22. Any land,”. These are simply technical amendments to renumber a paragraph and update the citation. Since the Bill was...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: It is just renumbering.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: It is simply renumbering of paragraphs 21 and 22 and changing the year to 2015.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: Constituency offices of Members of the Oireachtas are exempt, but councillors' offices are not. There has been no alteration in the position. The provision relates to any building or part of a building occupied by a Member of either House of the Oireachtas or a representative in the European Parliament which is used exclusively for the purposes of accommodating his or her constituency...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: As many as one has.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: My understanding is the provision relates to any constituency office, once it is wholly used for that purpose by the Oireachtas Member. The provision is made in Schedule 4, paragraph 19.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 13:In page 33, line 20, to delete “section 30(1)” and substitute “section 30(1) of the Principal Act”. This is a technical amendment. Section 44 currently references section 30(1). It should, for clarity, say that the section being referred to is section 30(1) of the Principal Act.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 14:In page 33, to delete lines 23 to 25 and substitute the following:“(2) The Valuation Acts 2001 to 2014, section 16 of the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014, section 12 of the Water Services Act 2014 and this Act may be cited together as the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015.”.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: The Taoiseach does not need any help.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Properties (4 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: The following table schedules the 390 leases currently held by the Commissioners of Public Works across 337 buildings, to provide office accommodation for the various Government Departments and agencies. The Commissioners acquired these properties based on a brief of accommodation requirements provided by the relevant Department or Agency at time of acquisition. The occupancy of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (3 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: The Government Decision referred to by the Deputy allocated total funding of up to €19.6m for the repair of existing coastal protection and flood defences damaged in the severe weather in late 2013 and early 2014 based on submissions made by the relevant local authorities to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. The local authorities submitted to the Office...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (3 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: On 21 May 2007 a 99 year full repair and insure lease on Durrow Abbey House was agreed by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Arts for Peace Foundation at a peppercorn rate (€10 annual rent). This requires the Foundation, as lessee, to carry out all internal and external repairs/maintenance to the fabric of Durrow Abbey. The development of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: The flood mitigation works at Woodlawn, Ballinasloe referred to in the Question were carried out by Galway County Council (GCC) with the aid of funding of €13,500 provided by the Office of Public Works ( OPW), representing 90% of the estimated cost of the works of €15,000. The funding was provided to GCC on foot of an application it made under the OPW Minor Flood Mitigation...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (3 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: I understand that the Office of Public Works have been engaging locally with interested parties in order to progress the matter. The Commissioners recently requested a review of the conveyancing proposal in terms of the specific boundary issues to be resolved and in relation to establishing a valuation of the transactions involved in the proposal. The Commissioners will respond to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (3 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: There is no change in the position as outlined to the Deputy in my reply to Question No. 240 of 2 December 2014. While Castleisland is within the River Maine catchment which is maintained as part of the arterial drainage responsibilities of the Office of Public Works, the public road bridge at Barrack Street, Castleisland, is the responsibility of the Local Authority and the sewer pipe...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (3 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: The bridge in question was constructed by the Office of Public Works (OPW) as part of the Corrib-Mask-Robe Arterial Drainage Scheme under the powers given to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland by the Arterial Drainage Act 1945. There was no requirement for any agreement to be signed by the relevant landowners, and the OPW is not aware of any signed agreement in this case. I...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (3 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: As indicated in my replies to previous Questions on this subject, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has submitted the proposals for the Clare River (Claregalway) scheme for statutory approval by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, as required by the Arterial Drainage Acts. In order to comply with the requirements of SI 469 and SI 470 of 2012, the Department of Public...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Tax Reliefs Application (26 Feb 2015)

Simon Harris: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. I apologise on behalf of the Minister for Finance who regrets that he is unable to be present owing to other business. The matter raised relates to recent changes made to capital acquisitions tax, CAT, agricultural relief which applies to gifts or inheritances of agricultural property. In his 2014 Budget Statement the Minister announced that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (26 Feb 2015)

Simon Harris: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is currently undertaking, in partnership with its consultants, local authorities and other stakeholders, the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. This is a strategic approach that recognises the need, in line with international best practice, to move to a more sustainable, planned and risk-based approach to dealing with flooding...

Topical Issue Debate: Credit Unions (25 Feb 2015)

Simon Harris: The Minister for Finance agreed to the request of the Governor of the Central Bank for the payment of a financial incentive of up to €53.9 million to transfer the assets and liabilities, excluding the premises, of Newbridge Credit Union to Permanent TSB. All the assets and liabilities of the credit union, excluding the premises, were transferred to Permanent TSB pursuant to a High...