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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I am seeing the benefits of Leader funding throughout the country, especially the elements of the €52.8 million that come through the Leader programme for social regeneration. The community halls are very much needed in rural areas. Will the Minister note that all funding for urban areas has been suspended? Will he consider the possibility of funding urban areas, because we also...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: This is not a joke. What we have seen is that there is funding for community infrastructure throughout the country. Urban areas, not only in Dublin but also in Cork, Limerick and elsewhere, have significant social problems and have no access to co-funding for very important parks.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the Minister. It is timely the Supplementary Estimate is coming before the committee because, like many, we thought the horrors in Northern Ireland were behind us but we have seen the recent riots in Belfast and other areas. It is time we refocused. Those involved in what has been happening on the streets of Belfast in recent days are from areas of high and long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (11 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of public money invested by the State in the Bank of Ireland since 2008; the fees paid by the bank for the various deposit guarantees since then; the other sums paid by the bank to the state for repurchase of warrants and any other fees; what is our preference share holding and what is the coupon rate; the amount that has been paid to date and the...

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank Deputies Mary Lou McDonald and Catherine Murphy for their contributions. I often find in debates of this nature that men should perhaps shut up and listen to women.

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Deputy Murphy critiqued the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is a sensitive time in the history of the nation. Before coming to the Chamber, I listened on the monitor to Deputy McDonald describe with passion the hurt the abortion issue has caused for generations. The Government has signalled the importance it attaches to the issue by providing more than 20 hours of Dáil...

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Could I have a little bit of order, please? Deputy Boyd Barrett made a valiant contribution on Financial Resolutions Nos. 10 and 11.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: It is unfortunate that small savings cannot be separated from the 3% increase, but this may be an education for Sinn Féin. A wealth tax is about taxing assets. The taxes under Financial Resolutions Nos. 10 and 11 will accrue €64 million. Deputy Boyd Barrett has a sense of reality; we need money, and the way to get it is to tax assets in banks. However, Sinn Féin obviously...

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Sinn Féin had its opportunity and blew it.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: These are progressive wealth taxes. Capital gains tax is being increased. The capital acquisitions tax thresholds are being reduced, accruing €15 million. These are true wealth taxes. They are what the Labour Party has fought for and won since the time when Deputy Broughan was one of our members and was prepared to fight.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: He is not a member of the parliamentary party.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I will support these resolutions and stay within the Labour Party to ensure that we introduce good, progressive wealth taxes such as these. I am proud to vote for the motions.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: On a point of order-----

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Are we taking statements on the budget?

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: The Deputy is not speaking to the resolutions.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: He has not once mentioned capital taxation.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome Deputy Broughan's contribution. He has always been consistent in that when the going gets tough, he always gets going. He has never in his life stayed around for a decent fight.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: It is a fact.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: That was never said. The Deputy knows that well.

Financial Resolution No. 9: Income Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I support this progressive resolution. I welcome Deputy Boyd Barrett's genuine submission. Fianna Fáil's contribution on the other hand is an absolute joke, saying "Do more", when they were in government for 14 years. It is hilarious.