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Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I have been in once.

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will be brief. What sort of figure does the Minister expect to achieve when he closes the loophole? Is giving them until the beginning of 2019 not like telling someone who is going to get flooded to leave the house? Are we not telling them something well in advance and flagging it to them so that they can do something to counteract it? It is an unusual way of doing it. If the Minister...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Will the Minster put a figure on what he expects to receive as a result of changing this? I support Deputy Wallace. I know his amendment was ruled out of order, and that is shameful. There were parts of the budget which were trying to haul in money from our own. If we thought we could get money from some of these types of big businesses, we should do it sooner rather than the date in the...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How much will the measure bring in?

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: There is merit in the two amendments. We can have a go at the Government but it may have tried something it genuinely thought would help people. I am not saying it was or it was not and there are question marks over it. It is important, especially before we have another budget, for a report to be done to analyse either its good or bad elements. There is no point in doing something that...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: We need to deal with repossessed properties which were in a person’s name but are now owned by banks. Such properties are not transferred and are being left idle for a long time. People were thrown out on the road, while at the same time properties were being left idle for a year or 18 months. We should be mindful of that issue and ensure we give banks engaged in such practices as...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Most Deputies will agree with a vacant home tax in principle. We need to keep an eye on a certain matter, though, especially in respect of rural parts of Ireland where, for example, an elderly person's family member built a house that is no longer in great nick. If we do not include provisos to address situations like that, we will be levying taxes on people who receive no benefit from the...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I support Deputy Donnelly's amendment. The irony of this is that if the people affected, the so-called accidental landlords who are being screwed at the moment, were to miss one payment, the vulture funds to whom their loans were sold on would end up with tax breaks. Vulture funds are getting tax breaks and are paying only €400 or €500 on millions in profits but the people to...

Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to support the motion. Local gardaí have been lost from many areas. Their children grew up in the communities and they held the trust of the community and were respected but we have lost that. Currently, there is approximately one squad car covering a 40-mile radius. Let us be honest, that will not solve the problem. The bail laws and issues relating to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister for his presentation and ask him for some clarification on the Indecon report. If, as our information suggests, the Department had this report in May, why did it only come out six months later? I understand that the IHRA, is looking for seed funding of approximately €770,000. Can a commitment be made to give it that money? As the Minister has mentioned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Would the Department be willing to put in the money if the IHRA were to have that work done within whatever number of months?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Defence of the Dwelling (21 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the law to allow persons to hold products or items in their own homes which could be used for the purposes of self defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48955/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 370. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund a surgical procedure carried out in a private setting for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49153/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Data (21 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the recycling charge paid when purchasing a new vehicle covers car tyres; if not, the items covered in this recycling charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49252/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Data (21 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the person or body that pays towards the costs incurred by car dismantlers for disposal of end-of-life tyres whereby the cost of disposal per tyre is approximately €5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49253/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Data (21 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the net value for end-of-life tyres, per tyre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49254/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Data (21 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 476. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the environmental management cost on new tyres is cashed in on end-of-life tyres; if so, the way in which this is administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49255/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (21 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding a person (details supplied) who submitted an appeal in August 2017 in respect of their carer's allowance. [48698/17]

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (15 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for their presentations. I wish them well in their work. Many Departments deal with the issue of rural Ireland. The Minister and Minister of State come from rural Ireland and understand it. In terms of budgets, stamp duty and so on, could this committee or the Ministers present ask the Taoiseach for their Department to be allowed to rural proof...

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (15 Nov 2017)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I will give one example that came up yesterday. We addressed this in the last few weeks. A new school was built in Monksland, which has high-speed broadband. There is a business across the road from it that cannot work a card machine at times. I contacted Eir. Skullduggery is going on. I am not blaming Government but Eir. Eir told me that business was from a different box. I asked why...