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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: The Senator should move to Donegal.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: We could have a sitting of the Seanad in Killarney House when it is-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: I am not calling for a debate or for any Minister to come before the House. I am looking for action on a very serious matter. In the course of my work during the week I made representations on behalf of a patient in my constituency who needs a very specific operation which necessitates a neuro-stimulator. Out of frustration the consultant e-mailed me yesterday from the department of pain...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: It is still there.

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: Recently I have been inundated with business people who are unable to pay their rates demand. I did some research on it and I always understood that rates were calculated on the square footage of a business but that is not the case. It is only part of it. The other part of the way rates are calculated is on the best achievable rent of a property. During the Celtic tiger years business...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: I am almost finished. They are paying rates on the square footage but we must look at the position of professionals who have two rooms who may have a turnover of millions of euro yet that is not taken into account in the rateable valuation. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to the House for an open, frank discussion on rates.

Seanad: Agriculture and Fisheries: Statements, Questions and Answers (20 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: In the interests of brevity I will keep my contribution to questions. Will the Minister examine harbour dues because I believe anomalies exist throughout the country as anything between €15 and €300 is charged per night by various harbour masters? How many applications have been made for the renewal of aquaculture licenses and for new licences? The Minister cannot be blamed with regard...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: I assure Senator Norris that Valentia hospital is being taken care of. Flying visits from Senator Norris to Valentia will not save the hospital but those on the ground are doing their utmost.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: I do, and it concerns funding from banks. Someone who contacted me this morning has secured a grant from BIM to expand his shellfish business. This grant accounts for 50% of the sum yet he cannot secure the other 50% from the bank and so he cannot expand his business and create more employment. I assure the Leader that BIM would not grant funding to the company if it was not viable....

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: I ask the Leader to request the Minister for Finance to come before the House to explain in a clear, concise manner the ramifications for ordinary account holders in the banks of the €2.7 billion fund which must be set aside in the Central Bank by 2020 to guarantee the bank guarantee scheme. The Central Bank must set aside €300 million per annum in the period from 2011 until 2020 for...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: Sinn Féin is burning its friends in the credit unions.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: Every credit union member in the country is suffering.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: What about the credit unions?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: The Senator obviously does not know who these people are.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: He obviously does not know who the bondholders are.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: I beg the Cathaoirleach's indulgence regarding bondholders. We have a pyromaniac in the Dáil who stands up every second day and calls on the Government to burn the bondholders, namely, Deputy Doherty of Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: Not one bit. If the Cathaoirleach bears with me, I will explain. Every second day, we have to listen Deputy Doherty talking about burning the bondholders.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: Is Deputy Doherty aware of who are the bondholders?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: Yesterday, the Irish Life & Permanent ten-year bonds issued only to credit unions by Davy Stockbrokers in 2008 were bought back.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Tom Shehan: In September 2008, they were only sold to credit unions in lieu of perpetual bonds as part of a compensation deal by Davy stockbrokers and they were bought back yesterday. A process was set in train by the former Minister for Finance to tender for those bonds to be bought back with only 20% of their value to be paid. Of the 109 credit unions that have €54.6 million invested in these...