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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The Ulster Bank announcement is regrettable. It has many fine staff and the bank has had a significant presence in County Donegal over the years, particularly along the Border. Some of those shedding crocodile tears about job losses are the same people who were saying the bank should have been left to flounder some time ago. They cannot have it both ways. They cannot say they feel sorry...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The Lonely Planet has a different readership from the The New York Times but we must be concerned that no location in Ireland featured in the top 45 places to visit in 2012. Birmingham and Glasgow are regarded as more desirable to visit than Dublin or Donegal. Donegal is the most desirable place to visit in the world. The Cathaoirleach visited Donegal during the Christmas break and I...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: In the light of the recent publicity surrounding the judgment in the Abbeyleix nursing home case, perhaps the Minister for Health might return to the House to discuss the implications. On Friday night I attended a meeting in Lifford in which the community hospital is under threat. When I visited the 20-bed hospital in the afternoon, one of the residents told me that they had never been...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: I fully agree with Senator Mullen's comments relating to a debate on the Seanad. Members on this side of the House share his views, and I am sure all Members will tell him as much privately as well. With regard to the call for a debate on mortgage interest rates, Senator O'Brien pointed out that current mortgage interest rates are up to 6% while the European interest rate is 1%, so there is...

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: On a point of clarification, as I was in my office, Sinn Féin seemed to propagate the perception that the taxes collected in Northern Ireland are set by some-----

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: It was a point of clarification for all Members.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: Is Senator Cullinane finished?

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: It is on a point of clarification for Members-----

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: My point is to do with the household charge.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: It is to give the correct information, to correct the record of the Seanad. This is a very important issue because it relates to information given to Members that the rates for household charges in Northern Ireland-----

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: The rates are set by the local council which-----

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: Sinn Féin has given the impression that-----

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: The average charge-----

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: -----in the city of Derry is £1,000.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: Senator Eamonn Coghlan has left the Chamber, but I concur with him on the issue of the Belfield track. As a student at UCD in the 1970s, I used that track regularly. Many students use it. Closing down any sporting facility when there is no replacement for it is a retrograde step. I endorse the Senator's call for the track to be maintained. The report on the review of sex abuse cases in...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: I want to read one sentence that can highlight this severity of the issue. The report states: "Insufficient emphasis was placed on the needs of victims, often in the misguided attempt to protect the reputation of the Church." That is one sentence that people can recognise as a major problem. In the context of this report being issued at 10 a.m today, I ask that we discuss it further....

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: Perhaps this issue is more suited to the Adjournment. Yesterday I met a cardiologist, Dr. Santhosh David, in Letterkenny General Hospital, and he is one of the best in the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: Any time.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: What is a Seanad novice?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: I originally lived in a rural area - we did not have a septic tank - but I currently reside in an urban area. As I informed the Minister of State last week, there are many urban dwellers who pay management fees in respect of their estates, etc., and who are now going to be obliged to pay fees for sewerage pumps. These people will be of the opinion that they are paying fees in respect of...