Results 6,561-6,580 of 9,894 for speaker:Thomas Byrne
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Such shops should pay rates. I want to exempt a club which rents its pitches.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: That is not what the amendment states.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: I did not understand that clubs which rented out pitches were liable to rates. They are not paying rates, as far as I know. I have not received representations from them, but have received representations about the bars. What is proposed here has nothing to do with commercial. In fact, the word "commercial" is not used. The Minister has kept the exemption for sports facilities but has...
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: The Minister might have done so in his constituency. They issued press releases welcoming this great provision for GAA clubs. When I met the clubs in Meath, about seven of them were affected. Now, on reading this provision, it will be 70. The Minister will have to clarify this. The sports sector is watching this debate in an effort to find out what is happening, because the Minister's...
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: We know what is in the legislation. We can see that for ourselves.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: We accept that, but what about pitch rental?
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Is the Minister of State saying those stadia were exempt before but will not be after this Bill is passed?
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: The Government amendment refers to generation of income rather than commercial activity.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: However, both are now rateable. There is no distinction.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Where does it say that?
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: There is no statutory provision for it.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: How can we know that will happen, unless provision is made for it in the legislation?
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: I support Senator van Turnhout's comments. I presume she will table amendments on Report Stage and can inform her that we are willing to support them. I am also sure that the Government will listen carefully to what she says. I want to talk about the subject of this amendment. Here today a fraud has been perpetrated on the sports clubs and sports community of Ireland. A number of weeks...
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: If the Chair will permit the Minister of State the latitude, perhaps he can update us on whether further discussions have taken place on provisions we have previously debated because we will not have an opportunity to revisit them on Report Stage. Is he proposing further changes along the lines of the genuine and sincere arguments made on this side of the House?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: People cannot wait until 5 November because they are broke. It is a disgrace that we are not debating the matter today.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: I am glad to be associated with Senator Power’s motion in recognising Palestine. Senator Leyden referred to the great work done by the former Minister, Brian Lenihan senior, at the time. Traditional support for the Palestinian people is deeply ingrained in the Irish people. The former Minister for External Affairs, Frank Aiken, spent a significant amount of time in the United...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Three.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Is the Deputy Leader supporting the bonus culture in Irish Water?
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: Is she supporting the bonus culture?
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Thomas Byrne: These are questions to which the public want answers.