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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income between €10,036 and €20,000 of all persons who pay the charge. [4754/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 261. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income between €20,001 and €30,000 of all persons who pay the charge. [4755/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 262. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income between €30,001 and €40,000 of all persons who pay the charge. [4756/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 263. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income between €40,001 and €50,000 of all persons who pay the charge. [4757/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 264. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income between €50,001 and €60,000 of all persons who pay the charge. [4758/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income between €60,001 and €70,000 of all persons who pay the charge. [4759/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income between €70,001 and €80,000 of all persons who pay the charge. [4760/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income between €80,001 and €90,000 of all persons who pay the charge. [4761/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 268. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income between €90,001 and €100,000 of all persons who pay the charge. [4762/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income above €100,000 of all persons who pay the charge. [4763/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to tackle the problem of loose, feral horses or neglected horses in urban areas of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4535/15]

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: After listening to Deputy Anne Ferris, I feel inadequate in terms of addressing this issue but there are certain things that I want to say. It is very important that this investigation takes place and I welcome the fact that this commission will be established. It will look at the underbelly of a very repressive society which existed in this country and which was not in keeping with the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (28 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to increase the tax generated from stallion fees to support Irish horse racing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4001/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: The Chairman, Deputy Michael McCarthy, is briefly absent but will return presently to assume the Chair. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the general scheme of the planning and development (No. 1) Bill 2014 with representatives of the Association of Irish Local Government, Cork County Council, Dublin City Council, Leitrim County Council and the Local Authority Members' Association. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: Is that it from the Association of County and City Councils? Thank you very much. I call on the representative from Cork County Council to address the meeting. Can we limit the presentation to one speaker at this stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: You will do a presentation for all three counties. Is that correct?

Report on the Outline Heads of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Motion (23 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: As a member of the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, I acknowledge the work done by it on the report, for which I cannot claim any credit because I was not a member at the time it was working on it. However, I know that a great deal of work was put into it by its members. It is very important that this work was done. I also welcome publication of the climate...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: I thank the Chairman. I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee. I am gobsmacked by all of this. It is probably one of the most scandalous situations with which the committee has been presented. As individual Deputies we are subject to audit. I was chosen for audit last year and had to demonstrate to the auditors that I had spent my money correctly. If my constituents...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: If I may, I will put a question to the staff from the NCAD. In terms of day-to-day spending, I do not understand how it would have operated. How was money divided up and did the representatives have any sense of whether it was spent appropriately or whether there were areas that were totally neglected?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: What if materials were required for an area of study but there was no money to cover it? Such a situation would have arisen due to a lack of control over finances at the college.