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Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: On a point of order, I was in the House yesterday afternoon when the amendment was put and accepted. I was here during that period and I state categorically that is what I believe happened. The Ceann Comhairle might clarify for me whether the Order of Business, as adopted today, is sufficient to over-rule a decision of the House taken yesterday. If that is the case in regard to this...

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: And that over-rules the position of yesterday.

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: The Order of Business cannot over-rule Standing Order 26.

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: And we would be out of order in doing so.

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: There is no provision for it.

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I want to make a point of order with a view to being helpful. It might be useful to suspend the sitting of the Dáil to allow the Ceann Comhairle to check exactly what happened. I fully understand and appreciate that he was not in the Chair yesterday when this incident occurred and, therefore, he and his officials may need to check the record. Will the Ceann Comhairle also check whether it...

Land and Land Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases)(Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I thank the Labour Party for sharing time with me, but I do not thank it for requiring me to follow Deputy Penrose as I cannot match his lungs or delivery. I hope the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, who is present and is a solicitor by profession, will consider the compelling legal argument which has been presented by Deputy Penrose regarding this matter. It offers strong encouragement to the...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (9 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will categorise the 2,600 companies who made an application under the second round of the employment subsidy scheme in respect of small, medium and large enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11127/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures she is taking to assist indigenous enterprises to retain and create employment to compensate for the loss of inward investment in jobs in view of the fact that the National Irish Bank foreign direct intelligence inward investment performance monitor found that job creation by foreign...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (9 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of vehicle registration tax paid in each revenue office here in the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11481/10]

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (9 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the remuneration package of the chief executive of An Post for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. [11254/10]

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (9 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the remuneration package of the chief executive of ESB for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. [11255/10]

Grocery Industry. (9 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: It is costing jobs.

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I would much rather take my chances with him.

Job Creation. (9 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I have some sympathy with the position the Tánaiste found her herself in. Has there been any progress with access to the European globalisation fund for those SRT workers who want to up-skill? The Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, has been working as hard as he possibly can on the issue but an update from the Tánaiste on the fund would be welcome.

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (9 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: As I do not have the figures Deputy Burton has, I am not in a position to state whether I-----

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (9 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I have a sense of what she is advocating here, which is why I am instinctively inclined to support her amendments Nos. 1 and 2. The State should not seek to take in any more tax than people are obliged to pay. As I said on Committee Stage, and it is worth repeating, when I have occasionally dealt with the Revenue Commissioners, I found them extremely fair and reasonable. The same applies to...

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (9 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I welcome the opportunity to express my support for this amendment. I would like the Department rather than an outside consultancy firm to carry out a cost-benefit analysis on the budget in particular. The Commission on Taxation reported that 250 of these tax reliefs should be abolished and while I am aware this is in the pipeline in respect of some of them, we have long known about the...

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (9 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I suggested it should not be done by outside consultants.

Student Support Schemes (4 Mar 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to lift the cap on post leaving certificate places to cope with rising demand. [10861/10]