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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: Discussion (2 Apr 2014)

Arthur Spring: Back to the borrower.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: Discussion (2 Apr 2014)

Arthur Spring: There is not enough knowledge about that.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Apr 2014)

Arthur Spring: I will vote confidence in the Minister. There has been a regrettable issue in regard to the whistleblowers. That has been resolved and the people have moved on from that issue. They are more concerned with the creation of jobs and mortgage resolution. For the last four hours, the finance committee has been examining personal indebtedness. It is incumbent on all of us to reflect on what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: Discussion (2 Apr 2014)

Arthur Spring: Just add an appeals system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: Discussion (2 Apr 2014)

Arthur Spring: I have been here since the very start.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: Discussion (2 Apr 2014)

Arthur Spring: I was here before the Deputy. It is supposed to be a Government speaker first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: Discussion (2 Apr 2014)

Arthur Spring: I think we should take contributions separately.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: Discussion (2 Apr 2014)

Arthur Spring: I agree with the sentiments expressed by most of my colleagues who have spoken up to now. However, I would not agree that the Government is in total denial or that it is delusional. For the past five years, I have been adamant that the mortgage crisis, particularly as it affects my generation, is one of the biggest problems facing society. I think the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 has the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Allowances Review (27 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry does not qualify for a masters degree allowance in view of the fact that the person has the necessary qualifications and considerable teaching practice; and if this decision will be reviewed. [14454/14]

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: How?

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: Listen.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (26 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 25 February 2014, if the same guidelines were issued to all local authorities in relation to the administration of the housing aid for older people; and if the guidelines contained information in relation to the exemption for applicants under the age limit based on hardship...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Severe Weather Events Response (26 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the amount allocated to Kerry County Council for local authority projects approved for funding under the storm damage programme was calculated; the reason for the discrepancy between the amount allocated to County Kerry and other coastal counties in view of the length of the County Kerry coastline and the number of piers in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance if the owner of a house, which has been declared uninhabitable by an engineer and is the subject of a dispute in the High Court between the owner and the builder, is not obliged to pay the local property tax until the case is resolved in the High Court or the house is habitable again. [13734/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts in tabular form, for VAT, PAYE, income tax and corporation tax paid in County Kerry for the years 2006, 2009 and onwards to the most recent available records. [13481/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance under the tax agreements with the United States, the obligations an Irish citizen residing in Ireland has to pay income tax to Irish revenue on income from a US pension if tax is already paid to the US Government based on the income from the pension to pay income tax to Irish revenue on income from a US pension if the income amount is lower than the income...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact a person (details supplied) who was unable to sit the MSAP exam on 8 March 2014 due to a certified medical reason has been advised he will have to wait until next year to resit the MSAP; the options that are open to the student in order to enrol for studies in the 2014-15 academic year; and if this student should be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 988. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug fampyra will be made available free of charge to patients with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12852/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1034. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be given an extension to the end of 2014 in order that they have sufficient time to gather and provide information to support the review of their dispensing arrangements including identifying patients for whom they wish to continue dispensing. [13243/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1072. To ask the Minister for Health when the tendering contract for Kerry General Hospital shop will commence; if stipulations will be built into the tendering process that accommodate the NLN students that currently work there and also train new students going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13418/14]