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- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Amendments Nos. 3 and 4 are related and will be discussed together.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Amendments Nos. 5 and 6 are related and will be discussed together.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy raised issues not connected with the amendment.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: I understand Deputy Barry also wishes to speak on the issue.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: How stands the amendment?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: I apologise.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy's other amendments are grouped.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Amendment No. 9 is in the name of Deputy Fleming. Amendments Nos. 9 to 11, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: It is great to see such cross-party consensus in this committee.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Amendments Nos. 12 and 14 are related and will be discussed together.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Before we proceed, I would like to ask the Minister of State whether any change has been made to the rateable valuation of offices of public representatives. Are all public representatives, including councillors, exempt from rates?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Simon Harris, and his officials for attending. I also thank all Members who were present for staying the course during the afternoon.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Message to Dáil (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Sub-committee on Public Expenditure and Reform has completed its consideration of the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 and has made amendments thereto.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: The committee of the inquiry into the banking crisis is now in public session. Good morning and I would like to welcome you to the joint public hearing of the Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis. Later this morning we will hear from Professor Alan Ahearne but in our first session of this morning's discussion we will hear from Dr. Peter Bacon on the Bacon report on the housing...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Thank you, Dr. Bacon, for your opening comments. You wrote three reports, in 1998, 1999 and 2000. In the 2000 report you noted house prices were rising rapidly despite a strong response of housing supply, the law of supply and demand. The report recommended new measures including further proposals to discourage investors and another reform of stamp duty. Maybe you could...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: At the core of the position, would it be accurate to state in considering the housing market between 2001 and 2002, prices started stabilising and maybe even calmed a bit?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Would that effect in the market be related to the implementation of your recommendations?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: That brings me to my next question, before I bring in Deputy Higgins. In 2001, the Government reversed a number of measures that Dr. Bacon suggested and were introduced. Stamp duty for investors was cut, tax on second homes was eliminated and interest relief was restored as a deductible expense when calculating tax on residential income. What was your view on the reversal of the...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: Were you consulted about that?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (4 Mar 2015)
Ciarán Lynch: There was no-----