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Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy is not too bad at the leaflets.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy has plenty of leaflets.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: It is all coming out now.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The debate on this Bill is timely. The Government will, in the coming weeks, publish its own legislation to bring about sweeping reforms of political funding arrangements which my predecessors failed to do. The legislation will be based on the general scheme of the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill the Government published in June. I remind Deputy Martin that it was the...

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I could spend considerable time speaking about Deputy Martin's corporate and political memory, which appears to have lapsed in the past couple of hours.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I could discuss previous leaders of the Fianna Fáil Party and all the activities they got up to.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I could talk about corporate and political memory from the point of view of Fianna Fáil. Deputy McDonald outlined many of the proposals which form part of the programme for Government and we look forward to her support in these matters. She would make a major contribution if she were to inform the House about the balance sheet to which she referred in respect of the golden circle Sinn Féin...

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: According to the returns it provides, it does not spend it in this jurisdiction.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Most people in public life have come to the conclusion that corporate donations need to be curtailed. It is better to have a system of funding based on a large number of small donations from citizens, rather than a small number of large donations from big business. The Bill before us represents a conversion to that position by the Fianna Fáil Party after 14 years in office during which...

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: What action did the Deputy's party take in 14 years in power? Unfortunately the Bill, as framed, would not achieve its apparent objective and the Government is pursuing a more practical approach. I also recall that Deputy Martin, when he introduced a Private Members' Bill in May, indicated that if the Government approved the Bill, it would not give rise to any difficulties. In the middle of...

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Government opposed the Fianna Fáil Party Bill on the basis that the party changed its mind during the debate. We outlined a number of flaws in the legislation which Fianna Fáil accepted. This is a little like the old story of standing at the bus stop. After 14 years of waiting for legislation from Fianna Fáil in government to regulate corporate donations, two Bills have shown up in...

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: After seven or eight months in power, we are taking action.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Government has a mandate to reform political funding and is fulfilling that mandate. We will welcome any support we receive in this work and we will be open to ideas and suggestions from any quarter when our legislation comes before the House. The Bill before us is an attempt to make constitutional provision for an outright ban on corporate donations to political parties and will not...

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Article 63 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union makes provision for the free movement of capital. The regulations governing political parties at European level do not distinguish between donations from natural or legal persons - both categories may give donations. Has the party opposite given sufficient attention to the compatibility of its proposed amendment with these...

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: They wrote the budget for the Deputy's Government last November.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I can see the Deputy is very disappointed. They wrote the previous Government's budget last year.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I would be interested in hearing the Deputy go through his own constituency.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: They did a lot of damage.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The applicable interest rate paid by local authority borrowers on fixed rates is set by reference to prevailing fixed interest rates at the time of loan draw down. While there is no legislative provision that prevents local authorities from reducing these rates, the rates were contractually fixed at the time of drawdown and they remain so. Charging a new rate would not be possible without a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 159 together. The EU/IMF Programme of Financial Support for Ireland commits the Government to the introduction of a property tax for 2012. The Programme reflects the need, in the context of the State's overall financial position, to put the funding of locally delivered services on a sound financial footing, improve accountability and better align the...