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National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I commend Deputy Richard Bruton and Fine Gael on tabling this amendment. It offers the Government an opportunity to include it in the Bill to ensure there is some type of clarity and oversight regarding what these SPVs may do. I believe the SPV will take power from NAMA. It will take the driver and engine from NAMA and leave it like a shell. It is a completely separate entity. Why is that...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: There was no mention of an SPV on Second Stage. The Minister did not refer to it in his contribution, nor did any other Government spokesperson.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I wondered what the Minister was up to and thought, perhaps, it was to dupe the Green Party membership and the majority of its Members of the Oireachtas. We would give the Minister no credit for that because the Green Party was not going to ruffle any feathers once it got through its conference. However, it is far more serious than that. There are only vague references in the Bill to NAMA...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Never mind the Minister, will the Deputy vote in favour of the amendment?

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: This matter is much more serious than that.

Hospitals Building Programme. (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date in 2009 of the co-location programme; the number of public hospital beds that have been freed up as a result of the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39274/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I support the sentiment behind both amendments. On Committee Stage, I stated that I would prefer us to take the route of expanding the role of the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service which could then, in the interests of greater efficiency, establish a sub-committee to deal with this matter. However, it would be necessary to increase the membership of the joint committee in...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will advise the Office of the Revenue Commissioner to meet with companies or self-employed persons who claim to be in difficulty in advance of tax returns in November 2009 to discuss ability to pay. [37604/09]

Written Answers — Irish Credit Bureau: Irish Credit Bureau (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Irish Credit Bureau to change or amend its criteria for placing people on its records for anything up to five years for missing small amounts of payments. [37605/09]

Written Answers — Retail Sector: Retail Sector (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 175: To ask the Taoiseach the number of retailers here; the share of larger retailers of the Irish market; the penetration of large retail multiples here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38007/09]

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the penetration of own labelling of products in the grocery sector here in 2009; the penetration of own labelling of products in 1999; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38008/09]

Written Answers — Tariff Codes: Tariff Codes (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the tariff nomenclature can be amended at international level; the way national Governments and Ministries can influence the tariff nomenclature at international or EU level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38398/09]

Written Answers — Tariff Codes: Tariff Codes (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the tariff nomenclature can be amended at EU level to distinguish agri-food products subject to substantial transformation; the way agri-food products subject to substantial transformation can become part of the tariff nomenclature set at international level by reference to Standard International Trade...

Written Answers — Small and Medium Enterprises: Small and Medium Enterprises (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if innovation vouchers are available to small and medium enterprises in every sector; if innovation vouchers are available to indigenous SME's that are not export orientated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38522/09]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 318: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that would be made to the Exchequer if all salaries in both the Civil Service and semi-State bodies were capped at five and half times the basic entry wage in the public sector. [38332/09]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 333: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that would be made to the Exchequer if the maximum salary available to civil servants and semi-State bodies was capped at five times the lowest entry grade pay to the Civil Service. [38493/09]

Written Answers — Ministerial Remuneration: Ministerial Remuneration (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that would be made to the Exchequer if Ministers' pay were reduced to €100,000; and the pay of Ministers of State reduced to €85,000. [38580/09]

Written Answers — Ministerial Remuneration: Ministerial Remuneration (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 344: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that would be made to the Exchequer if the expenses of Ministers and Ministers of State were cut by half. [38581/09]

Written Answers — Semi-State Boards: Semi-State Boards (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 345: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that would be made to the Exchequer if all bonuses due to be paid to members of semi-State boards, or employees of semi-State boards, in the remainder of 2009 and the whole of 2010 were cancelled. [38582/09]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (3 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of reducing excise duty on alcohol by 10% for a two-month period starting the 15 November 2009; the cost to the Exchequer of reducing excise duty on alcohol by 20% for a two month period starting 15 November 2009; the cost to the Exchequer of reducing excise duty on alcohol by 30% for a two-month period starting 15...