Results 11,261-11,280 of 27,019 for speaker:Michael Noonan
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (5 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 32 and 33 together. I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that this taxpayer's case is complicated by the fact that supplementary returns and additional claims were made after the original tax returns were submitted. As a result, he received several notices of assessment and several refunds to himself and his spouse. The taxpayer has not,...
- Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: The NewERA Bill has completed Second Stage and will go to committee next week. It is the intention that it will pass all Stages before the recess. Whether the contents of the strategic investment Bill will allow for social housing building is a matter to be raised by the Deputy on Committee Stage, as is the contents of all Bills.
- Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: What I said was there was a full discussion in the Government yesterday on all the issues relating to medical cards which Deputies have recited for several weeks now.
- Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: The Minister, Deputy James Reilly, and the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, will return to the Government with proposals within the next two weeks.
- Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: It is not clear whether legislation is required to restore medical cards to persons who lost them in the review.
- Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: If legislation is required, the Ministers responsible will propose such legislation to the Government in the next two weeks and it will be ordered for process in the normal way through the Whips.
- Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: It has completed Second Stage and amendments are being prepared for Committee Stage. It is hoped all Stages will be completed by the recess.
- Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: I understand it commenced in the Seanad and is on Committee Stage there today. Having completed the process in the Seanad, it will be before the Dáil with a view to taking all Stages before the recess.
- Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: There does not seem to be much movement on this Bill. It was published in 2007 and restored to the Order Paper. I will come back to the Deputy on its current position.
- Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: It is a matter for the Whips to arrange the change to Standing Orders. The second question is more appropriate for the Minister for Social Protection.
- Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: There is no date yet for publication.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: I am very sorry for anybody who is out of work through an industrial dispute or for other reasons. However, I am also very sorry for 40,000 ordinary Irish people who had planned an inexpensive holiday abroad in early June and were prevented from travelling by an industrial dispute which was, on the face of it, disproportionate given that there is industrial machinery in place that could...
- Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: It is proposed to take No. 18, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 5, Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Private Members’ business, which shall be No. 147, motion re local and community development...
- Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: The free medical card for children aged under six years will take priority over the primary care Bill. The former will move first, with the latter moving subsequently. If legislation is necessary to change the eligibility basis for medical cards and restore medical cards to those who lost them in the recent review, the matter will be progressed by the Minister for Health, Deputy James...
- Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: The Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill has completed Second Stage and is awaiting Committee Stage. The Children First Bill is in a similar position. It has completed Second Stage and Committee Stage is awaited. The commitment with regard to children aged under six years will be fulfilled by the Minister, as I informed Deputy Martin. If legislation is required to restore medical...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil don Teachta as ucht an méid adúirt sé faoi mo chás féin agus as na dea ghuíonna a chuireann sé chugam. On the issue raised by the Deputy, this is a rather small country and people have different roles to play at different times in their careers and sometimes there can be an appearance of conflict. As I...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: As I said I regret very much that I am not briefed on this particular issue. However, I will draw the Deputy's questions to the attention of the Minister for Health. I will ask him to answer the Deputy directly and possibly to answer them in the House subsequently.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: It is a difficult industrial dispute and I do not think it helps that Deputy Daly intervenes in a partial manner on one side of the dispute and then uses the opportunity of the dispute to launch a proxy attack on Ryanair which is not a party to this dispute. The action taken by the workers on this occasion was disproportionate. I defend the rights of workers to take industrial action but I...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: First, I thank Deputy Martin for his good wishes, which I very much appreciate. From the point of view of the Minister for Health, his clear objective is to reform the current health system and to deliver a single-tier health service in which access to health care is based on need and not on the ability to pay. The Government is committed to the ongoing sustainability of the health...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jun 2014)
Michael Noonan: First, the economic policies pursued by the Government in which Deputy Martin participated from 2007 until 2011-----