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Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: They should have a reality check. We do not oppose the carbon tax but we do not want people on low incomes to be screwed to the wall.

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (Alcohol Products) (9 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I refer to the Minister's speech where he said that recent CSO data shows that 44% of cross-Border shoppers buy alcohol. This assumes that 56% do not buy alcohol and it presupposes that some people's motivation for going across the Border is primarily to buy alcohol. I do not think it warrants the measure produced here. There are other ways of tackling the tide or stemming the flow across...

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (Alcohol Products) (9 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: -----with a mortgage and children to be able to live any kind of a decent life in this country? Is this what this Republic has been reduced to? It is an absolute shame.

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: : Proinsias de Rossa never took money off the poor.

Written Answers — Assisted Human Reproduction: Assisted Human Reproduction (8 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the recommendations of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction; when she will publish legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45563/09]

Written Answers — Health Service Regulation: Health Service Regulation (8 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce regulation and licensing for crisis pregnancy agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45562/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (8 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 295: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under his remit; the cost of these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46022/09]

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (8 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under his remit; the cost of these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46024/09]

Tax Code. (3 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce measures to ensure that persons living here, but who are non-resident for tax purposes, make some contribution to the Exchequer; his views on the introduction of a flat fee for tax exiles along the lines of a similar measure introduced in the UK in recent years; if he has studied and will comment on the application of this...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (3 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances in which landowners or property developers were seeking planning permission or land rezoning with the intention, not of building, but of inflating the value of the land before the associated loan is transferred to the National Asset Management Agency; his views on this development; if he foresees...

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

Seán Sherlock: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated for the State in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 through the taxation of motor vehicles in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45281/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children awaiting hearing tests per Health Service Executive region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45267/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason universal newborn hearing screening is not available at hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45268/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when universal newborn hearing screening will be available in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45269/09]

Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I support the amendment. The Minister of State spoke of the Aarhus Convention. To my mind, that is a minimal set of standards. In this amendment we seek to buttress that even further to provide for some degree of democratic accountability. It also speaks to the issues raised by Deputy Ferris whereby if it is a reserved function, one is guaranteed it will be wholly democratic and wholly...

Child Benefit: Motion (Resumed) (2 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I would like to quote from an academic analysis that suggests an additional unit of income earned or gained by a female is more likely to be spent on child care, or children's clothing, than an additional unit of income earned or gained by a male. The report in question, The Kids are Alright: Who Benefits from Child Benefit? An Analysis Using Irish Data, which was published by Dr. David...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of claims for redundancy payments waiting to be processed within her Department at the latest date for which figures are available; the average time taken to process a claim; the steps she has taken to speed up this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44612/09]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to her Department in respect of each year from 2002 to date in 2009; the number of projected redundancies for 2009; the amount of money paid out in statutory redundancy payment in respect of each year from 2002 to 2008 and the projected figures for 2009; and if she will...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a severance payment awarded to a person (details supplied), formerly of FÁS, fell within the remit of previously set guidelines; if not, the way this package was calculated and by whom; if her attention has been drawn to any non compliance of previously defined guidelines regarding this payment; and if...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (2 Dec 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if the consumer panel of the Financial Regulator's office has a regular reporting procedure to his Department on changes in banks' charges for overdrafts and penalty fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44939/09]