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Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: On Second Stage I raised the plight of people in the private rented sector. A significant number of people in Ireland face serious arrears and negative equity on buy-to-let mortgages. There are comprehensive statistics on this issue which show that the vast majority of landlords own one or two properties. Many of them were advised by their banking institutions to purchase their properties...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: Many of the people who purchased properties during the Celtic tiger years are now experiencing difficulties. Yesterday I mentioned the significant potential undermining effects for this sector and the overall housing market. I am at a bit of a loss as to why a full NPPR charge for the year would be levied on what is for many people a very distressed area of the market.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: On Second Stage I raised the plight of people in the private rented sector. A significant number of people in Ireland face serious arrears and negative equity on buy-to-let mortgages. There are comprehensive statistics on this issue which show that the vast majority of landlords own one or two properties. Many of them were advised by their banking institutions to purchase their properties...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: Many of the people who purchased properties during the Celtic tiger years are now experiencing difficulties.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I will be brief. First, in terms of legalities, it cannot be called a family home tax because it encompasses property that is not the family home. For the sake of argument, it encompasses rental properties and a number of other forms of property. Second, yesterday I posed a question as to whether this was genuinely a local property tax, but following a conversation with the Minister's...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: As one of those who made that accusation against Fianna Fáil yesterday in regard to the carers, I would like them to tell me how many of them protested with the carers when, in the Fianna Fáil budget of 2010, they cut the carer's grant by ¤16.50. I will leave it at that, Senator O'Brien.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: Incidentally, I do not agree with the Senator that he has not called into question the motivation of members of the Labour Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: If anything has been absolutely clear, it has been the consistent accusations from Fianna Fáil about the motivations and bona fides of members of the Labour Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I will leave it at that. I am very much aware this is the last day of the sitting of this House for 2012 and there are a number of matters I wanted to bring to the attention of the House with regard to positive measures the House has engaged in over the past 12 months. I particularly sought measures that had achieved, in the main, all-party support. First, I want to mention the Electoral...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I look forward to the year ahead. While there are challenges facing this country and the Government, I believe this country goes into the Presidency of the European Union with a clear agenda, which is to deal with the bank debt and deal with unemployment. The Government has made its position clear. As the Leader of the Labour Party, the Tánaiste, Deputy Eamon Gilmore said, "Tús maith,...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: On behalf of the Labour Seanad group, I would like to wish all of our colleagues, the members of the Seanad staff in particular, a very happy Christmas and a prosperous new year. I look forward to more robust engagements with the Opposition in the new year.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: Since when is it "we"?

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: Since when is it "we"?

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Minister. One of the matters with which I wish to deal is whether this is a local property tax or just a property tax. To provide some background and as most Senators are aware, there were property taxes in this country in the 1970s. From the 1960s onward, however, there was a trend towards sucking all responsibility at local level into what over the years has become...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: The point I am making is that I have every confidence in the Minister for Social Protection. If it is the case that the grant must be used to pay for basic necessities, there is no better person in this room than the Minister to ensure a decent review that will result in affected people being looked after.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: My first comment on some Members' contributions is that they have given the Minister suggestions on how to save money but none of the suggestions address money from her Department. Senator Crown's suggestions come from the Department of Health and the suggestions of Senator Darragh O'Brien come from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Other suggestions relate to the Department of...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: No one has told the Minister for Social Protection who they would like her to cut within the Department of Social Protection in order to amend the proposals being discussed today.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I have listened to many genuine contributions as well as much hyperbole and purple passages. The hyperbole and purple passages have particularly come from the Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin Members.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: I resent Members using carers for political purposes.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Aideen Hayden: It is obscene.