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Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: The totality of the argument is either founded or unfounded.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: Some people claim there is an easy way to remove money from an economy. One statistic that Deputies should know is that, two years ago, approximately 30% of our entire debt-to-GDP ratio was accounted for by banking debts. We could be compared with Zimbabwe, not Sweden or the other developing Nordic countries to which we aspire. We have reduced that figure to less than one third of what it...

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: We are Deputy Broughan's colleagues.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: Nobody said that.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: We should not get carried away.

Financial Resolution No. 9: Income Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: The budget must be accurate.

Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: This is a speech. Where is the question?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has investigated the use of a smart phone app to be used by Gardaí in order to scan barcodes on cigarettes to determine if tax has been paid and identify illegal cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54752/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered reducing the VAT on newspapers to a similar level as seen in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54753/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on difficulties facing students who are unable to provide social welfare offices with proof of being enrolled in full-time education when applying for social welfare payments, as they are unable to pay registration fee while waiting for Student Universal Support Ireland to approve their grant applications and are designated as temporarily...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plans in place when awarding the Student Universal Support Ireland grant application processing contract to Dublin Vocational Education Committee should a delay in the processing of grants arise; if a contingency plan for dealing with delays was submitted by each entity that tendered for the contract; if a condition of the contract...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was awarded supplementary welfare allowance when residing in Ireland in 1998; if they met all conditions necessary for the entitlement to supplementary welfare allowance in that year, the reason they are not entitled to SWA at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54669/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourist Accommodation (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide accommodation occupancy statistics for hotels, guest houses, bed and breakfasts, hostels and self catering accommodation for year to date in 2012, or alternatively accommodation occupancy statistics for any part of 2012, for Dublin city, the south-west region and County Kerry. [54650/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the change in tourist numbers that has been experienced for the years to date in 2012, or alternatively for the first six months of 2012, from the same period in the previous year in Dublin city, the south-west region and in County Kerry. [54651/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of passengers between 1 June 2012 and 31 August 2012 into Dublin Airport, Shannon Airport and Kerry Airport. [54652/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average number of passengers per week to date in 2012 for Dublin Airport, Shannon Airport and Kerry Airport. [54653/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the change in the total number of passengers in months June, July and August 2012 from the same tourist season 2011 into Dublin Airport, Shannon Airport and Kerry Airport. [54654/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of extra flights into Dublin Airport, Shannon Airport and Kerry Airport to date in 2012 compared to 2010. [54655/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pre-Budget Submissions (4 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which his Department costs pre-budget submissions produced by pressure groups and political parties; and if a submission can be declared to have been costed even when it has only received a brief general opinion from his Department. [53992/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes (29 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when authority will be transferred to North and East Kerry Partnership and South Kerry Partnership in order that applications for LEADER funding by Kerry companies located in areas in Kerry, which were previously covered by Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta, can be accepted and administered; and if he will make a statement on...