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Turbary Rights: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To those outside who are listening to this debate, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for travelling up here so late in the evening on a school day. This was very difficult to do but you did it. When we organised this debate, we knew this would be a major challenge. Fair dues to those who travelled. They have stepped up to the mark and I am proud of them. It is unbelievable that so...

Turbary Rights: Motion (6 Mar 2012)

Luke Flanagan: The IPCC.

Turbary Rights: Motion (6 Mar 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises the innate value of Ireland's unique natural habitat and the necessity to protect it from harm; understands the need for a balance to be struck between habitat conservation and the freedom of the people of Ireland to benefit from their local natural resources; acknowledges the proposals from the Turf Cutters and Contractors Association (TCCA) entitled...

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (28 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Question 462: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a monthly instalment payment option for motor taxation, thus affording those who wish to tax their car for a year can do so by monthly instalments and can gain the benefit of the lower tax charge applied to the purchase of a full years car tax.; his views that the difference between the...

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (22 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the categories of lending that have been included by AIB and Bank of Ireland in meeting the lending targets of €3.56 bn to small and medium enterprises demanded of them by him; if he will acknowledge that the banks have included farming stocking loans as new lending even though in the vast majority of cases those stocking...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance if a copy of the draft Central Bank (Regulation of Credit Unions) Bill has been sent to the EU, ECB or the IMF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9850/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (21 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, under sections 39 and 43 of the Competition Act 2002, he will increase the funding of the Competition Authority in view of the recent debate in Dáil Éireann whereby it emerged that due to lack of funding, the Competition Authority's ability to carry out its statutory and other functions is compromised; his views on...

Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I would love an hour to talk about the plan because it is the most important thing that has come before the House. I like the idea that the Government will do something about competition and rates. I cannot welcome the plan because it is a plan to fail. Even if the Government succeeds and no jobs were lost in the meantime, there will still be 350,000 people unemployed in this country in...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider making Sativex available on prescription through chemists here [8285/12]

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I will start with what is positive. I welcome the change to the threshold for the universal social charge. However, no more than knocking on a person's door to sell him or her something at a good price while someone else is kicking in his or her back door and robbing him or her, it is not a lot of good. The Government changed things for people on the low end of the income scale in terms of...

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: The Deputy puts up with that.

Stroke Services (14 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I hope Members on this side of the House are listened to because we have some good ideas, as I am sure Members opposite have great ideas as well. There is not enough concentration on the prevention of strokes. The Minister for Health no doubt has heard the phrase, "Prevention is better than cure". Apart from causing less pain for patients, from an economic perspective, prevention is also...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (9 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that the use of last years stocking rates as criteria for eligibility for entry to this years disadvantage areas scheme, DAS, is inequitable and a deliberate attempt to eradicate so called non-productive farmers; his further views that a farmers circumstances can change and that their stocking density may have...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (9 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has removed horses from the criteria for disadvantaged area scheme; his views that this will impact the smaller farmer disproportionately and also that in the longer term the exclusion of horses from DAS assessment will reduce the size of the national horse herd and weaken our position as a renowned horse...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: What about resources?

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: We are supposedly developing a new method of funding local government. In theory, this money is to be spent on council materials. It will never get there, as it will probably end up with the bondholders. What will this legislation do to address the fact that Irish councils must pay twice as much for concrete from an Irish company than the amount for which the same company sells it to...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: With respect, the Government parties knew this when they entered government, but they promised they would do something about it.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Despite all the Minister of State had to say, nothing can be done without money. I have not heard anything that suggests any more resources will be put into this area. The Minister of State spoke about being positive and negative. If I get a telephone call from a person telling me my house is burning down, I will not complain to the person for telling me, rather I will thank him or her for...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: There are more gardaí in Ballinlough in County Roscommon than there are personnel in the Competition Authority.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)

Luke Flanagan: With the exception of this, which is the problem.