Results 1,501-1,520 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: Amendment No. 63 has been ruled out of order.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: Yes.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: Amendment No. 52 tabled by Deputy Pearse Doherty has been ruled out of order.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: Amendments Nos. 55 to 57, inclusive, tabled by Deputy Pearse Doherty, have been ruled out of order.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: Amendments Nos. 58 to 62, inclusive, and 64 are related and may be discussed together.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: Amendments Nos. 46 to 50, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: Amendments Nos. 51 and 53 and 54 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: Acceptance of the amendment by the Minister will involve the deletion of section 33.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: As we have spent 45 minutes discussing this amendment, there will be no problem if members wish to make a quick comment.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: We cannot go back over the entire discussion. We want to keep going.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: Many of the points the Deputy has made have been gone over and the Minister has committed to coming back to the issue. Therefore, will the Deputy keep it tight?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: Acceptance of amendment No. 42 involves the deletion of section 33 of the Bill.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: This sounds unusual. It does not affect anyone who owns a house. It affects developers only. Does it affect a business involved in land purchase? For example, many SMEs became involved in buying land or property. Does it affect them if they bought land and the banks made a deal with them? This applies to developers also, where banks have made deals with developers not in a position to...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: From the developer's point of view, if he or she made a deal with NAMA or other banks and the banks write down the value of the loan, will half of the write-down sum become a tax liability?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: Amendment No. 36 has been ruled out of order.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: Is this the limit to which the Minister is going to allow access to pension funds? There is a maximum amount that a person can put into a pension fund but will any consideration be given to those who have in excess of that amount in their funds, in terms of allowing them to take out that excess amount?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: The Minister cannot just be looking after Deputy Mathews.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: I would like to make a final comment on this section. An Irish hospital consultant collects second-hand equipment in Irish hospitals to bring to Cuba. Perhaps Deputy Boyd Barrett needs to have a good look at the Cuban health system. It might be a bit more two-tiered than he thinks.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: Twenty years ago I qualified as a doctor and my college fee was €2,000 which is the equivalent to €7,000 now. There should be some acknowledgement of the circumstances that the country finds itself in. It is under those circumstances that we are trying to make it as attainable as possible for people to attend college. During the good times the previous Government abolished...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (6 Mar 2013)
Liam Twomey: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it should be insisted that suppliers from whom community groups purchase equipment with State moneys, should have tax clearance certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11742/13]