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Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: I have attended two weddings in Belfast in the past five years-----

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: They are ordinary hard-working citizens. I was not up there for the shopping; I have not been up North for two years for that very reason because even going up to see a relative means one would be scrutinised and the cameras would be out but this is beside the point. I have been told that a person working in a garage or in retail in the North can make a reasonable living and keep a family....

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: I welcome this measure and I ask if there is scope for a further reduction next year. I ask the Minister to provide the figures as per Deputy Ó Snodaigh's proposal to see if it could be a runner next year.

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

Paul Gogarty: He can go organic. That is the job creating sector.

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

Paul Gogarty: It is revenue neutral.

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

Paul Gogarty: We are not well funded by developers.

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

Paul Gogarty: They get it from Scotland.

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

Paul Gogarty: I am sure the Minister will inform me when he gets a chance.

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

Paul Gogarty: However, not on businesses.

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

Paul Gogarty: Deputy Coveney's party is driven by corporate donations. He should not be so sanctimonious.

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

Paul Gogarty: How much oil does it take to produce-----

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: We are parents as well.

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: If the Deputy was playing golf, she would have just scored an albatross.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: This is not my area of expertise but I had a strong view on the whether the Irish Glass Bottle Company should have been closed and the site sold in the first place. It was a regressive step. We have no glass recycling facility within the 26 counties and given that oil prices will increase over the next number of years, such an indigenous industry would have served us well. I do not know...

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: I knew the Acting Chairman would get it in.

Civil Partnership Bill 2009: Second Stage (3 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: I will not admonish Deputy Cuffe, given the integral role he played in the party. I will not repeat what he said about the Civil Partnership Bill. I agree with his comments wholeheartedly and acknowledge the progress that has been made to date and his role as justice spokesperson for the Green Party in pushing this process forward for many years. I also welcome the Minister's key role in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 21 October 2009, if she will clarify that control measures including the issue of certificates, on a quarterly basis, to sub-sets of customers for completion and return to her Department to confirm that they continue to satisfy the conditions for receipt of child benefit do not...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (1 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 289: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the plans by South Dublin County Council to close its green waste facility and not re-open it at a new location; if this is in breach of rules pertaining to recycling of waste materials and diversion away from landfill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44111/09]

Written Answers — Organic Farming: Organic Farming (26 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if farmers wishing to apply for the 2010 organic farming scheme will be required to have completed an approved training course; the action taken to provide approved courses; the potential demand for such courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43455/09]

Organic Farming. (26 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the levels of organic dairy conversion are low in view of the fact that the price of organic milk is 45 cent per litre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43454/09]