Results 141-160 of 2,815 for speaker:Tony Killeen

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (7 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the names, duties, and annual salary of special advisers, assistants and secretaries appointed by me is set out as follows. Name Title Salary Scale as at 01/01/2010 Declan Ryan Special Adviser(Un-established) Principal Officer standard scale€80,051 - €98,424. Derval Monahan Special Adviser(Established) Assistant Principal...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Operations: Defence Forces Operations (7 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: The primary responsibility for the maintenance of law and order rests with An Garda Síochána. The Defence Forces, pursuant to their role of rendering aid to the civil power, assist the Gardaí as required. Requests for aid to the civil power are normally made by a member of An Garda Síochána not below the rank of Inspector. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team responds when a...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (7 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: The relevant bodies within the remit of the Department of Defence are the Civil Defence Board, the Board of Coiste an Asgard and the Army Pensions Board. I have not made any appointments to these bodies in the last 12 months.

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (7 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: Payment of invoices by the Department, including public bodies under the remit of the Department, is governed by the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act 1997 and the European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2002. The legislation provides for the payment of interest on valid invoices that are unpaid after 30 days from their date of receipt. In June 2009, the...

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (7 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: There are no industrial disputes, industrial actions including work to rule presently being engaged in by staff of this Department. END WRITTENS

Financial Resolution No. 18: Capital Acquisitions Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: I move the following financial resolutions:

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: There were a number of questions on the section 23 and other property reliefs. As participants joined the schemes at different stages, many have availed of some of the reliefs at this point. Others have availed of less of them. That is why 2014 was selected as a median date in terms of addressing all of the considerations, which are many when one considers the various schemes and the...

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: I will come to that in a minute on how the €400 million and the €100 million is reached. The final close down in 2014, the guillotine which I mentioned, is designed to allow for this assessment to take place on the full impact of the way the are being wound up and to ensure that all possible impacts are identified and taken account of in view of the considerations mentioned by Deputy...

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: Deputy O'Donoghue will appreciate that one must take a balanced view of these matters. That was the background against which the decision was taken. It is well to bear in mind that the Commission on Taxation recommended the abolition. The average income of the artists availing of the scheme is of the order of €32,000. This is a little above the average. Many Deputies will have heard from...

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: In any event, no doubt there will be plenty.

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: I think I have answered most of the questions.

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: I should have made clear that in the assessment and measure of what is proportionate - which is somewhat difficult to measure from this perspective - it may well be that the closing date about which Deputy Doherty complains may come under the 2014 guillotine, but at this point the assessment has not been carried out; it will be carried out during that timescale and may well impact on the...

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: I move the following financial resolutions:

Written Answers — Departmental legal expenses: Departmental legal expenses (1 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: The main requirement for legal services in the Department is in the context of litigation, usually in the form of judicial review and personal injury proceedings. The Chief State Solicitor's Office is responsible for the costs of the State's legal teams in cases that it manages on behalf of the Department. External legal costs incurred by the State Claims Agency arising from the defence of...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis an Teachta Fahey, má thagann sé.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: Part of this debate has been conducted as though, were the arrangement with the European institutions and the IMF not to be entered into, Ireland could operate without any borrowing whatsoever. Some of those who appear to put forward this idea simultaneously appear to operate as though it would be possible to operate exactly as we do at present, with borrowings of approximately €18 billion...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: I wanted to put the interest rate point in a particular context before I set it aside.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: I am sure the Deputy will have an opportunity to speak eventually. When we were still in the market, we were paying more in interest to borrow money for approximately the same length of time. We are no longer in the market. We have entered into a programme for a period of years. It allows us to stay out of the market, in the first instance. It also gives us an opportunity to re-enter the...

Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2010: Leave to Introduce (1 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: I move: That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimate for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2010:- Vote 40 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary Estimate).

Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2010: Referral to Select Committee (1 Dec 2010)

Tony Killeen: I move: That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimate for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2010, the Supplementary Estimate be referred to the Select Committee on Health and Children pursuant to Standing Order 154(3) and paragraph (1)(a)(ii) of the Committee's Orders of Reference, which shall report back to the Dáil by no later than 2...