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Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: They may be soon.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: Was the Minister's phone not working?

Written Answers — Local Government Act 1963: Local Government Act 1963 (10 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 454: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the financial burden placed on schools by virtue of section 89 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1963 and regulations made under that Act, whereby schools are charged €630 per annum for having direction signs to their location; and if he will consider...

Written Answers — Benchmarking Awards: Benchmarking Awards (10 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grades of employees of local authorities which are entitled to receive the recent benchmarking payments; and if all local authorities are obliged to make these payments. [3986/04]

Written Answers — Benchmarking Awards: Benchmarking Awards (10 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if temporary full-time employees of local authorities are entitled to be paid the benchmarking increases appropriate to their permanent colleagues; and if not, the reason therefor. [3987/04]

Non-Resident Accounts. (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the apparent difficulties of the Revenue Commissioners in obtaining evidence to prosecute persons who defaulted on the fines of the tax amnesty and to prosecute officials within financial institutions who gave assistance to persons secreting money into bogus non-resident accounts. [4832/04]

Non-Resident Accounts. (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: When this tax amnesty was introduced in 1993 the Minister for Finance of the day, who is now the Taoiseach, said he looked forward to the day when tax cheats would be jailed. We heard absolute guarantees that people who availed of the amnesty and were subsequently found to be in breach of it would face the rigours of the law and be pursued to the ends of the earth until they were captured....

Non-Resident Accounts. (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: I did not get an opportunity to ask a second question.

Non-Resident Accounts. (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: You, a Cheann Comhairle, allowed the Minister to continue speaking. This is an important issue. I must be allowed to ask a final question.

Non-Resident Accounts. (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: Yes, but your judgment should protect my rights. I am entitled to ask a second question.

Non-Resident Accounts. (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: Yes, to which I am entitled.

Non-Resident Accounts. (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: There should be time left.

Non-Resident Accounts. (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: I am disappointed.

Non-Resident Accounts. (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: The Minister indicated that the Revenue Commissioners are not following up tax evasion under this Bill. The commitments given in 1993 amount to nothing. This is important.

Tax Code. (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the timescale for the decisions on emissions trading and carbon tax; his plans to avoid adverse impacts on competitiveness and a maximum reduction in carbon emissions associated with these schemes; and his views on the approach of ring-fencing revenue from this tax for the purposes such as reducing employment taxes, compensating those on low...

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: I am glad that the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Ahern, is in the House to hear our contributions. I hope he notes them and brings the message back to his senior Minister. This is the place that counts — or should count if we live in a democracy. Opinions are expressed here and Ministers are responsible to the House. The Minister is not responsible to the pressure groups that he loves to...

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: Money had been ring-fenced for the school, but what has happened to the fence? The cow has got out through the fence and taken the money with it. The latest on that school is that it is down the line, still at the stage of architectural planning.

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: I am talking about safety and how some of the money that might be raised on the extra 5% could be spent, giving a suggestion from my own county on how that might be done. Perhaps the Minister might also examine, when he returns to his Department and talks to his senior Minister, the matter of driver testing. It is a laugh to think that we have almost 1 million people driving on provisional...

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: Dear me. Pass the buck.

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2004)

Paul McGrath: I thank the Minister, who is always very good at that. I also wish to raise something that no one else has mentioned but which relates to vehicles, car tax and so on, namely an EU directive on end-of-life vehicles. It stated that, when vehicles reach the end of their lives, they be disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner. One would get rid of the oil and the exhaust, which would not...