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Written Answers — Banking Charges: Banking Charges (12 Jan 2011)

Liz McManus: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent increases in bank fees for basic current account services at Bank of Ireland, a bank in receipt of significant State support; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, by their nature, this new charging regime will impact most severely on those least able to pay; the steps that have been taken to date to introduce...

Fuel Poverty: Motion (12 Oct 2010)

Liz McManus: ...a cost to be borne by the consumer; — direct the CER to implement a zero disconnection policy through the use of prepayment meters and to develop an acceptable policy in relation to disconnection fees; — implement a National Retrofit Programme as a matter of urgency, with payment plans which will ensure participation from all sections of society, not just those with disposable incomes...

Fuel Poverty: Motion (12 Oct 2010)

Liz McManus: ...worth noting that companies, in the main, are making considerable efforts to assist customers in trouble. It is not helpful that the regulator has set the price for disconnection and reconnection fees at around €200. This bears no relation to the cost of these measures or the ability of the debtor to pay it. There needs to be a full review in the context of developing a zero...

Broadcasting Act 2009 (Section 33) Levy Order 2010 : Motion (9 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: ...and Natural Resources did something unusual. It recommended the annulment of the broadcasting levy scheme. All parties, Government and Opposition, supported the motion. They shared the same feeling of outrage at what is being done, particularly in respect of how it affects the smaller operator such as local radio stations across the country. We now have an opportunity to put things...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (14 Oct 2009)

Liz McManus: ...Heritage and Local Government the average number of cases dealt with per day by adjudicators and mediators on behalf of the Private Residential Tenancies Board; if the 8% reduction in professional fees has reduced the cost of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35826/09]

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Jun 2009)

Liz McManus: I move amendment No. 148: In page 153, line 29, after "fees" to insert the following: "including a specific amount allocated to facilitate growth of community radio".

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2009)

Liz McManus: ...outlined in Deputy Coveney's amendments. None of us can devise the perfect system, but that does not mean we should avoid the issue. I imagine that the current system of television licence fee collection dates back to a time when many households did not have television sets. It might have been appropriate then, but that is no longer the case. If we do not address the idea that we...

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2009)

Liz McManus: I move amendment No. 68: In page 83, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: "(11) Community content provision contract holders are exempt from any fees and are to be provided with a minimum level of service identifying the programmes being broadcast.".

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (26 Mar 2009)

Liz McManus: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance when the fees charged to institutions under the bank guarantee scheme in respect of that guarantee are next to be reviewed; the stakeholders in this review and the process involved; if he will publish the formula used to generate this fee; if recent increases in Ireland's long-term sovereign borrowing costs will be considered in the context of...

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (26 Feb 2009)

Liz McManus: ...To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of capital his Department envisages would be required to fund a loan scheme for students to attend third level education and pay the higher fees he intends to introduce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7908/09]

Television Licence Fee. (29 Oct 2008)

Liz McManus: ...levels? Does the Minister intend to introduce licences in respect of computers and mobile devices which are used to access radio and television services, but are not currently liable for licence fees?

Television Licence Fee. (29 Oct 2008)

Liz McManus: ...that figure is correct. Would he consider abandoning the forum? After existing for well over a year it has not come up with the figure for evasion or the proposal on how to update the licence fee collection. Would the Minister accept that Germany has bitten the bullet and created a licence fee for mobile devices?

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)

Liz McManus: ...in it. While I may have preferred to have the role extended, it is still a progressive step. Members of this House spend considerable numbers of hours in committees and sometimes there is a feeling that we are going nowhere and are wasting our time. This is the kind of change which is straightforward and simple, but significant, and I have no doubt that the committee will live up to the...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2008)

Liz McManus: Question 28: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will abolish the €20 fee that has to be paid by members of the public wishing to make a submission to a local authority regarding a planning application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8031/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)

Liz McManus: ...providing a service to GMS card holders has not been reviewed since 1978; and the further reason at a series of independently mediated meetings held between 2003 and 2006 to look at the fee structure at which chiropody representatives with IMPACT made their case, agreement was reached at these meetings, and fifteen months later nothing has been implemented. [3121/08]

Risk Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme 2007: Motion (26 Apr 2007)

Liz McManus: ...care. It is not about those issues, even though that is what we must see. The idea is that competition in the market is somehow being jeopardised by risk equalisation. Hitherto VHI has set the fees and BUPA has followed. Although it is very difficult to get accurate figures, we all know that, as a result, BUPA made enormous profits in Ireland compared with what it was making in...

Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Liz McManus: ...of professionals abdicating their roles if they feel alienated by the Bill's provisions and the establishment of the new council. It is right that doctors must pay for the council via registration fees, but we should not remove the sense of ownership as we democratise the system. For these reasons I tabled the amendment.

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006): From the Seanad. (14 Feb 2007)

Liz McManus: ...the charges being levied by nursing homes, we can see complete inconsistency across the country. There are nursing homes where residents who have been living there for some time suddenly found the fees had rocketed because the inspectorate from the HSE determined that increased staffing levels are required. Extra costs must be borne by the owner who passes them on to the residents and...

Written Answers — Health Repayment Scheme: Health Repayment Scheme (5 Dec 2006)

Liz McManus: ...public representatives are unable to obtain information from her Department or from the Health Service Executive with regard to dates of repayments for applicants for the repayment of nursing homes fees; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the repayment scheme does not deal with e-mail or written queries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41378/06]

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (5 Apr 2006)

Liz McManus: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether the abolition of tuition fees has been a positive factor in the significant increase in participation across all socio-economic groups in higher education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13509/06]