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Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Tom Shehan: I compliment the Minister of State and his officials. We can hold up this Bill for the way it has been enhanced. Senator Byrne can be obstreperous the majority of the time. On this Bill, however, he has been more than co-operative and his engagement has been very positive as well. One has to say that there is better legislation as a result leaving this House going to the other House....

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Tom Shehan: I would like to pick up on what Senator Keane had to say. Am I right in my understanding that there is discretion within the local authority regarding start-ups? I was led to believe this was the case some time ago when action was taken in a section of a town in the south of Ireland that was commercially dead. Nothing was happening in that section of the town. I applauded the town manager...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: On next Tuesday week.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: I hope Senator Byrne is not trying to justify a tweet sent about this Bill costing sporting clubs millions of euro.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: It is a tweet which may have been sent.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: I agree with the points made by Senator van Turnhout, who made her case far more eloquently than I could have done. Any government should be judged on how it treats young people and older people in our society. It is generally agreed in this and the other House that the Minister of State, Deputy Harris, is very approachable, accessible and helpful, but he is also the youngest Member of the...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: He has reiterated today that nothing will be done for nursing homes by way of these provisions in terms of their being exempt from rates. I know of a lady with no remaining family who has been in a nursing home for nine years. She is fortunate to be accommodated under the fair deal scheme. The State has been moving away from the provision of beds for the elderly through community hospitals...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Amendment No. 74 concerns the description of "relevant person". Will the Minister of State outline why the Revenue Commissioners will be included in that regard?

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: On a point of clarification, I presume the Revenue Commissioners would not have access to information on the profitability or tax clearance certificates of any business.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: In keeping with the tone, it is not only bypasses that cause these types of problems. I was contacted recently by someone who took over a failed business that had closed. While the rent for the property had more than halved, the rate bill remained the same. The Bill refers to the best achievable rent and so forth. If a business was not viable previously, it will certainly not become...

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Senator Barrett has indicated that he is opposed to the section.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Amendments Nos. 11 and 12 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Amendments Nos. 8 and 18 are out of order.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Is the amendment being pressed?

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Amendment No. 8 in the name of Senator Ó Clochartaigh has been ruled out of order due to a potential charge on the Exchequer. Amendment No. 9 which has already been discussed with amendment No. 7 is in the name of Senator Barrett.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Is the amendment being pressesd?

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: Amendments Nos. 7 and 9 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2014)

Tom Shehan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, to the House.