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Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: There is the Deputy's truth.

Order of Business (4 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: When will the Personal Insolvency Bill return to the House? Many people would like to know in light of the fact that AIB has increased mortgage rates.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (9 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any estimate of the total value of taxes lost to the State as a result of the 10,686 people who were non-resident for tax purposes in 2010, as per information from the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43221/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (9 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any estimate on the total value of taxes lost to the State as a result of the 10,686 persons who were non-resident for tax purposes in 2010, as per information from the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43339/12]

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: Will we tell the troika to go home? That will collapse the country.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: Deputy Adams should check the numbers.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: In any debate on the eurozone and fiscal responsibility, I am always grateful for the RTE archives which show that I was opposed, for many reasons, to Ireland's joining the euro. I was privileged to study economics in a Scandinavian country where the many pitfalls into which we have fallen were emphasised. Ultimately, we have ended up in a position in which we do not want to be. As a...

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: The issue is access to credit.

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: The Deputies who are putting their hands up destroyed the country.

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: Two minutes is rather brief. Our majority might be just too big at times, but that is a reflection on those on the other side.

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: They will not be spared by the time I am finished. I want to begin by quoting Mr. Stan McCarthy, who spoke yesterday in regard to the announcement of 900 jobs. Things are not so good in Kerry that we can give jobs to Kildare, despite what some might think. He said the future for agriculture looks bright. He also said in response to a question about what had happened in recent years that...

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: I wish the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, the best of luck in the negotiations on the Common Agricultural Policy. There is hope in this country. If County Kerry is giving 900 jobs to County Kildare, I am sure the Cabinet will give a minimum return to County Kerry. I look forward to hearing about it. We must focus on tourism, energy, agribusiness and...

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: That is not the way to govern properly.

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: Honesty is required in order that one can go towards recovering the Irish flag and the sovereignty of the people of this country. That is what the debate is about and that is what this House is about.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (10 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Social Protection with reference to Page 20 Section 42 of the Pathways to Work strategy, her plans for contracting with the private sector; and if any cuts to existing local employment services are envisaged. [43590/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (16 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any companies or persons participating, being developed or assisted in Ireland through the European Commission proposed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44526/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (16 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance the potential additional revenue that would be acquired through extending the universal social charge 3% surcharge, which currently only applies to the self-employed, to all income earners more than €100,000 irrespective of source. [44434/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (16 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is in a position to clarify the criteria for the selection of Kerry Group’s Global Technology and Innovation Centre in Naas County Kildare supported by Enterprise Ireland; if he considered balanced regional development and the synergies and economic benefits such a development would have next to Kerry Group’s...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services Provision (16 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the planned launch of the 4G LTE mobile networks in Europe and particularly in the UK including Northern Ireland in the coming months, he will provide a timeframe for the expected auction of spectrum and the completion of the 4G network here. [44435/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (16 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 3 May 2012, if he will provide an update on the appointment of the Chairperson and the nomination of the majority of non-architect members to the Professional Conduct Committee in line with Section 23 of the Building Control Act 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter....