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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure - Finance Vote Group: Discussion with Minister for Finance (17 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: Okay. What about the mortgages?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure - Finance Vote Group: Discussion with Minister for Finance (17 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: That will work for the minority rather than the majority.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure - Office of Public Works: Discussion with Minister of State (17 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: They call it kite flying around here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure - Office of Public Works: Discussion with Minister of State (17 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: And Ministers of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: I thank the Minister for producing some of the Estimates. Many of us who are first-time parliamentarians find it quite oppressive to be sitting here with restricted numbers and, ultimately, going into a budget without going through the process of having the larger scale numbers, especially at a finance committee, and with the figures being supplied to the specific committees thereafter so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: I would like to see the Government raising taxation and hope those who earn exceptionally high sums of money in the bodies covered by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will take on more of the burden. I ask the Minister to share his thoughts on these matters.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services Provision (18 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current waiting time to access early intervention services for children in the Tralee area, County Kerry, is approximately seven months; the actions that have been taken to reduce the waiting time to access these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45380/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services Provision (18 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current waiting time to access early intervention services for children in the Tralee area, County Kerry, is approximately seven months; the actions that have been taken to reduce the waiting time to access these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45380/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Strategy for Renewable Energy (23 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the launch of a €10 million ocean energy competition by the Scottish Government for the development of marine energy devices, that is the Saltire Prize which aims to accelerate the commercial development of wave and tidal energy technology, if such a competition would be feasible here; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Strategy for Renewable Energy (23 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the launch of a €10 million ocean energy competition by the Scottish Government for the development of marine energy devices, that is the Saltire Prize which aims to accelerate the commercial development of wave and tidal energy technology, if such a competition would be feasible here; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Strategy for Renewable Energy (23 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the launch of a €10 million ocean energy competition by the Scottish Government for the development of marine energy devices, that is the Saltire Prize which aims to accelerate the commercial development of wave and tidal energy technology, if such a competition would be feasible here; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (24 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of Central Bank of Ireland supervision and control over bank fees and charges for retail customers in the context of diminished competition due to the reduced number of banks providing retail banking services here. [46768/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (24 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a review of rail fares charged by Irish Rail for travel between regional towns as cities as average single rail fares often far exceed the equivalent return bus fare (details supplied); if he will provide information on the capacity for the Tralee, County Kerry, to County Cork route; and if he will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: Would the Deputy like answers at this point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: The Deputy should be aware that we are under pressure with regard to time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: I welcome Mr. McDonagh to the meeting. My first question is on rental incomes. Mr. McDonagh indicated that 90% of all rental income of NAMA properties is being diverted directly to NAMA. Heretofore, I presume that a great deal of that rental income was not going directly to NAMA and that many of the accounts relating to properties, office blocks, shopping centres, etc., were held offshore...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: How many of those accounts has NAMA found that performed correctly and that money was put back into the bank accounts, etc? How many of them did NAMA find did not account for the money and what has NAMA done to pursue those?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: Is that the case? Has NAMA found that to be the case in some instances?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: Is NAMA going to try to retrospectively get the moneys back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: Second, approximately how many of the 168 people currently on NAMA's books have businesses in receivership, in liquidation or have had administrators appointed to them?