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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Fees (8 Dec 2015)

Arthur Spring: ...xc1;iseanna Saothair course is required to pay €1,000 to Cork Institute of Technology (details supplied) for a nine-week period to complete phase 4 training for the trade of motor mechanic and that this fee was not in existence when this apprentice initially began the course; if this fee will be reversed given the person's low income while on an apprentice scheme; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Fees (29 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: 75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he considers it necessary that an exemption from international student fees should be given to children of an Irish person working for an Enterprise Ireland assisted company and has been required to live outside the EU for more than three of the past five years in an attempt to grow the company. [4529/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (15 Jan 2014)

Arthur Spring: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible for an exemption in relation to international student fees to be given to children of an Irish person working for an Enterprise Ireland assisted company who has been required to live outside the EU for more than three of the past five years in an attempt to grow the company. [55220/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (15 Oct 2013)

Arthur Spring: 449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the rise in fees on 7 October 2013 for commercial vehicle road worthiness testing; and if the rise was publicised in advance. [43100/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Oct 2013)

Arthur Spring: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry qualifies as a child dependent on their parent's claim, and therefore entitled for free fees for third level based on the fact that they are aged 22 years and enrolled in full-time education, despite the fact that they are just short of meeting the three years residency criteria. [42677/13]

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2013)

Arthur Spring: ...weighing so heavily on my generation. Of the first two issues that need to be dealt with, the first is quite basic and I wish to bring it to the attention of the civil servants. It pertains to the fees prescribed by the Insolvency Service of Ireland under the statutory instrument passed on 30 August, the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 2013. The third point...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Bank Charges: Discussion with Central Bank and ISME (17 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: .... There is no mechanism that I am aware of in any of the banks dictating that one cannot go below the threshold. Without our knowledge, many of us go below the threshold and are charged the full fees and surcharges thereafter. That is not an appropriate way to conduct business, especially when there are ATMs, etc. If the banks want people to have a certain amount of money in their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Bank Charges: Discussion with Central Bank and ISME (17 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: ...are penalised to begin with due to the fact that they are cash-strapped and cannot meet the standing order, and then when they put the standing order back in place they are charged a set-up fee. Obviously, people or businesses may be in dire financial straits to begin with, but they then get a double hit, which to me is unfair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Bank Charges: Discussion with Central Bank and ISME (17 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: .... I find that in general - people might contradict this - consumers are not aware of what their bank transactions are costing them. We all get statements from banks but they do not detail the fees we are being charged. The other side of the bank statement should detail cheque or ATM transaction costs. That is consumer protection. More important, when one walks into the bank, as most...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: ...students who are unable to provide social welfare offices with proof of being enrolled in full-time education when applying for social welfare payments, as they are unable to pay registration fee while waiting for Student Universal Support Ireland to approve their grant applications and are designated as temporarily registered in college, a status which is not accepted as full time...

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 Education and Skills: FÁS Local Training Initiatives Expenditure (17 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: ...initiatives by FÁS in relation to training for participants and grants for supervisors, materials and administration; the amount FÁS may allocate to a local training initiative to cover the audit fees, as an audit is required by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44995/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (3 Jul 2012)

Arthur Spring: ...468: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is an appeals process available in relation to late payment fines for the non principal private residence fee. [32259/12]

Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 May 2012)

Arthur Spring: ...are small groups of people working under one contractor, their access to the legal profession and to the courts is not as enticing as it might seem. The idea of losing €30,000 through legal fees as opposed to taking the hit the first day and staying away from that main contractor thereafter was a real dilemma faced by many people throughout the country. I know we have been approached by...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Nov 2011)

Arthur Spring: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if the introduction of a 21% VAT charge to the admission fee to visitor farms from 1 January 2012 will be abolished or reduced in order to promote the tourism industry. [35209/11]