Results 621-640 of 2,017 for speaker:Anthony Lawlor

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: The employer can collect PAYE and PRSI contributions.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I am sorry, Acting Chairman; I just find it hard to listen to this.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: They already collect PAYE and PRSI contributions.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: What has Sinn Féin been doing in Northern Ireland for the past eight years?

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: What has Sinn Féin done in the North?

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I just cannot go on listening to this. The legislation sets out the requirement of the employer to comply with a court order to collect and pay out the debt, and it states the employer is not liable for non-compliance during the first ten days. After ten days, that employer is now liable for the employee’s non-compliance. Under the legislation, that employer can now also be fined up...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: Notwithstanding what has been discussing about waste, there is another definition of it. We have more of an issue with what might be classified as waste that has been removed from development sites. This is becoming a serious issue in my area and others. Much of this waste is covered under Article 37 where the developer decides to move from one site to another and makes a...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: What about the fellow selling strawberries?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (2 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if analyses are done on the economic benefits of capital projects versus the interest charged on Government borrowings over time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26118/15]

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: This is not part of the debate.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: The Deputy is meandering now.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: In fairness, the Chair never interrupts Deputy ruth Coppinger when she starts talking about something that is not in issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment in the Pub Sector: Discussion (30 Jun 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the witnesses. I wish Mr. Cribben the best of luck in his ongoing talks with the LVA. The next time he appears before the committee there might be a joint body rather than two separate bodies. I wish to raise a couple of points. I have always been opposed to below-cost selling because the manner in which many below-cost sellers, including supermarkets, are taking advantage of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (30 Jun 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to receive a review of the operation of local property tax; when he expects to rectify the anomaly whereby pyrite-affected homeowners are expected under the legislation to pay for expensive core sample testing, completely unnecessarily, in order to avail of their entitlement to the exemption from the tax; his views that such testing is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 259. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the demand for social housing, if his Department has examined the possibility of a tax incentive scheme as a means of encouraging more landlords to let their properties to tenants in receipt of a rent supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26205/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 401. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish nuns and priests who are engaged in missionary work abroad are entitled to a medical card for the months they return to Ireland between missions; if not, the reasons for same; if those over 70 years of age will be entitled to the over 70s general practitioner visit card when it is introduced in August 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (30 Jun 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 598. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to concerns raised by homeowners, if he, Dublin Fire Brigade or the relevant local authority has received a fire safety report on a development (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if he is aware that the contents of the audit have not been made available in full to homeowners in the development; if he accepts that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (23 Jun 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I thank the Minister for coming before us and giving us an up-to-date briefing. Could he continue to do this because we like to keep abreast of the ongoing negotiations as we might not always be able to pick up any information? Will there be a problem with shelf companies that may exist in either the US or Europe that import products from outside the US to take advantage of the trade...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (23 Jun 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer if there was a budgetary increase to the State pension of €5 and €10 per week respectively. [24511/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (23 Jun 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 500. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish humanitarian aid allocated for health care can be used to provide abortions for women and girls raped in conflict areas; if there is any prohibition in the use of development aid in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24518/15]