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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: I am sorry I had to say it. A fee of €50 is not exorbitant. It is not nice to be obliged to inform people that they must pay €50. The position was much the same when the NCT was introduced. Many people complained about the latter at that time. Now, however, one would not hear anyone saying a word about it.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: There are massive rates which apply in the UK.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: -----Senator Ó Domhnaill said it was those on the Government side who indicated Fianna Fáil is proposing a €200 registration fee. It was actually Sinn Féin which did that.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: Well it is certainly a point. Senator Ó Domhnaill is misrepresenting Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: Perhaps this issue is more suited to the Adjournment. Yesterday I met a cardiologist, Dr. Santhosh David, in Letterkenny General Hospital, and he is one of the best in the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: Any time.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: What is a Seanad novice?

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: Senator Eamonn Coghlan has left the Chamber, but I concur with him on the issue of the Belfield track. As a student at UCD in the 1970s, I used that track regularly. Many students use it. Closing down any sporting facility when there is no replacement for it is a retrograde step. I endorse the Senator's call for the track to be maintained. The report on the review of sex abuse cases in...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2011)

Jimmy Harte: I want to read one sentence that can highlight this severity of the issue. The report states: "Insufficient emphasis was placed on the needs of victims, often in the misguided attempt to protect the reputation of the Church." That is one sentence that people can recognise as a major problem. In the context of this report being issued at 10 a.m today, I ask that we discuss it further....

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: On a point of clarification, as I was in my office, Sinn Féin seemed to propagate the perception that the taxes collected in Northern Ireland are set by some-----

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: It was a point of clarification for all Members.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: Is Senator Cullinane finished?

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: It is on a point of clarification for Members-----

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: My point is to do with the household charge.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: It is to give the correct information, to correct the record of the Seanad. This is a very important issue because it relates to information given to Members that the rates for household charges in Northern Ireland-----

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: The rates are set by the local council which-----

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: Sinn Féin has given the impression that-----

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: The average charge-----

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Jimmy Harte: -----in the city of Derry is £1,000.