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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Personal Insolvency Act (24 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Harte: ...pay €500 before being able to do so. I stand to be corrected in questioning the statement that our procedures are in line with those in other jurisdictions. My information is that there are no fees involved in the United Kingdom. I ask the Minister of State to clarify this. I will check my sources and information to determine whether the Minister of State was correct in making...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Personal Insolvency Act (24 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I welcome the Minister of State. I am asking the Minister for Justice and Equality to explain why an up-front fee of €500 is payable for a protective certificate to commence a personal insolvency arrangement. That is in addition to the fees of €250 and €100 fees, which I see as a tax on people's inability to pay or entering into an insolvency arrangement. This is...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)

Jimmy Harte: ...the Oireachtas. I spoke to a personal insolvency practitioner yesterday, who advised me that before the process can start the client must pay €500 to the Insolvency Service of Ireland, which is separate from the fees, VAT and any other costs. I have a copy of the document if Members wish to view it. It was signed by the Minister on 30 August. Many people considering personal...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Jun 2013)

Jimmy Harte: ...the hospital. Private insurance companies are profit-making organisations and it is their business to maintain their premia at a rate that people will buy into. They know they have to do that. They will not put up their fees hugely because if they lose their clients, they will not make any money. The private insurance companies are scaremongering. I was very interested in Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 May 2013)

Jimmy Harte: I ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Finance to come to the House to discuss the personal insolvency legislation, especially personal insolvency practitioners who are obliged to pay VAT on fees. That is not acceptable. People should not have to pay VAT on the situation in which they find themselves.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Harte: ...for Senator Norris in respect of his property. I would advise him to telephone an estate agent. Many estate agents in Donegal have said to me that people should contact them and there would be no fee. Most local estate agents would be amenable to give a fairly accurate valuation of one's property for free. One should do that if one considered the valuation was too high or too low. ...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Harte: ...issues that are cropping up in the offices of many Members. There is one that arises in Donegal, where many of the people go to college across the Border. A number of them were told that their fees and maintenance grant were covered, but a week or even three or four months later they were told they were not covered. In one case I am dealing with, the girl concerned intended to study...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Jimmy Harte: ...does. In all of Europe people pay stamp duty or transaction tax on their properties. I have researched the matter and discovered that the sum can range from 10% to 13% when it comes to notary fees and transaction taxes. The public are being misled by comments that because stamp duty is paid in Ireland and not in any other county in Europe, there should be no property tax. Those in...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Jimmy Harte: ...that Senator MacSharry castigated the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, in the Chamber. When the Minister was a member of Cabinet in a previous Administration, university fees were abolished. Perhaps the Senator might explain how the registration fee rose from ¤200 to ¤2,000 during the economic boom.

Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: ...for people who are not making money; it is really only for those who can. Earlier, the banks moved from risk lending. They followed the United Kingdom model and went into house purchases and fees. There is little risk involved in that model. The clients of the bank are charged every month for using an account and they can be charged up to 20% for using an overdraft. Then, when they...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: ...football parlance seeing as the European championships are beginning on Sunday, when Sinn Féin saw it was losing the match it decided to attack the referee. It was sad. The €200,000 in legal fees which Sinn Féin will attempt to have paid by the taxpayer could employ eight teachers in Donegal for a year who otherwise might be let go.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I accept that any individual is entitled to claim fees if a legitimate constitutional question is raised. However, Sinn Féin is not an ordinary person on the street. It is the only party in the jurisdiction which has deposits in sterling and dollars.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Tell the people at a child care meeting in Donegal next week that the €200,000 in fees will be taken from their budget.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Harte: .... The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government should come before the House and inform Senators as to how local authorities throughout the country have paid out in consultancy fees and to indicate what is the future with regard to consultancy contracts. The internal auditor informed the Irish Independent that the information provided by the consultants in question to...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Jimmy Harte: -----on Donegal County Council wasting money by paying consultancy fees to One Sigma Ltd., is that Sinn Féin was the only party involved which supported the spending of that money. It actually stated that-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I would like to address the point Senator Ó Domhnaill made about septic tanks. I welcome the Minister's decision to change the fee.

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

Jimmy Harte: ...lived in a rural area - we did not have a septic tank - but I currently reside in an urban area. As I informed the Minister of State last week, there are many urban dwellers who pay management fees in respect of their estates, etc., and who are now going to be obliged to pay fees for sewerage pumps. These people will be of the opinion that they are paying fees in respect of what is...

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

Jimmy Harte: I do not believe that a fee of €50 is prohibitive. Fianna Fáil has indicated that people should not be obliged to pay it. As Senator D'Arcy stated earlier, Senator Ó Domhnaill is seeking the introduction of a fee of €200.

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: -----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.