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Seanad: Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (12 Nov 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: ...use for the ESM nowadays and as this legislation shows, even in its primary purpose as a recapitalisation tool, it is not designed ever to be called upon. Ten months also have passed since the option of applying for retrospective recapitalisation became available and the excellent report from the Comptroller and Auditor General puts the net cost of the banking crisis at approximately...

Seanad: National Mortgage and Housing Corporation Bill 2015: Second Stage (4 Nov 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: .... On a daily basis I meet families in mortgage distress, I meet individuals who have banks forcibly selling their homes and I also know families who have lost their homes. People who have applied for emergency accommodation have told me that they have been told that they must wait to join the emergency accommodation process and it is only then that they might have a chance of getting a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (8 Oct 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: ...priorities of the new capital investment programme? Will projects outside the five-year construction plan be allocated funding under the new capital investment programme and, if so, what criteria will apply in respect of eligibility for that funding?

Seanad: Commencement Matter: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Jun 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: ...look at the growth in the school figures over the past number of years, we see the figures have been steadily rising each year. The school does not want to turn children or parents away when they apply for a place. In terms of planning for a new school, the school has had to change the goalposts repeatedly to keep up with the increased demand for places each year. What needs to happen...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Transport Provision (7 May 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House. My topic relates to school transport and the situation facing one particular family in County Cavan. The family had applied online for school transport and were told they were eligible for it. They got their school tickets and the children were initially picked up by a bus. However, they then received notification that although they were eligible for...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Tax Reliefs Application (26 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: ...of recommendations tabled on Committee Stage, he said the relief was designed to encourage active farmers to productively use lands inherited and that, as such, the Revenue Commissioners would apply the legislation flexibly to ensure genuine cases could qualify for the relief in circumstances in which they might not satisfy the strict letter of the law. He said, "flexibility is there."...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: ...in the case of failing to pay the national minimum wage under section 23 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 a sum not exceeding €20,000 per employee".The maximum penalty should be €4,000. Revenue applies a figure of €4,000 for similar type of penalty. This would help to deal with vexatious employers seeking to delay compliance. In Britain new legislation has been...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 63: In page 36, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:"(9) Where the provision of subsection (5)applies the case resolution officer may direct either or both parties to produce such documents, statements or particulars to the other party as the case resolution officer shall determine to include but not limited to an outline of any evidence, witness or documents...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: ...of another member state. Amendment No. 122 seeks to amend the definition of definition of insolvency for the purpose of application of the Act of 1984. Workers should still be in a position to apply under the insolvency fund where their former employer has ceased trading under the same circumstances as I have mentioned already.

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: ...forms of gambling do not attract duty. A report, as requested in the amendment, would be a starting point. Amendment No. 17 would be a means to seek a debate on statistical data on the issue of applying betting duty to the punter, as opposed to the bookie. This would be a return to an older way of doing things. There has been a misrepresentation of what my party has proposed with...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: ..., realise it is not just about water charges; some of this has been discussed by many Members in the course of the debate. The anger is the culmination of people's feelings about numerous charges applied in recent years that have both deprived them of spending power and thrust them into severe poverty. Aside from other considerations, one of the biggest problems in introducing water...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: ...grant. At the time the Minister mentioned different pieces of legislation that made provision for ministerial discretion. She said the legislation allows for latitude and for other criteria to be applied. She went on to say that this amendment will replicate existing legislation but that if she reviews the scheme she will consider this. This is an important issue that has been raised...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: ...carefully on Second and Committee Stages, we remain unconvinced of the merits of allowing an institution such as the RCSI which, it appears, has no trouble in attracting international students to apply for places, to qualify. If it looks, walks and quacks like a duck, it is a duck. This should be called the RCSI Bill. As I mentioned, the only institution which will qualify under this...

Seanad: European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: ...system as per the Direct Recapitalisation Instrument.".I welcome the Minister, Deputy Michael Noonan, to the House. This amendment does not seek to tie the Minister to any timeframe in which to apply for retroactive capitalisation on banking debt, but it does oblige him to report to the Houses of the Oireachtas each month on progress in that regard. Given the large sums of money...

Seanad: European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Oct 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: ...was talk of a game changer and a seismic shift. People want to see action being taken. This is why it is important to get confirmation that an application will be made, that the Government will apply and how the application will be treated. The Minister stated in the Dáil that some of the original opponents of our recapitalisation have left their posts but some of the Governments...

Seanad: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 7, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“(7) The SBCI shall apply for a banking licence.”.I discussed this issue on Second Stage and that is the reason I tabled amendments on Committee Stage. In the programme for Government a commitment was made to establish a strategic investment bank. There is a dire need in society for a lender to...

Seanad: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (15 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: ...the Dáil and the Seanad prior to the summer recess. We are not happy about this. I am aware that the Dáil only discussed the first couple of amendments on Committee Stage before the guillotine was applied. We have an issue with this, particularly in view of the importance of the legislation and the intention behind it. A number of other speakers have also raised concerns about...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: ...the local authority for social housing due to the part ownership in the family home or property in which he or she resides or resided with the perpetrator. The objective of amendment No. 41 is to ensure that a victim who applies for a barring or protection order shall not, by virtue of his or her part ownership in the residence in which the applicant resides or previously resided with the...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: ...that the court deciding on an application for eviction must consider whether the local authority followed the proper procedure in terms of trying to deal with and resolve the continuing problems that led it to apply for repossession. This is in keeping with the updating of repossession law in this Bill, which recognises the judgment of the Supreme Court that previous laws did not properly...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: ...22 and substitute the following:"(c) indicate that, if the breach continues during, or is repeated within, 12 months of the tenancy warning coming into effect, then the authority may either—(i) apply under section 12to recover possession of the dwelling, or (ii) where appropriate, apply to the District Court (under section 3 of the Act of 1997) for an excluding order against the...