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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Property Taxation Application (14 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: Not apartments but generally-----

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Property Taxation Application (14 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I accept all that.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Property Taxation Application (14 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Property Taxation Application (14 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Brian Hayes. I want to discuss the local property tax. People who live in properties or estates must pay a management fee and the local property tax. The issue of paying twice for local services has been raised with me on at least three occasions over the past number of weeks. I wish to point out, and I am sure the...

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: Next Tuesday, 19 November.

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I welcome the proactive approach that the Department has taken in preparing this Bill by taking a small number of measures out of the main companies legislation and fast-tracking them in order to help the many small businesses that are in trouble. The Bill is aimed at small businesses with balance sheets smaller than €4.4 million, turnover not greater than €8.8 million and...

Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (14 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (13 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I thank Dr. O'Neill for his presentation. I attended a showcase in UCC last Friday by a student who had been supported by Irish Aid. The organisation provided six-month placements in various locations. While preparing for the meeting, I refreshed my mind on our new policy, One World, One Future. Dr. O'Neill said the communication from the Commission on ODA will be agreed next month. Is...

Seanad: Science Week: Statements (12 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Science Week: Statements (12 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: It is not just for a narrow focus. Nine of the ten top software companies are established here, including Intel, Dell, Microsoft, IBM, Apple, HP, Facebook and Google. As it accounts for one third of our exports it is hugely important for the economy. Eight of the ten top pharmaceutical companies are located here. This is a very important sector for the economy and guarantees job security....

Seanad: Science Week: Statements (12 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I thank the Minister of State for being in attendance to discuss the important topic of Science Week. Therefore, it was important to set aside time for it today and this week. The debate affords us the opportunity to air our views and even promote the initiative. As we all know, science is extremely important to the economy and for community and societal development. Science Week has been...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: The Senator is making a Second Stage speech.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: This is the second day in a row that Senator MacSharry has raised the issue of the national children's hospital and has put a question mark over the project. Yesterday he told us that he was reliably informed off the record that the committee involved had been instructed not to spend any more money. I can reliably inform him on the record that yesterday was the first anniversary of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: We might add the teaching of maths to that as the report was not very complimentary of those standards either. I welcome the decision by the Government to have a referendum in 2015 on marriage equality. That is at least 15 months away, but the time lag is important and crucial to the success of that campaign will be the publication and the enacting of the Family Relationships and Children...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I acknowledge the point made by the Minister in her speech that originally €440 million was to be taken from her Department's budget and that figure was reduced to €226 million. She had a similar story to tell us last year. However, as others have said, these spending reductions will still have an impact. Budget 2014 was about getting people back to work while at the same...

Seanad: EU Scrutiny and Transparency in Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Oct 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I thank the Tánaiste and Minister of State for attending the House for this debate. This Bill follows on our discussion yesterday with the Taoiseach. Over the years, there have been many suggestions that the Seanad should become more involved in scrutinising EU proposals. Since the Lisbon treaty, the role of national parliaments in EU legislation has been greatly strengthened. We are...

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I wish to share time with Senator Hildegarde Naughton. The 2004 all-party committee which produced a report on Seanad reform found that the exact role of Seanad Éireann was not obvious to the general public, and that is probably true. Its primary role is legislative. What goes on in this House is part of the legislative process. Legislation is initiated in the Dáil or the Seanad;...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Deirdre Clune: It is €3.1 billion down to €2.5 billion. We are in a bailout programme-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Deirdre Clune: We are borrowing to the tune of €12 billion annually-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Deirdre Clune: The effects were felt across the board. However, the response from those involved in business has been positive and this will contribute to the economic recovery that is under way. I ask the Acting Leader to arrange a discussion on the issue of childhood obesity and to congratulate the Minister for Health on another initiative he undertook yesterday in leading a campaign on this issue. He...

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