Results 1-20 of 32 for destroyed speaker:Michael Noonan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Drugs Seizures (4 Apr 2017)

Michael Noonan: ...full forensic analysis is complete. Year Value of Illegal Drugs Seized €million 2012 49.3 2013 20.8 2014 91 2015 23.1 2016 30.5 Illegal drugs seized by Revenue's Customs service are destroyed in consultation with An Garda Síochána and the Forensic Liaison Office of Forensic Science Ireland. Drugs seized by Revenue that are required for evidence in criminal...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: ...those arguments as if they were general. However, they are not general. The health service, the education service and other desirable services are short of resources because the economy was destroyed. Until very recently, the economy was no longer generating the resources needed to adequately fund such services. The way to have proper health and education services and to expand all the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Drugs Seizures (11 Jun 2015)

Michael Noonan: .... Year Value of Illegal Drugs Seized 2010 €7,939,292 2011 €21,830,305 2012 €47,136,198 2013 €18,741,251 2014 €89,475,465 Illegal drugs seized by Revenue's Customs service are destroyed in consultation with An Garda Síochána and the Forensic Liaison Office of Forensic Science Ireland. Drugs seized by Revenue that are required for evidence...

European Debt: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2015)

Michael Noonan: ...€100 billion was borrowed for health services and education and all public services. If we are to debate the issue, we should at least agree on the facts. The bulk of the Irish debt is due to the fact that the previous Government not only destroyed economic activity but destroyed the tax base. We were left with a situation where the taxes collected were no longer sufficient to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (21 Jan 2015)

Michael Noonan: ...by the Revenue Commissioners that goods seized by them in the exercise of their statutory powers which are not returned to the person from whom they are seized may be disposed of by being sold or destroyed or, in the case of motor vehicles, by being allocated for use by the Revenue Commissioners, An Garda Síochána or the Defence Forces. The amounts realised by Revenue from the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Michael Noonan: ...that they are not using it for the lawnmower. Getting the information on the supply chain has been very effective. They also work in another way. If somebody like Deputy Creed had his engine destroyed, he would think about where he might have got the fuel. Some people report to the Revenue Commissioners that their engine was destroyed as a result of getting fuel in a particular filling...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Euro Currency Denomination (17 Dec 2013)

Michael Noonan: ...has issued in excess of 1million €500 banknotes. As euro banknotes circulate throughout the Eurozone, it is Net Issuance, rather than circulation, that is calculated on a national level. Net Issuance is a calculation of notes delivered less notes destroyed, less stocks. It does not take into account factors such as migration of notes within the eurozone. The Net Issuance of...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Michael Noonan: ...limited. I am in favour of making sure this closes after two years. The Senator is correct about the grants that were introduced in the 1980s to replace doors and windows during the aluminium revolution, which destroyed many a decent house. If one person got aluminium windows, the entire road had to get them. It got completely out of hand and it cost a fortune with limited benefits...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Michael Noonan: It is difficult to see how a reputable contractor would fail to provide the necessary information to the Revenue to enable a home owner make a claim. The contractor would destroy his own business, as well as incurring penalties. The claim is made once payment is made, not when the work is finished. Once the Revenue has the electronic system up from early January, the householder can see at...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Michael Noonan: ...issues of the day cannot be discussed with credibility in Private Members' time, then personality politics might look like a good option. One can only be astounded at the cynicism of the party which, having wrecked the economy, destroyed the banks, put hundreds of thousands of people out of work, savaged the living standards of so many, made the poor poorer, knocked 50% off the value of...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Michael Noonan: ...grounds for believing that the person—(i) is committing or has committed an offence under financial services legislation, (ii) is committing or has committed a prescribed contravention, or (iii) has deliberately concealed or destroyed evidence, or is deliberately concealing or destroying evidence, or is likely to deliberately conceal or destroy evidence, of such an offence or a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Targets (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Noonan: Deputy McGrath should be very careful. It is what destroyed his party. He should not destroy it a second time.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Targets (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Noonan: Do not destroy it a second time.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sale of State Assets (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Noonan: ...and that all staff will be treated fairly. I was particularly taken with Mr. Loney’s comments at the press conference on 19 February 2013 that the company was in Ireland to “create jobs, not to destroy jobs”.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Numbers (16 Jan 2013)

Michael Noonan: ...Finance Act 1992. The registration number assigned at the time of first registration in the State remains assigned to that vehicle and must be displayed at all times until the vehicle is scrapped, destroyed or sent permanently out of the State. I have no plans at present to change the legislation in that regard.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (6 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: ...to any further action that may be taken, I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the re-exportation of counterfeit goods is not an option under current legislation, and it is likely the goods will be destroyed when the outcome of the case is finally determined.

Written Answers — Motor Vehicle Registration: Motor Vehicle Registration (12 Jun 2012)

Michael Noonan: ...Finance Act 1992. The registration number assigned at the time of first registration in the State remains assigned to that vehicle and must be displayed at all times until the vehicle is scrapped, destroyed or sent permanently out of the State. I have no plans at present to change the legislation in that regard.

Written Answers — Motor Vehicle Registration: Motor Vehicle Registration (15 Feb 2012)

Michael Noonan: ...Finance Act 1992. The registration number assigned at the time of first registration in the State remains assigned to that vehicle and must be displayed at all times until the vehicle is scrapped, destroyed or sent permanently out of the State. An owner of a vehicle which is 30 years old may request that the registration mark originally assigned to that vehicle be replaced with a...

Written Answers — Tobacco Smuggling: Tobacco Smuggling (24 Jan 2012)

Michael Noonan: ...issue of public information in relation to the dangers of smoking is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Health. I am informed that all cigarettes and tobacco seized by Revenue are securely destroyed under Revenue control. With regard to the Deputy's question on the subject of the testing of tobacco, the Commissioners inform me that the testing of seized cigarette and tobacco...

Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)

Michael Noonan: ...it was forced to turn to the IMF and the European authorities to provide funding. The people of Ireland have paid a very high price for this mismanagement of the economy. Personal wealth has been destroyed, thousands of people are sinking into poverty, emigration has returned and unemployment is far too high. The task of this Government is to regain control over Ireland's fiscal and...