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Seanad: Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (1 Dec 2015)

Feargal Quinn: ...tax. Local authorities collect commercial rates, business improvement tax, district taxes and levies and the non-principal private residence tax. The motor taxation office collects motor tax. An Post collects television and dog licence fees. I am not sure whether the dog licence is still around. I cannot believe it is worthwhile. The Private Residential Tenancies Board collects the...

Seanad: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Sep 2014)

Feargal Quinn: ...the legislation to address such issues and I am pleased to see that the Minister has done this. I am unsure why gambling on lotteries and betting at bookmakers or via the totaliser at horse and dog tracks are not subject to VAT. This matter has been raised by others also and I am unsure as to the reason for it. It has been explained that the provision dates back to the 1970s when an EU...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)

Feargal Quinn: ..., however, that he was born 20 days after me, so any suggestion that he is a little too old is being rejected entirely by me and I hope by others as well. There is a lot of life left in that old dog yet and in this one too. In the context of discussions about age, I draw the attention of the House to figures published yesterday which indicate that the life expectancy for males in Ireland...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

Feargal Quinn: ...is possible to open a private hospital without a licence and there being a guarantee that such a facility will be inspected. I was unaware that this was the case. People need licences for their dogs and televisions sets and in order that they might drive their cars. It is horrific, therefore, that one does not require a licence to open and operate a hospital. If the figures to which I...

Seanad: Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Second Stage (6 Jun 2012)

Feargal Quinn: ...commercial rates, business improvement tax, district taxes, levies and the non-principal residential tax. An Post, of which I have some experience, collects the television licence fee and the dog licence fee. The latter used to be seven schillings and sixpence; I do not know what it is now but I am surprised it is still in place. The Private Residential Tenancy Board collects the...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Feargal Quinn: ...tax. Local authorities meanwhile collect commercial rates, business improvement tax, district tax levies and the non-principal private residence tax. An Post collects television licence fees and dog licence fees. Imagine that: we still have dog licence fees. The Private Residential Tenancies Board collects the residential landlord tax, and all of this is without mentioning new taxes...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Feargal Quinn: ...and corporation tax. Local authorities, meanwhile, collect commercial rates, business improvement tax, district taxes, levies and the non-principal residence tax. An Post collects television and dog licence fees, which I am surprised still exist. The Private Residential Tenancies Board collects the residential landlord tax. As regards new taxes, I do not know who will collect water...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2011: Second Stage. (26 Jul 2011)

Feargal Quinn: ...offences listed in Schedule 1. Company directors do not know company law as they should and it has been broken for many years. Company law is approaching its 50th birthday and is a complete dog's dinner comprising 15 individual pieces of legislation which very few understand. Now, under section 19 of the Criminal Justice Bill 2011, at least 12 new sections of company law will be...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (24 Mar 2010)

Feargal Quinn: ...very dangerous because it contains cords or drawstrings with which children may choke themselves, but it is okay if one is aware of this. Senator O'Toole has reminded us that some years ago when a dog savaged a young child, legislation was passed which stated all dogs should be muzzled. It was an immediate reaction. I have a concern that when we pass legislation, as we have done, and...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2010)

Feargal Quinn: ...hounds were excluded in similar legislation in the UK and Northern Ireland. I can understand why the Government has included rather than excluded them but there is a difference between breeding dogs for hunting, which many may not approve of, and breeding puppies for sale, which is a serious problem, and that is why I support the general theme of the legislation. There is a need for this...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2010)

Feargal Quinn: ...1,000 puppies a week are exported from Ireland to countries where there is much greater regulation. This Bill is also an appropriate occasion on which to ask the question of what we do with stray dogs. According to the Government's figures, more than 12,500 stray and abandoned dogs were euthanised in Ireland in 2007, the equivalent of 34 dogs every day. In Scotland, a country of similar...

Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Second Stage (25 Oct 2007)

Feargal Quinn: ...but if the Irish financial establishment is prepared to not only turn a blind eye to misbehaviour that has been identified by the highest court in the land and also to argue publicly that sleeping dogs should be left to lie, then the Irish financial establishment has dealt a massive blow to the international reputation on which its own future well-being crucially depends. All this sends...

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements. (18 Oct 2007)

Feargal Quinn: .... We will not succeed in attracting new investment from outside the country. This point bears repeating because the message is not getting through to the point where action is taken. Even the dogs in the street know that Ireland in now a very expensive place in which to do anything. Foreign direct investment has been encouraged for the past 40 years and initially Ireland was marketed as...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (26 Apr 2007)

Feargal Quinn: ...their input carefully considered in any change we make. Was that reservoir of expertise availed of in this instance? The answer is "No". Not only was it not availed of, the legislation has been doggedly pursued in the face of an unprecedented opposition from these experts in the criminal law system. As Senators Norris and Ryan stated, they are appalled, as I am, at the indecent haste...

Seanad: Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Feargal Quinn: ...institution has its own distinctive role and, ideally, is held in the same high regard, both by the State and the public. I hope the Bill will put an end to the counterproductive posturing that has dogged the institutes of technology sector over the past few decades. Many of the institutes have mounted campaigns to be given university status, about which we have heard today, and this has...

Seanad: Transport Policy: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)

Feargal Quinn: ...out one of the most important parts of it. I am at one with the Dublin city manager, Mr. John Fitzgerald, who expressed himself forcefully on this point. For the past ten years we have made a dog's dinner of our transport planning. I had hoped to be able to welcome Transport 21 as a turn in a new direction, but unless we revisit the functions of the proposed Dublin Transportation Authority...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (13 Apr 2005)

Feargal Quinn: ...Hosiery Act 1845, the Adulteration of Coffee Act 1718 and the Burning of Bricks (Dublin) Act 1770, about which Senator Norris spoke. It is not that long since the Oireachtas passed legislation on dog muzzling. I have been told that in the 1950s, there was a proposal that neon lights were likely to make one bald and that legislation should be passed banning it. Of course, that did not happen.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Feargal Quinn: ...are often caused when drivers are dialling in such circumstances. The Oireachtas often tries to produce legislation that is tight and involved. It passed a Bill to provide for the muzzling of dogs some years ago after a dog had savaged a child, but it was not enforceable because it was passed too quickly and insufficient attention was paid to its content. I am not a great believer in...

Seanad: Veterinary Practice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2004)

Feargal Quinn: ...to the importation of new diseases which were previously considered exotic. I was amazed recently to disembark from a plane which had come from Ireland to the United States of America and see a dog being taken off which had travelled with a passenger. I expressed my surprise that she could bring a dog into the United States of America from Ireland and she told me it was not a problem. She...