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Social Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Jan 2016)

Arthur Spring: ...published as the Opposition will point out. Most of the people affected are in rent allowance accommodation at the moment. They are very happy with and integrated into their local societies. They feel part of the communities in which their families have grown up. Had I been the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government five years ago, I would have insisted that...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: ...care more than anyone else is the elderly owing to the ailments that go with age. I welcome the provisions included in the Bill for the over-70s. A basic GP service should ensure people will feel free to go to a doctor and seek peace of mind that their ailments can be treated accordingly and that they can be sent in the right direction if there is something wrong. This also gives us an...

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Mar 2015)

Arthur Spring: ...particular to my generation which I call "Generation Jinxed" as so many have left the country and carried enormous debts. I am passionate about this as I am one of them and my friends and family feel this on a daily basis. I find it particularly difficult to understand why NAMA was established for developers under the Administration I call "the FIGS" for Fianna Fáil, Independents...

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2015)

Arthur Spring: .... People go towards the town centres. It is a family day out and there is no obsession with the shopping ethos. There is a vibrancy in the older-generation areas and this results in a boutique feel, a cultural feel and a uniqueness that needs to be examined and promoted. It is not just a question of saying something needs to be done, because we must generate ideas. That is what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)

Arthur Spring: ...x20ac;188 per week. People are really at breaking point and I do not get a sense from the representatives of the OECD, the Commission and the IMF that the committee has met that they see the daily lives or feel it as badly as people do. One can talk about the political consequences of it, which are as plain as day, but the objective of everybody here is austerity avoidance. Some people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Jun 2014)

Arthur Spring: I would not say it has not done anything, but I do not get the feeling that it is doing enough. On a second point, I was speaking to some people who would be somewhat in the know. They say that the world is awash with money trying to find a home, particularly on the bond market. I was taken aback by this and I asked why Greek and Irish bonds were so low. It was in the context of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Arthur Spring: ...by the Companies Acts over the years, particularly in light of the view that nobody is being made accountable for the collapse of the banking sector. Ultimately, every man, woman and child is feeling the consequences. Professor Honohan knows this and I am not trying to be too populist about it. However, why has there not been an examination as to whether the directors, at that point in...

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Arthur Spring: ...motion. The ESM has put a mechanism in place whereby it was hoped we could recapitalise the banks retrospectively and also capitalise banks in the future. Some opposition Members do not seem to see, feel, know or understand what the Irish people have gone through over recent years. Families, friends, associates, have all experienced what has been done to this country. The decision to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Discussion with Minister for Finance (13 Nov 2013)

Arthur Spring: ...there is an overly optimistic view in the international window as to how Ireland is performing. When one explains the disconnect between individuals and the country, politicians internationally feel we have a lot further to go. Last month, an article in The Economist focused on the level of personal indebtedness that exists throughout Europe and said this would be the next wave that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Arthur Spring: ...by debit card or credit card before Christmas. We saw the specifics earlier, and a figure of 15% was mentioned. If I came across as putting the witnesses under pressure earlier it is because I am feeling the pressure in my office as well. We have a problem - otherwise, we would not be around today - and it is something we want cleared up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Arthur Spring: ...the service could be provided. Debit and credit cards could be set up in a way to take money from the account over the calendar year 2014. I spoke to some credit card experts today. Do the witnesses feel this can be addressed now or, as was noted earlier, could it be considered for the future? Is the notice too short?

Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: I previously worked in a bank, but I have never provided a mortgage for anybody. Unfortunately, I took out a mortgage in 2006 and still feel the legacy. Like my colleague, I find it a bit rich that the people in the Galway tent-----

Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Jul 2013)

Arthur Spring: ...suggest that a code of conduct that we will supervise and watch is not the way to move forward on this issue. It is also unhelpful to tell people that we have not done right by the banks. They do not feel confidence in the integrity of the institutions as a result of their being undermined. The Central Bank is in a much better state than it has been heretofore. I believe that when...

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2013)

Arthur Spring: ...where €700 million can be saved. I welcome that and the Department is doing a good job. The fact that 250,000 identity cards have gone out is very welcome and will mean that people will feel under scrutiny when they attend a social welfare office. It will not be overly burdensome but appropriately so. I encourage the Minister to pursue the concept of the pensioners in line with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Arthur Spring: ...throughout the day, have been nothing short of top class. It has been very informative for Members of the Seanad and the Dáil and I think lay people at home, who are watching this, will feel very informed. I acknowledge the fact we are trying to become as educated as possible before we make decisions and I thank the witnesses for their contribution. It is rather unfortunate that...

Magdalen Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Feb 2013)

Arthur Spring: ...the question of whether one or the other was involved in delivering a process that is ultimately a tragedy. As a person of a generation that did not see the Magdalen laundries in operation, I feel it is one of the greatest tragedies that occurred in a society that looked to the State and the church to give leadership, without having a full comprehension of what it was to have a society...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: I welcome the witnesses. It may not feel that way, but they are welcome. I am delighted that the communications deficit has finished between the public interest directors and such interests as the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform. I compliment the Chairman as the rest of us sat around here for 18 months without the ability to invite in the witnesses. That is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Contribution of Public Interest Directors in Financial Institutions: Discussion (20 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: ...incomes have decreased and their capacity to repay those mortgages have decreased. The substantial element is that we as a generation, who are not represented on the board, are the people who are feeling the brunt of it. I do not think there is anything in Bank of Ireland or any other bank to recognise debt forgiveness or debt write-down. As my colleague Deputy Dara Murphy pointed out,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of AIB: Discussion (31 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: ...why AIB closed those banks? Will they do anything to redress the imbalance that exists in rural Ireland now? The bank was the fulcrum of society. Shops, petrol stations and small retailers will feel the effects of this move. I would like to hear the witnesses' socioeconomic analysis of what this is all about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Arthur Spring: ...being supplied to the specific committees thereafter so that we can have an advanced and mature debate as to how the country gets out of its woes, but I welcome this step. There are many of us who feel this is not going far enough. It is part of the reform agenda. We think there should be a better budgetary process. This budget is about fairness. The most important point is not to...