Select Committee on Finance and General Affairs debate -
Thursday, 11 May 1995

SECTION 159.

Mr. Quinn

I move amendment No. 138:

In page 174, subsection (10), lines 28 to 33, to delete paragraphs (a) and (b) and substitute the following:

"(a) section 106, paragraph (b) of section 107, section 108, paragraph (a) of section 111, sections 112 and 113, paragraph (a) of section 114, sections 115 and 116, paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of section 123 and section 124 shall take effect as on and from the 1st day of July, 1995;

(b) section 110, paragraph (a) of section 120, paragraph (b) of section 122 and paragraph (a) of section 123 shall take effect as on and from the 1st day of January, 1996;".

Amendment agreed to.

Section 159, as amended, agreed to.

First and Second Schedules agreed to.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Mr. McCreevy

I move amendment No. 139:

In page 178, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:

"PART IV

Description of Qualifying Resort Areas of Dublin

1. The town, hinterland and foreshore of Balbriggan.".

Mr. R. Burke

I know there is a time constraint. I ask the Minister to seriously consider the inclusion of the town of Balbriggan as an area meriting the description of qualifying resort. The area needs special status. This town has massive unemployment; historically it had a major industrial base which has now been decimated through changes in technology and imports. The Chamber of Commerce in the area sees the opportunity for concentration on tourism and the opportunities of tourism for upgrading the town of Balbriggan. The unemployment problem in the area, with the initiative from the Chamber of Commerce and the concern of the unemployed means that the area merits the extension of the special status to give the town of Balbriggan the opportunity it richly deserves.

Mr. Quinn

I am not inclined to accept this.

Mr. Sargent

I support my colleague, Deputy Burke. He made a valiant and valid argument. I ask the Minister to consider accepting this amendment on Report Stage.

Mr. McCreevy

I will be pressing this amendment. No place on the north side of Dublin has been included.

Mr. Quinn

What about Skerries?

Chairman

It would be better to resubmit this amendment on Report Stage.

Mr. McCreevy

I would like to press the amendment.

Chairman

The Deputy knows it will get tied up in a lot of other amendments. Deputy Sargent gave me notice some time ago of a point of order which I have agreed to take briefly.

Mr. McCreevy

Excuse me, Deputy Sargent. On the Third Schedule, I would like clarification in regard to the list of townlands to be included. I know the towns were nominated on the day of the budget. What organisation would have submitted maps of the actual area?

Mr. Quinn

The local authorities in conjunction with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Tourism and Trade.

Amendment put.

Chairman

A division has been challenged on this amendment and is being postponed until 6 o'clock.

Mr. Sargent

On a point of order, I appreciate the opportunity to clarify a point. On section 8 I withdrew a number of amendments which I intended to resubmit on Report Stage. I would like clarification that that can be done.

Chairman

Yes. You can take it that it can.

Mr. M. McDowell

If the Committee is not of the whole House you can always resubmit something.

Chairman

For clarification, it can be retabled on Report Stage.

Amendment No. 140 has already been discussed.

Mr. Quinn

I move amendment No. 140:

In page 180, line 7, after "Ballinatray Upper," to insert "Seamount,".

This is a correction that came from the Department of the Environment in relation to Courtown.

Amendment agreed to.

Chairman

Amendment No. 140a in the name of Deputy M. McDowell has already been discussed with amendment No. 47a.

Mr. M. McDowell

I move amendment No. 140a:

In page 180, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:

"PART VIII

Description of Qualifying Resort Area of Galway

South Ward of Galway County Borough.".

I am pressing that amendment as a tribute to Deputy Molloy.

Chairman

Are you accepting that amendment?

Mr. Quinn

No.

Amendment put.

Chairman

A division has been challenged on this amendment and is being postponed until 6 o'clock. We will not put the question for the Third Schedule yet.

Fourth Schedule agreed to.

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

Mr. Quinn

I move amendment No. 141:

In page 185, in the third column opposite the reference to "Finance Act, 1992" in the second column, before "for" to insert "shall be substituted".

Amendment agreed to.

Fifth Schedule, as amended, agreed to.

SIXTH SCHEDULE.

Mr. Quinn

I move amendment No. 142:

In page 185, to delete the entry in the third column opposite the reference to "Finance Act, 1992" in the second column and substitute the following:

"Sections 115 and 116.

Subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of section 142.".

Amendment agreed to.

Sixth Schedule, as amended, agreed to.

Seventh Schedule agreed to.

Mr. Quinn

Under the rules of the House I am required to give notice that it is my intention to put down on Report Stage an amendment to the seed capital scheme.

Chairman

That is noted.

As there are now 22 Members present, we can now proceed with the vote.

Question: "That sections 153 and 157 and the Third Schedule, as already amended, are hereby agreed to and stand part of the Bill", put.

The Select Committee divided: Tá, 12; Níl, 10.

Tá
Broughan, Tommy.	McDowell, Derek.
Connaughton, Paul.	Mitchell, Jim.
Finucane, Michael.	Penrose, William.
Flaherty, Mary.	Quinn, Ruairí.
Kenny, Seán.	Ryan, John.
McCormack, Pádraic.	Sheehan, P. J.

Níl
Ahern, Michael.	McCreevy, Charlie.
Ahern, Noel.	McDowell, Michael.
Burke, Raphael.	O'Hanlon, Rory.
Cullen, Martin.	Sargent, Trevor.
Lawlor, Liam.	Wallace, Dan.

Question declared carried.

Title agreed to.

Report of Select Committee.

Chairman

I propose the following draft report:

The Select Committee has considered the Bill and has made amendments thereto. The Bill, as amended, is reported to the Dáil.

Is that agreed?

Report agreed to.

Ordered to report to the Dáil accordingly.

The Select Committee adjourned at 6.10 p.m.