Dáil debates

Thursday, 6 May 2010

4:00 pm

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Seán Barrett - the way in which the Department of Social Protection distinguishes between approved retirement funds and annuities in so far as the payment of PRSI contributions; (2) Deputy Lucinda Creighton - the management of funding within the Dublin Inner City Partnership; (3) Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin - the need for the Minister for Finance, in light of the now signalled loss of 900 jobs at Quinn Insurance and the devastating consequences thereof, to explain why the Financial Regulator decided to ban Quinn Insurance Limited trading in the Six Counties and in Britain hours before he sought the appointment of provisional administrators; the reason it has taken so many weeks to restore even partial access to these markets and what efforts the Government has employed to ensure that all decisions of the Financial Regulator have been justified, given the serious consequences for this company's reputation and viability in all markets and the serious loss of jobs now consequential on the Regulator's actions; (4) Deputy Joe Behan - the levels and consequences of personal indebtedness in Ireland today; (5) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to establish a commission of investigation to examine all aspects of planning, construction and building control and building repairs in the north fringe district of Dublin city and Fingal county; and (6) Deputy Joe Costello - the need to end the practice of dispatching leachate from the landfill in Balleally to the treatment plant in Ringsend through the sewerage system of Dublin City Council.

The matters raised by Deputies Behan, Barrett, Broughan and Creighton have been selected for discussion and will be taken now.