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Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: There was.

Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: I am always happy.

Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: Has the Minister or the regulator of credit unions examined the types of investments credit unions have been making in the context of the turbulence in financial markets? I do not know whether guidance has been given to credit unions or whether there is any oversight in regard to investments in financial derivatives by credit unions. The regulations require that credit unions have to hold a...

Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: In the context of events on the financial markets in recent months, why is it not appropriate to ask the Financial Regulator to check that the credit unions have, where necessary, responded appropriately to any exposure they may have had to investments? The credit unions have had an extraordinary inflow of funds, particularly from SSIAs. Many of them, specifically those associated with...

Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: It has not been an issue thus far.

Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: The amendment does not refer to farms, farmland or borrowing through non-regulated companies. These are significant issues for many farming families. Through inappropriate borrowing and vehicles, they can lose their farms. The reversion provision mentions individual domestic homes, but not farms or farmlands. Some years ago, it emerged that a company called Chesterton Finance had a...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the findings in a report published in October 2007 by the Women's Health Council and the Money Advice and Budgeting Service entitled Women, Debt and Health which indicates that seven out of ten women who have debt problems have related health problems; if she will implement the recommendations of the report that refer to...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (17 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position on the Government's plans for co-location of private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals; the projects in respect of which contracts have been signed; the projects with which it is intended to proceed where contracts have still to be signed; the expected date on which building will commence for each project; the...

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: What is the position regarding management companies? Thousands of people who buy homes now are subject to management companies.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: In the last Dáil and on the list we were promised legislation, namely, the property services regulatory authority Bill.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: I understand the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is also taking an interest in this area. Who will deal with management companies in the future? It is listed for the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform but I understand the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, as he should, will take an interest in this issue. Thousands of...

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: It is important to many young people buying houses. We should be clear about that.

Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: Following on from Deputy Bruton's questions I wish to raise a number of issues with the Minister. I do not understand how the Minister is minded to approach the issue of regulation. He refers to these firms being non-deposit taking institutions as the reason they were not included in regulation when the law was first introduced. The Minister, from what I detected in his speech, appears to...

Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: Will these regulations apply to entities offering financial products in the Republic, even if they are not registered in the Republic?

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (18 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the integrated ticketing project following the recent report of the Comptroller and Auditor General; the timescale and budget this project is working to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24270/07]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (18 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will respond to the request from the Medical Bureau of Road Safety for increased funding and resources to allow for an expansion of its drug-testing programme; if he will bring forward a comprehensive policy on drug-testing of drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24268/07]

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (23 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: I move amendmentNo. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes the Pre-Budget Outlook incorporating Pre-Budget Estimates for Public Services 2008, published by the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance on 18 October, 2007 and having regard to the statement by the Minister that 2007 represented a turning point for the Irish economy, calls on the Government...

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (23 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: I understood the pre-budget outlook was designed to address such issues. I have asked what the Government proposes to do.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the answer he has given to the representations made to him regarding the continuing abuse by Government forces in Zimbabwe of political opponents and the widely reported arbitrary detentions and beatings. [24996/07]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 Oct 2007)

Joan Burton: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will condemn the use of lethal injection as a method of execution in view of the current US Supreme Court cases addressing lethal injections potential status as cruel and unusual punishment in view of the fact that the combination of drugs used have been banned for use by the American Veterinary Association as being unacceptably...