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National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: The passage of this Bill through the House is bordering on a shambles. The Minister is making off with €54 billion of taxpayers' money to give it to the corrupt bankers and we are getting not even a commitment but a vague comment of some oversight. We are not even getting a firm committee. That should be dealt with now. We do not know what the Minister is bringing in but it should be...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I commend Deputy Richard Bruton and Fine Gael on tabling this amendment. It offers the Government an opportunity to include it in the Bill to ensure there is some type of clarity and oversight regarding what these SPVs may do. I believe the SPV will take power from NAMA. It will take the driver and engine from NAMA and leave it like a shell. It is a completely separate entity. Why is that...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: There was no mention of an SPV on Second Stage. The Minister did not refer to it in his contribution, nor did any other Government spokesperson.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I wondered what the Minister was up to and thought, perhaps, it was to dupe the Green Party membership and the majority of its Members of the Oireachtas. We would give the Minister no credit for that because the Green Party was not going to ruffle any feathers once it got through its conference. However, it is far more serious than that. There are only vague references in the Bill to NAMA...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Never mind the Minister, will the Deputy vote in favour of the amendment?

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: This matter is much more serious than that.

National Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I support amendment No. 5, in particular, although I note the Minister has tabled a similar one. There is NAMA for the bankers and for the speculators and I suppose what we have here is barely crumbs from the master's table for ordinary people. It is unfortunate that we cannot strengthen this Bill in some way to deal more forcefully with the issues affecting real people.

Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the process by which her Department and the Health Service Executive has made inputs to the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programme report proposals regarding health and personal social services; her views on these proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39273/09]

Written Answers — Price Inflation: Price Inflation (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the wholesale energy prices from 1999 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39591/09]

Written Answers — Price Inflation: Price Inflation (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the breakdown of energy prices from 1999 to date in 2009; the overall figures for energy prices as a whole from 1999 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39592/09]

Written Answers — Price Inflation: Price Inflation (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the electrical prices for industrial users here from 1999 to date in 2009; the electrical prices for industrial users here as compared to the UK from 1999 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39593/09]

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the Irish economic expenditure of the food sector for each of the past ten years; the IEE of the food sector as a percentage of total expenditure in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39685/09]

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (4 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the Irish economic expenditure of the food sector as compared to the IEE of total manufacturing industry for each of the past ten years; the way Irish economic expenditure of the food sector as compared to the IEE of total manufacturing industry excluding the food sector for each of the past ten years; and if he will make...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I share the bafflement as to why the Government will not accept the word "sustainable" as it indicated on Committee Stage that it would. Given the short time we have, will the Minister be helpful and advise us if there are other Opposition amendments that he will accept? If he were to indicate what he will accept, it might expedite proceedings because less time would be needed to debate them.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I want to record my support for the amendment. The thrust of it is completely in accord with the amendment in my name which will be dealt with next.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I move amendment No. 10: In page 17, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "(c) all participating institutions shall be obliged to increase lending to SMEs and first time buyers and shall be obliged to report on lending activity in these areas bi-monthly to the Houses of the Oireachtas, (d) all participating institutions shall be obliged to cease mortgage repossession for the...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Welcome back.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I confess to being very worried at this point. The Minister has more or less clapped everybody on the back on this side of the House. Deputy Fahey even thinks it a good debate at this stage. With all those references to religious orders, if I regarded myself as a Catholic, I would be examining my conscience at this stage. I am sure it would come out as positive. The Minister in his final...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: These amendments have been tabled to address the concerns of the Opposition - I do not speak for the Opposition as a whole - and the real and genuine concerns of the people. When I speak about home owners, I refer not only to those who hold mortgages, but to their family members. When I speak about small and medium sized enterprises, I refer not only to managers and owners, but also to...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: For a number of reasons, I support the sentiment behind the amendment. The Minister referred to reporting on a quarterly basis. In the ordinary scheme of things, a quarterly report would be sufficient. However, we are not dealing with the ordinary scheme of things. We are dealing with senior bank executives who have continually demonstrated in recent years that they are not worthy of...