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Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: -----which may reduce their ability to be independent.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: I will proceed if the Ceann Comhairle would allow me. The bottom line is that this is being done for the sake of a miserly €90 million; out of €6,000 million, it is unbelievable that this €90 million could not be found somewhere else-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: -----such as through drug reference pricing.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: The Minister for Health and Children, who is across the floor of the Chamber, scoffed in July at the thought of hundreds of millions of euro being made available through drugs savings but she issued a press release yesterday or the day before stating that this is what she intends to do.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: Why does she have wait until the IMF was not only at the door but sitting in the parlour before she acts? It is same with everything with this Government; it always too little and far too late.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: There is much anger in the country about this. Only five Opposition Deputies have had a chance to speak on this Bill.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: We want more time to discuss it. We want more time for members of the Government to explain their rationale and perhaps examine their conscience on why they are going to go after carers who save this State hundreds of millions of euro by looking after their loved ones at home. Hear, hear.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: They want to guillotine the debate on this Bill and they want this done before the weekend before backbenches go back to face their constituents-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: -----and have to hear the people. They will not listen but they will have to hear them. The Tánaiste and the Ceann Comhairle should listen; we oppose this utterly. We want more time to discuss this Bill. We want every Member of this House to have an opportunity to exercise his or democratic right and express the views of his or her constituents here.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: I will respond to the comments the Tánaiste made after a note was passed to her by the Minister for Health and Children. I am proud of my record as a negotiator.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: The current Minister may not have been Minister for Health and Children at the time but I doubt she would have done any better in the negotiations given her propensity for lavish travel and painting her nails. We only need to consider her record, for example, her failure to implement redundancies, which costs the country €200 million per annum, and to address drugs reference pricing, which...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: The country could have done with a few real negotiators a couple of weeks ago when we were talking to the IMF.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: I oppose the taking of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill tomorrow in light of what today's newspapers reports concerning €40 million of bonuses to bankers. The definition of a bonus is an additional payment for some form of extra achievement. What in the name of God have the banks achieved in recent years? Would AIB have been able to pay bonuses if taxpayers...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: The Government could have prevented the outcome of the case.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: We still do not have clarity on the universal social charge. Will it apply to pensioners and medical card holders? We need an answer to that question. The Government has lost its moral compass. As I pointed out, blind people will no longer have the independence to go to the shop because they cannot afford to feed their dog, whereas bankers will be given bonuses to go to the Caribbean....

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: The Minister for Finance must stop using the law to protect bankers. He should use it to sort them out. I have a proposal for him. Let him show leadership by taxing at 99% the bankers' bonuses in the emergency legislation to come before the House tomorrow.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: I wish to inquire after a number of Bills. First, I wish to refer to the legislation coming before the House tomorrow. Given the savings that will be made from the reduction in the minimum wage amount to a mere €83 million in one year and that €40 million in bonuses are to be paid this year to bankers and €55 million was paid last year, which is an equivalent sum, will the Minister...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: This is a burning issue for the people of this country. They have realised the trouble we are in and how we got here, despite the Government spin, namely, through lack of regulation, political ill judgment and bankers being paid bonuses for achieving figures, not for achieving security for their bank or best outcomes for their clients. The Government has an opportunity to show some...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: Second, on the Order of Business, where stands the corporate donations legislation, the legislation on the lord mayor, which is going through the House at present, and the climate change Bill? These are all Bills which the Green Party, which is supporting the Government, is very keen to have passed and it is now making noises about delaying its promise of an election in January lest this...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: Will the Tánaiste tell us the date of the next general election, rather than talking about 2011? As we all know, that would mean 24 December 2011 if she had her way. The people need to know that, and they need to know the Greens will keep their word this time - that they are going to stay green and not turn yellow yet again.