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- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Yet they were delivered in a short time.
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Directors need equity to have power.
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Nobody other than the shareholders has power in a company.
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: That is not what we seek.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will index the social welfare payments to inflation in Budget 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31346/08]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes she will make to the qualifying criteria for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance. [34863/08]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (21 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 431: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to clients of a rehabilitation facility (details supplied) who are on a disability payment when they are in the care of the facility but are not going to receive the back to education allowance because they were receiving a disability payment rather than being on jobseekers allowance; and if she will...
- Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: I have two questions. Following the summer recess, the Government announced that the assets of pensions funds of public bodies would be transferred into Government accounts via the National Treasury Management Agency. A brief statement issued on the matter, which was signed by both the Ministers for Finance and Social and Family Affairs. We have had no word since and no clarification on...
- Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Will the Tánaiste undertake to find out and come back to the House?
- Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: It is a major issue involving â¬2.5 billion in the pension funds of all the universities.
- Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: It is an important matter for many public servants. My second question is unfortunately being asked out on the street today and, hopefully, the Tánaiste can being some clarity. As a former Minister for Social and Family Affairs, she will be aware the Christmas bonus is a discretionary payment.
- Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: It is a discretionary payment by the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Will the Tánaiste confirm it will be paid at the same rate and on time as previously? Given the doubt that has been cast, will she clarify this?
- Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: The Tánaiste is a former Minister in the Department and she knows the arrangements for the scheme.
- Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Will the Tánaiste take the opportunity to clarify this because people are worried about this discretionary payment?
- Departmental Staff. (22 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to effect a reduction in staffing levels in his private or constituency offices or those of the Minister of State in his Department arising from the requirement intended to achieve the reduction of 3% in payroll costs for his Department. [35874/08]
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Hear, hear.
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: Like the budget, they are full of holes.
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: What if they are saving for a nursing home?
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: The Minister of State should do the honest thing and resign.
- Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: The Government is responsible.