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Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: I hope the Minister of State, Deputy Kelleher, feels like this when thousands of people in the banks lose their jobs.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: The Minister for Finance announced the appointment of four wise men to An Bord Snip Nua. Will this give rise to a need for legislation in the context of allowing people to transfer between the Civil Service and State bodies? Why are the appointees all men over 50——

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: ——with no women and no young people from the business world with a knowledge of IT?

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: What insights are they supposed to have over and above that of people actually working in the area?

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Will it require legislation?

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach was talking about debates in the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: He said he was in favour of women's participation.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Can I get an answer?

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Can I have an answer?

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: I think the Taoiseach wants to answer. Maybe he is going to appoint women to this task force.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Send us a circular. The Government is good at circulars. Circles of circulars.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach should cheer up.

Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (Resumed) (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: I wish to share time with Deputy Eamon Gilmore. The Minister of State, Deputy McGuinness, will be making a grant available for the fairy tales of Enterprise Ireland. I congratulate my colleague Deputy Willie Penrose on putting forward such a positive motion which focuses on the need for small and medium sized businesses to get access to working capital. Last September, the European...

Written Answers — National Security: National Security (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Defence the action he has taken to develop a pro-active approach to cyber defence at national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42750/08]

Written Answers — National Security: National Security (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Defence the dialogue he has engaged in and the co-operation mechanism he has set up with other states facing the same cyber risks and threats as Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42749/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the foreign countries with which the State has signed a double taxation treaty but the treaty is not yet ratified and in force, indicating, in respect of each such country, whether the delay in ratification and entry into force is on the part of the foreign country or the State or both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43013/08]

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 222: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to media comments to the effect that the home choice loan scheme could potentially require the State to become a lender to excessively risky home buyers; the steps he envisages taking to ensure that this does not become the case; the impact on commercial lending in certain...

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rationale for confining the home choice loan scheme purely to newly built homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38843/08]

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, with respect to the home choice loan scheme and its expected borrower profile, he envisages a bad debt provision which is superior to that in the standard mortgage market; if so, if the cost of this provision will be passed on to borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38822/08]

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Will the Government accept a special notice question to deal with the important matter to which Deputy Bruton referred? Yesterday, the Government announced to great fanfare another programme for public service reform and customer charters. Implicit in that is the requirement for legislation to allow staff in public bodies and agencies to be transferable with those in Departments. Will the...