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Written Answers — Medical Records: Medical Records (20 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider amending legislation to facilitate patients accessing medical records held by private health care facilities in a similar manner to that available through public health care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24639/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Properties: Health Service Properties (20 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 491: To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential units, including bed and breakfast provision, rented or leased by the Health Service Executive on an annual basis in south Lee area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24640/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Properties: Health Service Properties (20 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 492: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm for each of the five most recent calendar years the total annual amount of expenditure incurred by the Health Service Executive renting or leasing residential units, including bed and breakfast provision, in the south Lee area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24641/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Properties: Health Service Properties (20 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 493: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the Health Service Executive rents or leases residential units from private landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24642/11]

Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil signed up to the cap six months ago.

Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy agreed to the cap.

Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: All Sinn Féin wants to do is burn the bondholders. They informed us that we should "burn away".

Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Ó Cuív said that last week.

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister and the Bill. The one point on which I agree with Deputy Clare Daly is that this is about economic development. We can pretend and live in the utopian world in which the Deputy lives or we can live in the real world, which many of us do. The reality is that Europe and the world is in a financial crisis which requires action and leadership, not grandstanding on a soap...

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is extraordinary that we are debating a Private Members motion from Sinn Féin, a party that stands for what? Every week we read their press releases and statements, and hear their pronouncements which show they are against everything and for nothing. While I welcome this debate, I challenge Sinn Féin Members to stand up and tell the people how we will recover from the recession we are in.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: They should tell the people honestly how we will pay for it. All we hear is that we must tax the rich and the developers, that we should not put money into the banks or sell State assets. What do they want to do? They claim to be committed to the people and to assisting in the economic recovery of the country, but the motion before us is an act of folly based on voodoo economics. I listen...

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: On the contrary, this morning the Taoiseach mentioned 3,000 jobs.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: As Deputy Ellis should know if he is listening to the people in his constituency, if we were not in Europe and did not have the EU-IMF deal we would be a basket case, but we take decisions and are responsible. My challenge to the Sinn Féin public representatives is to do as they did in the North of our country by assuming responsibility. They should be part of the democratic process here...

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: They should not be flying the flag with an eye to the local elections or the next general election. They should consider the people with no job and who would have no prospect of a job under the terms of this Private Members' motion.

Written Answers — Financial Products: Financial Products (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consult with the Financial Regulator, in view of the protracted length of time it is taking to obtain a mortgage and negotiate the sale of a house, to examine if it is possible to oblige banks to extend beyond three months the period of validity of a mortgage offer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25277/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance if he accepts the claims by various banks that they are lending to a high proportion of applicants for loans and mortgages or alternatively that is he of the view that potential borrowers are being dissuaded, by bankers and brokers, from making formal applications to banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25278/11]

Written Answers — Credit Unions: Credit Unions (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any direction by the Financial Regulator precluding credit unions from freezing interest on loans, which if such a facility was available, would be a significant benefit to borrowers in distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25279/11]

Written Answers — Personal Debt: Personal Debt (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the protracted duration of the economic crisis, if he will consider, with consultation with the Financial Regulator, making provisions to compel financial institutions to offer distressed borrowers variation in agreements which last for a number of years rather than the current practice of variation agreements that lapse after six or 12...

Written Answers — Interest Rates: Interest Rates (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance if provision has been made for the large number of interest only loans and mortgages, many of which were taken on the assumption that it would be possible to sell properties at a profit within a few years, which are likely to mature over the next number of years and thereafter oblige borrowers to repay capital and interest; and if he will make a...

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is like the change in the thinking of the Deputy and his party leader.