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Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Business people who are pushed to the pin of their collar to keep going or whose businesses have gone under because banks will not lend them the credit they need must wonder what the developers have at their disposal that they do not, given that the Government is prepared to take their property off their hands and relieve them of their bad debts. Not only will the Government buy back the...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Let us return to the question - how much of the property that will bought up with Government bonds is property abroad?

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the question to which I would like an answer.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government has already estimated that the total amount will be €80 billion to €90 billion. The Government has engaged, since the introduction of the bank guarantee, PricewaterhouseCoopers to examine the banks' accounts. We have had reports and studies on the banks and due diligence. The Government has had since September, which is a long time, to identify what the banks have or do...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----or what will be the contribution to the Irish economy to have Government bonds used to buy up property abroad. We know the amount of bad debt is estimated to be €80 billion to €90 billion. I want to know how much of that is represented by properties abroad. I want an explanation on why the Government is going to use Government bonds, backed by the taxpayer, to buy up these...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Clearly, it is news------

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----to many of the Government Deputies. It is dealt with in Question No. 2 of the Government's questions and answers document-----

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----issued by the Department of Finance yesterday. I will quote it for the Deputy.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The question states: "Will land and development loans outside of Ireland be transferred to NAMA?"

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The answer to the question is: "Yes, land and development loans outside of Ireland will be eligible for transfer to NAMA."

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Here is the point.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I have asked a question of the Taoiseach which I want him to answer.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government-----

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: A Cheann Comhairle, we are here on a morning when working people on modest incomes are being screwed to pay for the mistakes made by Fianna Fáil during 12 years in government.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: For six months now, in dealing with the banks and development, this Government has been protecting and cosseting friends who brought down the Irish economy.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Some of those friends have been investing and dabbling in property abroad. Guess what? They are now going to use the Irish taxpayer and Government bonds to bail out the developments, the bad debts incurred for developments in Bulgaria, Dubai, Florida, Latvia and so on, none of which would have contributed anything to the Irish economy. I want to know from the Taoiseach how much of that...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: How much property abroad is involved?

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: How much property abroad is involved?

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is not a game.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This is our country too.