Results 4,901-4,920 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (18 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the public interest directors at banks covered by the bank guarantee scheme will be remunerated; the amount of this remuneration; the person who will make the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47338/08]
- Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (18 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if the public interest directors at banks covered by the bank guarantee scheme will undergo specialised training for that role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47339/08]
- Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (18 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the way public interest directors at banks covered by the bank guarantee scheme are to report back to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47340/08]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the review carried out recently of the National Pensions Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47341/08]
- Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (18 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the approximate average effect on the public finances of each 0.1% increase in the live register figures taking into account reduced income tax revenues, increased social welfare payments, including secondary benefits, and other associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47563/08]
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (18 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 11 December 2008, the details of the â¬17.5 million acquisition of sites for deferred elements of the decentralisation programme, including the cost per site, date of acquisition, current value, current usage, current rental income and future intentions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (18 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland will participate in the joint european resources for micro-to-medium enterprises scheme managed by the European Investment Fund through which a portion of European Regional Development Funds can be allocated to the establishment of holding funds to support small and medium enterprises by improving the ability of SMEs to access finance;...
- Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (18 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance further to his announcement on 14 December 2008 that up to â¬10 billion will be used to inject capital into the Irish banking system, the maximum possible proportion of State participation; if up to â¬10 billion in State funds could be injected into the banking system; if sources of State funding other than the National Pensions Reserve Fund...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (18 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual, full-year cost to the Exchequer of exempting interest earned on foreign or off shore bank accounts from the income levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47567/08]
- Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (18 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in respect of the proposed route change for the number 37 bus in Dublin 15; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this route change will, in effect, replace the existing 237 service which currently operates that route, taking in Blanchardstown town centre; the way the proposed new 37 route is judged to be in competition...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is taking steps to ensure that private sector defined benefit pension schemes can meet their funding requirements; if she proposes to make changes to the regulations governing such funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47342/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (18 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the budgeted expenditure for the Money, Advice and Budgeting Service for each of the past five years; the number of staff and advisers employed by MABS; the average and the longest waiting period for people availing of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47335/08]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Dec 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people in receipt of mortgage payment assistance; the number expected to avail of such assistance in 2009; the average and longest time that passes between application for such assistance and the first payment; the conditions for the receipt of such assistance; if people must be unemployed in order to receive such...
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: I wish to share time with Deputies Rabbitte and Morgan.
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: When we came into the House today after the Christmas recess and all the dramatic events that have happened in banking not just in Ireland but also elsewhere, I had expected the Government to show a clear sense of action and purpose to address the key issues facing the banking sector. We are debating a Bill on the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank, but the Minister is missing the main...
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: ââour flow of credit and the jobs in this country. That is what this is about. Is the Minister satisfied that those in his Department are able to advise him properly on this? They managed to get almost all the forecasts wrong when the economy was doing well, and got them even more disastrously wrong when it was not doing well. The people in the Department of Finance have many fine...
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: Nobody has that information.
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: This is where the Minister's strategy is so wrong.
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, before section 2, to insert the following new section: 2.â(1) The Minister may, and shall if required to do so pursuant to a resolution under this section passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, apply to the High Court for an order under the Companies Acts for the appointment of one or more inspectors to investigate the affairs of Anglo Irish Bank, having...
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)
Joan Burton: It was resubmitted.