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Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: I have read it all and there is very thin reading in it.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: Does Deputy Dempsey know what we will get for him, a TV reality show, "Get me out of here, I'm a Minister"?

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: Deputy Dempsey will be the star and the first to be voted out.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: The budget contained a proposal on merging the National Consumer Agency, NCA, and the Competition Authority, an important issue in the context of the euro-sterling price differential and shopping in the North versus the South. I understand that such a merger would require legislation. Has the legislation's preparation commenced and when is it likely to be before the House? Yesterday, the...

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: What sort of legislation will address the Competition Authority matter?

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: Will Deputy Power throw a party and if so, will we be invited?

The Economy: Statements (Resumed) (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: He has no resources to do that.

The Economy: Statements (Resumed) (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: He has no resources.

The Economy: Statements (Resumed) (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: This morning on the RTE news I heard that the Taoiseach, Deputy Brian Cowen, is jetting off to the once-a-year schmooze-fest for the ultra-rich in Davos, Switzerland. It was interesting to note that during the week the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times have put this fundamental question in the context of Davos: could the much-maligned social welfare systems in Europe end up...

The Economy: Statements (Resumed) (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: They should all leave the country permanently. It would do better.

The Economy: Statements (Resumed) (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: Those paying that tax are public servants, by and large, married to other public servants. We have had that discussion previously.

The Economy: Statements (Resumed) (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: Will the tax exiles pay tax?

The Economy: Statements (Resumed) (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: Will the tax exiles——

The Economy: Statements (Resumed) (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: ——in Fianna Fáil pay tax?

The Economy: Statements (Resumed) (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: Would the Fianna Fáil tax exiles pay tax?

RAPID Programme. (29 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding he will allocate to the RAPID areas for 2009; if there will be a reduction in funding for these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2574/09]

Allocation of Time: Motion (3 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: On behalf of the Labour Party I want to object in particular to the arrangements which provide a mere ten minutes for the Taoiseach to explain to the country what people have been waiting to hear about not only for the past three weeks but for the past four months, since everything went wrong with the bank guarantee scheme. People are waiting to listen. If the Taoiseach thinks he can...

Allocation of Time: Motion (3 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: If the Taoiseach can deal with all of these issues in ten minutes, he is a better man than most of us gave him credit for until now. Ten minutes is grossly inadequate. We are happy to make any change of arrangements in the schedule to allow the Taoiseach make a full statement. We do not want a drip feed of information. Today, the Taoiseach will give us ten minutes of whatever and tomorrow...

Allocation of Time: Motion (3 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: People who are waiting to understand what the Government proposes to do are not being dealt with fairly.

Regulatory Reform. (3 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: In the context of the Taoiseach's reference to parliamentary committees, the area of most interest to people relates to regulation of banks. There is a perceived absolute failure of the banks to, for example, highlight the shocking failure to find out about the loans advanced to Mr. Seán FitzPatrick, the former managing director and chairman of Anglo Irish Bank. The Taoiseach spoke about...