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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 832: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the annual and total allocations for investment in water infrastructure under the National Development Plan 2009 to 2012. [11032/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 835: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the capital expenditure to date, and the capital resources budgeted for 2009, under the National Development Plan in the sector of water infrastructure, broken down by Exchequer and non-Exchequer funding. [11280/09]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 833: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the annual and total allocations for investment in social and affordable housing for each year 2009 to 2013. [11033/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 862: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff in local authorities and his Department who work in the area of motor taxation. [11279/09]

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 896: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the capital expenditure to date, and the capital resources budgeted for 2009, under the national development plan in the sectors of broadband communications, energy research, strategic energy infrastructure and State energy companies, broken down by Exchequer and non-Exchequer funding. [11280/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 1078: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of secondary school building projects and the estimated value of the projects which are in band one, band two, band three and so on of the secondary school building programme; and the number of and value of building projects which have been approved to commence construction in the past 12 months. [11761/09]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the salary level against which redundancy compensation will be calculated in the event that an employer first imposes a cut in salaries across the board, and shortly afterwards announces a redundancy programme; and if redundancy will be calculated based on normal pay or the pay level after application of a...

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (25 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in benchmarking the availability of credit from banks which are to receive State recapitalisation; if this procedure examines loans approved and loans declined and creates a fair set of criteria for judging whether the recapitalised banks are successfully restoring the flow of credit; and if he will make a statement on...

Fiscal Policy. (26 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Finance the borrowing targets for the emergency budget; if the decision that 9.5% borrowing must be met is still in place; and the information that he will publish in advance to allow Dáil Éireann make the optimal choice in the Budget. [12765/09]

Fiscal Policy. (26 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Are the Government's commitments to the EU couched in terms of the budget deficit or what is commonly known as the structural deficit, which makes allowances for the stage of the business cycle one is at? What information has changed which led the Taoiseach to withdraw from the commitment he was very categorical about in early March that 9.5% of GDP would be the borrowing target? Will the...

Fiscal Policy. (26 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Who does the Minister think he is fooling? He knows as well as I do that the so-called deliberative process is excluded from all of the rest of the House. His officials would throw a complete blanket over anything under discussion. Any of the options from an bord snip nua and any of the tax options will be excluded and we will not get any information. I wrote to the Minister on 13 March...

Unemployment Levels. (26 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Finance his revised forecast for the numbers and rate of unemployment for end of year 2009; the way this forecast compares with the forecast unemployment rate for the EU as a whole; and if he is considering measures to stem the rate of job losses. [12767/09]

Unemployment Levels. (26 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: I am sure the Minister was disturbed to see the latest GDP figures published today.

Unemployment Levels. (26 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: They show that compared to the same quarter last year, GDP has fallen by 7.5%, with investment falling by 30.5%. The consequences of these trends are extremely worrying. Reflecting that, we are seeing unemployment numbers rising by 1,000 per day. Does the Minister agree that it is not sufficient for the Government to chase down the economy with further tax cuts? There must be a positive...

Unemployment Levels. (26 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the Minister's willingness to do so as we have put forward a detailed programme that focuses on key arteries that are vital to long-term competitiveness, like the communications and power networks. The Minister has indicated we have strategies to protect jobs but if we are seeing an attrition rate of 1,000 jobs lost per day, it does not sound like the strategies are very effective....

Financial Services Regulation. (26 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Perhaps the Minister will set out the extent to which credit unions hold seriously impaired assets such as bank shares. I understand some have held the securities which the Minister describes as toxic. Perhaps the Minister will give an indication of whether a problems arises in terms of credit unions that hold significantly impaired assets. Also, is he satisfied with the robustness of...

Departmental Surveys. (26 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Against the background where the Minister was reported to have indicated that he felt he had made a mistake in increasing the VAT rate in the budget, would he consider the sort of suggestions put forward by Deputy McHugh of maybe selecting products that are particularly vulnerable and applying the lower rather than the higher rate of VAT to them?

Departmental Surveys. (26 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: A firm act of contrition must be accompanied by a resolve to correct the mistake, is that not the case?

Departmental Surveys. (26 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: A firm resolve to amendment, is that right?

Financial Services Regulation. (26 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: The Minister is missing the point of the question. The question was whether he would arrange an examination of the financial institutions to see to what extent they have entered into these long-dated security commitments that would justify them imposing these penalties of €20,000 for people to switch. My point is that with the taxpayer now underpinning much of the banking activity, if...