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Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: On the same point, is it true that tax exiles or fugitives who return to Ireland tagged will then be sent to Longford?

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: That is not a 1 April joke.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about two European directives concerning financial services which were meant to be transposed into Irish regulations. The first is the payment services directive, due to be implemented in Ireland by November. There are companies such as Western Union, Flexco in Kerry and providers of services to these companies which require the directive to be implemented as...

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: It is the other one two places down.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (1 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on providing funds for the expansion of the community employment and jobs initiative schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12319/09]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (1 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the resources allocated for employment creation schemes in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12318/09]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (2 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Transport when the full integrated ticketing scheme will come on stream; the estimated cost for developing and implementing integrated ticketing; if Bus Éireann will be fully incorporated into the integrated ticketing scheme; if there are plans to develop a universal and nationwide bus, rail and light rail ticket; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport his decision on whether to change the legal blood alcohol level for drivers; when he will introduce the necessary legislation; the level to which he plans to reduce the BAC; if he plans to introduce a different lower BAC level for learner and professional drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13691/09]

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: How much will it cost? Can the Minister give a figure?

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Is that what the taxpayer has to pay - between €80 billion and €90 billion?

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: This is the budget from hell, particularly for families in the middle income bracket who have two or three children. I want to summarise, particularly for families who may be listening in, what the Minister is expecting them to pay for the banks and all the other mistakes of 12 years of Fianna Fáil misrule. The tables at the back of the Budget Statement include one relating to a couple...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: They can tell the Minister, Deputy Lenihan, it was one of the worst designed bribes ever given to young families. It did absolutely nothing except drive up crèche fees. He is now adopting a Labour Party proposal, which is that we should have an early child care system. Fianna Fáil had 12 good years when threw it all away and spent it on electoral bribes such as those we saw when the...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: One lesson which should be learned is that there is a misguided obsession with the budget deficit that can compound the very disease it wishes to control. Deficits can melt away like the snow when the economic spring comes and this can happen remarkably fast. The core issue is to combine prudent budgeting with economic stimulus so the actions we take to get the books to balance do not...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: -----or school building projects? I am not a fan of public private partnerships but I recognise that they offer some advantages in securing finance for the capital budget. Why is the use of this mechanism limited this year to four schools in the Taoiseach's constituency? We need more outside-the-box ideas to keep the capital programme ticking over. By this I mean projects that are fully...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: He can close this loophole tonight if he so wishes. The overhang of the banking crisis affects our nation's international creditworthiness as much as the budget deficit. Of the adjustment of €3.2 billion announced today by the Minister, I reckon at least €500 million - but possibly up to €1 billion - will be used to meet the higher interest charges that must be paid by Ireland on the...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: The reply states: Yes, land and development loans outside of Ireland will be eligible for transfer to NAMA, subject to consideration of the legal issues involved. This is essential to ensure that the banks are completely cleansed of their exposure to their identified riskiest loan category. UK exposure is a significant part of the bank's total land and development portfolios and therefore...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: It is truly scandalous and outrageous that we should be presented with a scheme such as this without being offered any costings. I understand the development in Dubai to which I referred relates to the purchase of the island of Ireland in the world of islands complex. We are not just paying for speculation in places such as the fringe around the M50. We are not just paying for unsold...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Both Deputy Gilmore and I have asked whether the Bacon report will be published in full. A short report has been published by the European Commission outlining the reasons for the success of the Swedish banking bail-out. There are six or seven critical reasons the Swedish scheme worked, the first of which is transparency in terms of the amounts involved. The Minister used the word "tough"...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: This would have shown leadership in an international sense. One of the big talking points internationally is how we can afford to pay our Taoiseach and Ministers so much money. There are many cartoons of Ireland depicting the Taoiseach being paid the same amount of money as leaders of some of the largest, most populated and wealthy countries in the world. The Labour Party supports the...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: -----most of whom are supporting the Government? Is it because the Independent Members threatened to walk if their allowance was hit in the budget? If we are to clean up the legacy of the Ahern years, this payment, a tax free, unaccountable, unvouched special arrangement for Independent Members, must go. It is wrong and has been always wrong. It was a sweetener introduced by that master...