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Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: I will conclude with some general observations. The financial deficit is important. I am, as much as anybody else, a deficit hawk. We must establish our credit worthiness as a country. The Government should not underestimate the Labour Party's commitment and willingness to implement sound public finances and to meet agreed targets on time. However, this must be done in a planned way that...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: In a few weeks, Allied Irish Banks will also receive a cheque for €3.5 billion. Will that cheque be photographed? I suggest we obtain a photograph of it for posterity. It is quite possible other financial institutions will want the same sum and that they may get it because they are guaranteed, which is one of the worst measures ever introduced by Government. The Bank of Ireland has...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: This is the crazy economics of Fianna Fáil. I want to return to the comparison I set out at the beginning of my contribution in regard to the First World War. I am sure the Minister of State is aware of the Siegfried Sassoon poem of a cheery general meeting two soldiers on their way to battle who states: "But he did for them both by his plan of attack." General Lenihan has well and truly...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: We are saving landbanks in Dubai and London but are not able to save the cream of technological skill at Dublin Airport. Half of the 1,100 to 1,200 men employed at SR Technics received their notice last Friday. Members may have heard read out on the "Today with Pat Kenny" programme a sad letter from the wife of one of those workers. She spoke of her husband retching over his breakfast as...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: They should either by in school or in training. They should not be on the dole. Simply conceding that one can save money not by educating or training them-----

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: They are not many places they can go. Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels said a long time ago to people with the slash and burn mindset: "...whoever could make...or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind...than the whole race of politicians put together." This is where this budget has failed. There are no two blades...

Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: It wanted to hang tough. The Government did not do anything at the time, which was before the bank crisis. The amount that would have been involved in the Waterford Crystal guarantee was approximately €40 million. An iconic Irish industry has pretty much gone down the tubes. The people of Waterford are happy that it will be restarted in a small way with a tourism facility. They...

Written Answers — Credit Ratings: Credit Ratings (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent downgrade of Irish sovereign debt from AAA to AA+ by a company (details supplied); if he will provide an estimate as to the expected effect this will have on funding costs for Irish sovereign debt for 2009; if the company had communicated to him or his officials at any point over the previous three months certain targets,...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance if, with respect to the public sector pension levy, public sector workers, such as researchers, for instance, employed on fixed term or short term contracts are excluded from paying the public sector pension levy; if he will exclude such workers from paying the levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14232/09]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance the time-line for the transposition of the Payments Services Directive into law here; the person who is the competent authority for the management of this process; if the process of drafting the relevant legislation has commenced; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private sector operators based here who might be put at a competitive...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance if further consideration has been given to the possible transfer to the Exchequer of the assets and liabilities of pension funds from State agencies or other public or semi-public bodies; if he views this as a possibility; if actuarial studies have been carried out as to the expected financial impact this would have on the Exchequer over both the...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the income levy has raised in each month since its introduction; the measures that have been taken to track the volume of revenue raised by the levy specifically, as opposed to the amount of income tax inclusive of the levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14171/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance if, with respect to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 31 March 2009, he will set out the interpretation of the Valuation Act 2001 in circumstances in which a sports club has more than one premises, not all of which are licensed; if for the purpose of this Act, one or more properties belonging to the club could be exempted from rates...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of limited companies, established as sole trader ventures, with agreements for the provision of services on a full-time basis and a part-time basis to her, her Department or to a public body under the aegis of her Department, indicating the nature of the services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14278/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of limited companies, established as sole trader ventures, with agreements for the provision of services on a full-time basis and a part-time basis to him, his Department or to a public body under the aegis of his Department, indicating the nature of the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of limited companies, established as sole trader ventures, with agreements for the provision of services on a full-time basis and a part-time basis to her, her Department or to a public body under the aegis of her Department, indicating the nature of the services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14280/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 298: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of limited companies, established as sole trader ventures, with agreements for the provision of services on a full-time basis and a part-time basis to him, his Department or to a public body under the aegis of his Department, indicating the nature of the services; and if he will make a statement...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: The people have to pay.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: On page 3.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: We read it last night. The Government did not read it before the budget.