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Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: I could understood if the shed cost €3 million or €10 million. However, given the nature of the economy these people ran, it cost €30 million. The shed is lovely, but how and why did we spend €30 million on it? It was a spending spree and money was no object. The attitude was if there was a problem, throw money at it and do not address the underlying problem. Political priorities...

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: The prospect of over-paying for the transfer of impaired loans from the banks, including Anglo Irish Bank, is appalling for most taxpayers. One can dress it up in highfaluting phrases, such as long-term economic value, and wrap the consent of the European Commission around it to give a legitimate veneer, but one cannot hide the true meaning of what is proposed, that is, to force the taxpayer...

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: He said it was not going to cost us a penny, then it was going to cost us €1.5 billion. It was announced on the bank holiday weekend when it was hoped people would be at the beach and would not have time to take in the information that it would cost €4,000 million. Another €3.6 billion later, we had €17.9 billion of impaired loans to be transferred over and the same or up to the...

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: The ESRI says of this year's fiscal deficit that the Government is responsible for €14 billion.-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Last Friday, the people of this country said at the ballot box: "We have found out Fianna Fáil and the Greens; we are worried about our children's future; we are worried about our jobs; we want you guys to leave." As Churchill said when referring to Neville Chamberlain - "In the name of God, go and go now." That is what the people of Ireland want.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Churchill used the quote as well.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Churchill also used that phrase.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: That is what Standard & Poor's states.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: That is not what Standard & Poor's stated when it downgraded us this week.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Standard & Poor's downgraded us because of the Government's handling of the banking crisis.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: We cut all of the-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: They are not lending.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister not know that?

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister should read the Standard & Poor's document.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: No, it is important to Fianna Fáil.

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: As Deputy Higgins stated, I will speak on what Parliament needs to do. A number of issues need to be addressed and I hope the Government will agree to address them. The Residential Institutions Redress Act must be amended as soon as possible to remove the confidentiality and gagging clauses which hang over those who went before the board. While they may have received some compensation, a...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: We had what Senator Harris, in an article he wrote in the Sunday Independent some two weeks ago, referred to as a kind of toxic cocktail of nationality, land and religion, as described by Daniel Corkery. That produced a culture of cruelty, secrecy and denial. I hope we are moving away from it. The children who were detained in adult mental institutions are not referred to in the Ryan...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: The ISPCC.

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: The Deputy is rewriting history.

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2009)

Joan Burton: It was to cap liability.