Results 6,541-6,560 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Financial Services Regulation. (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: Can the Minister provide the Dáil with information on the hourly rate charged under these tender prices? Would the rate be in excess of €1,000 per day for the senior people working on the contracts? I find the €7.5 million fee charged by Merrill Lynch extraordinarily high. In his report on NAMA, Mr. Bacon referred to Merrill Lynch, but it is very difficult to know what bit of the...

Financial Services Regulation. (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: What is the cost of employing that person per annum?

Financial Services Regulation. (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: Can the Minister provide information on the hourly rate charged?

Price Inflation. (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: The ESB is not allowed to reduce its prices because these are being kept artificially high by the regulator in order to encourage market entrants. That is also what has happened in the telecoms sector. We have a regulatory system of a cost and structure that would be suitable for the United States of America, but is totally inappropriate for a small country like Ireland, with a relatively...

Price Inflation. (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: If the Minister is asking workers to take a big hit, he has to do something about the reductions they are not getting.

NAMA Business Plan. (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: With regard to the power of the Comptroller and Auditor General to institute value for money reports, a series of changes have taken place since the draft NAMA business plan was prepared. Property values have continued to fall. We have received information from various court cases and legal actions. We have learnt that the value of the Irish Glass Bottle site in Ringsend has decreased...

NAMA Business Plan. (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: There already has been a catastrophic fall in the value of the Irish Glass Bottle site.

Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: We have not seen any yet.

Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: As the Leader of the Labour Party stated, the Minister for Finance was anxious to conclude Committee Stage of the National Asset Management Agency Bill in order to bring forward, as quickly as possible, his amendments. However, we have not received those amendments. In addition, we understand that the amendment relating to the 80% windfall tax - the Green Party amendment - is to be...

Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: It will not be possible for people to escape that tax.

Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: Absolutely.

Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: Absolutely. The Taoiseach-----

Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: Will the Taoiseach indicate why the Minister is running away-----

Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: -----and is not introducing the amendment in this House?

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax refunds to banks and financial institutions arising from losses in relation to the transfer of loans to the National Asset Management Agency and the subsequent write downs on their balance sheets; the steps he has taken or will take to minimise these refunds in the interest of taxpayers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a transparent vetting process, involving public confirmation hearings before the Joint Committee on Finance, for appointments to boards under the aegis of his Department including, but not limited to, the proposed Banking Commission, the National Asset Management Agency, the National Treasury Management Agency, the National Pension...

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 173: To ask the Taoiseach the number and the proportion of the total that workers were paid at the minimum wage, no more than 5% above the minimum wage, no more than 10% above the minimum wage and no more than 20% above the minimum wage in 2009 and at the end of 2006, 2007 and 2008. [38251/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield in 2010 from the introduction of a carbon tax at the rate of €25 per tonne of carbon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38062/09]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield in 2010 from an increase in the standard rate of tax by 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% or 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38054/09]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (3 Nov 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield in 2010 from an increase in the higher rate of tax by 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% or 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38055/09]