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Vote 41 - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister should move from denial to reality.

Vote 41 - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Supplementary) (8 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Could the Minister stop muttering through his moustache?

Written Answers — Health Service Regulation: Health Service Regulation (8 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when private medical facilities will be subject to regulation and inspection by the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45536/09]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (8 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposed collocated hospitals that will go ahead with associated tax breaks; the tax implications for 2010; when construction will commence on each of the projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45535/09]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (8 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 1 December 2009, the total tax paid; the median tax paid; the mean tax paid and the standard deviation of tax paid for each quartile in the bracket over €100,000 for each of the sector categories. [45857/09]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (8 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the annual cost of the PRSI allowance for each of the past five years; and the amount of revenue that would be raised in 2010 if the PRSI allowance was abolished. [45421/09]

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The other day, Goldman Sachs circulated a note about the Irish budget which referred to the remarkable degree of consensus in Ireland about the necessity for budget adjustments. I will cite one sentence from the document. It states: "Although the government, the opposition and the trade unions continue to debate where and how the knife should fall, there is little or no dispute about when...

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: It is not that these measures will not act as a stimulus, it is that budgets are about choices and the Minister chose to impose the burden of pain on families with children and those on social welfare aged under 66 years. As I stated, the burden sharing introduced in the taxation measures for the higher paid amounts to less than 1.5% of the total €4 billion adjustment. It is a...

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: It would be something for them to remember on election day some weeks later, and they did so. That day in May 2007 the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, was top of the Blanchardstown post office walk. Today, what has the Minister to say to those mothers? I can inform the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, that mná na hÉireann are not fooled that easily. It was exactly the same five years...

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: That promise helped the Minister to win power in the 2002 general election. Later, he figured he could play ducks and drakes with those people but, as it turned out, that was not the case. Perhaps it will not be the case with mná na hÉireann either but we will have to wait and see. Women might think about this matter at some length and let us see what they decide to do.

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: I hear sports shops are doing a roaring trade in single golf clubs this Christmas. With a possible election next year, one never knows when a club might come in handy to deal with men who break their promises. The Minister should ask Tiger Woods about it.

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: I have read scores of articles by people who argue that child benefit payments are of little importance, including journalists and academics who argue it would make no difference if the payment were restricted. Most of these articles were written by men, none of whom could state absolutely that he spoke for his wife or partner. I have yet to meet a mother of young or teenage children who...

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: This gang has to be rescued and bailed out at any price. The Minister uses every device under the sun to hide the cost from angry citizens of the bailout of his gang. We have NAMA, special purpose vehicles, off-balance sheet borrowings and direct injections of scarce capital with no prospect of return. The National Pensions Reserve Fund has been raided to support the rescue and annual...

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: It is stunning. All told, the taxpayer could be on the hook for a cool €15 billion over the next two years to fulfil Fianna Fáil's strategy for the banks. This assumes NAMA breaks even and does not become a multi-billion euro drain on the taxpayer each year. The what may be termed the "washing one's face exercise" about NAMA is only for the first few months to the first year of its...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding terminal two at Dublin Airport; when terminal two will be operational; the estimated number of passengers that will use terminal two in its first year of operation; if he will explain his recent announcements on the funding of terminal two and on the aviation regulations; his views on reports of an estimated 12.55% decline...

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: At the end of his contribution on the budget and subsequently, the Minister for Finance confirmed that, in effect, he is planning to nationalise the banking system at some point in the new year. Will the Taoiseach indicate when the relevant legislation in this regard will be introduced and will he outline the format it will take? It appears we are going to commit a further €12 billion to...

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: When is the legislation necessary to nationalise the banks likely to come before the Dáil? Will time be made available for a debate on the position of the banks? The banks are not going to lend to the economy. In the absence of lending, there will not be any reflation rather there will be extremely deep deflation and a depression.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: I welcome the frankness of the Minister for Finance. However, I want to know when the legislation on the nationalisation of the banking system - which Fianna Fáil acknowledges is now required - will be brought before the Dáil.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister for Finance acknowledged that he will be obliged to take measures in respect of the nationalisation of the banks but that these were not contained in his Budget Statement. Will the Taoiseach indicate if the legislation in this regard will be introduced immediately after Christmas or will it be forthcoming at a later date? My question is perfectly legitimate.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister referred to the matter yesterday in his Budget Statement.