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EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: Sinn Féin's sole policy is to foment as much public anxiety as possible, to propose tax increases twice the rate of even the Labour Party and cut public expenditure by a fraction of that proposed which every observer suggests is necessary. As we see from the Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Féin is paralysed at the prospect of taking any hard economic decisions. More surprising, however,...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: A Cheann Comhairle, can I have your protection? I did not interrupt the last speaker.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: There is a critical difference between Fine Gael and Labour on the balance between cuts in spending necessary to reach the 3% figure. Deputy Gilmore, told the Dáil on 28 October he believed roughly a 50:50 balance between taxation and spending cuts was needed in the national plan. Fine Gael suggests the ratio should be 3:1. On property tax, about which Deputy Rabbitte was getting into a...

Order of Business (7 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: Deputy Ó Caoláin has some gall to talk about-----

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: It will be like 1987.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: It is on page C.30

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: I am trying to help the Deputy.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: Tell us about the Labour tax proposals and how they compare to the Deputy's.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: A total of 150,000 jobs-----

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: Deputy Kenny did not show much competence.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: At the moment, yes.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: Let the greedy doctor speak.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: That sounds a little like the Deputy's fees.

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: I am unsure whether that was Deputy Doherty's maiden speech. It was a fine speech. Unfortunately he rather destroyed it in the last few seconds. However, it was a fine speech nonetheless.

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: I wish to focus on two issues.

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: My remark was not patronising but was a genuine comment. The Deputy should take a compliment when it is offered to him in this Chamber as they are rare enough.

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: I wish to take up and deal with two points. The first has been the response, led oddly enough by the main Opposition party, to the EU-IMF facility. Second, I wish to comment on the very loose talk in Ireland for the best part of two years on the rather emotive topic of burning bondholders. The approach adopted by Fine Gael over the weekend on the EU-IMF bailout programme and its attempt to...

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: A series of Fine Gael spokespersons basically have argued that they could renegotiate a better deal with the EU and the IMF on the basis that Deputy Kenny has some sort of friendship or relationship with the German Chancellor. I note that Deputy Kenny rather retrieved his position of last week in his earlier contribution when he spoke of how difficult it would be to vary interest rates. The...

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: ----- was extraordinary. It was interesting to listen to the amusement and derision generated by the Fine Gael line.

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Dick Roche: Talk of burning the bondholders is good for cheap headlines but bad for Ireland. As Members are aware, in Irish law, senior bond debt obligations of financial institutions rank equal to deposits and other creditors. The danger of unqualified speculation about burning bondholders was well illustrated following Chancellor Merkel's comments, when bond yields increased dramatically. Fine Gael...