Results 721-740 of 24,382 for speaker:Seán Barrett

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: Section 2 states that the purpose of the legislation is to protect the interests of taxpayers, facilitate restructuring of credit institutions, restore confidence in the banking sector and facilitate the availability of credit in the economy. These are all good aspirations. As Deputies Bruton and O'Donnell stated, those of us on this side of the House do not agree with the process the...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: -----in a monetary sense. The chairman of a committee receives less than his counterpart on a local authority SPC, which is an interesting point.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: I suggest, therefore, that we overcome any objections to the possibility that another committee be established. The Oireachtas committee on NAMA would not be established just for the sake of it. The committee will have statutory powers to do that which Deputy Bruton has outlined in amendment No. 2. Ministers come and Ministers go. I have no doubt that the Minister for Finance has the...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: He may be in other places, but I very much doubt that he will still be Minister for Finance. He might be in Opposition or he might be Taoiseach.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: However, I can almost guarantee he will not be in his current position throughout the lifetime of NAMA.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: We are seeking to ensure that the Houses of the Oireachtas will have in place a committee of qualified people who take their job seriously. I have no doubt there will always be within this House sufficient Members willing to be serious members of the committee and behave in a responsible manner. One of the proposed functions of the committee is that it will approve the membership of the...

Nursing Home Charges. (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action, legislative or other, she will take to prevent the €190 per bed annual Health Information and Quality Authority licensing and registration fee from being passed on to nursing home residents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39319/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: Why does the Minister think the Committee of Public Accounts has a statutory basis? If it has a statutory basis, why can a committee as important as this, overseeing the expenditure of €54 billion not have a statutory basis? This is typical Department of Finance stuff. During all the years I have been in here, the Department of Finance has wanted to hold power in its hands at all times....

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: The Deputy has been bought.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: It is obvious.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: There is no danger of the Green Party being in government again. Deputy Gogarty can be sure of that.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: The Greens have been bought through and through.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: Deputy Gogarty should withdraw that remark.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: It needs a statutory basis.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: It took five months after the last election to establish the committees.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: Deputy Gogarty should go back to playing with his computer.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: Separate them.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: They are breeding like rabbits.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: It is beginning to make more sense to me now why the Minister refused to accept Deputy Bruton's amendment on putting the Oireachtas committee on a statutory basis. Part of the proposal put forward was to review the shareholder's agreement undertaken by the master special purpose vehicle. That confirms my suspicions that something tricky is going on. I do not know whether the Minister has...

Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Seán Barrett: Is the Tánaiste aware there are three Bills in the course of preparation which, if we are serious about dealing with the current financial crisis, should be given priority? These are the financial services regulation Bill, the reform of financial regulatory structures Bill and the financial services Bill. The white sheet that circulated states that it is not possible to indicate when...