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Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: Yes, it was.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: The Government could not have done a little more work on it.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: Nobody is asking the Government to do that.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: The Government is erecting a road block to taking action.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: The Green Party may have a view on that.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: What is the position in regard to section 110 of the Finance Act 2007, which was introduced by the Taoiseach as Minister for Finance? That section provided for the closure of a loophole whereby property developers were avoiding the payment of stamp duty. This provision was included in the legislation after a long campaign by the Labour Party but was never implemented. The Minister for...

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: I am totally in order. I am referring to legislation that was passed by the Dáil but never implemented. The Minister for Finance made a statement to the examiner from Brussels-----

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: -----that he is considering bringing in legislation to close off this loophole finally in order to put the rickety NAMA train back on the tracks somehow or other. The Taoiseach, as the leader of the Government, did not know what the Minister for Defence, Deputy Willie O'Dea was doing. Does he know what the Minister for Finance is doing when he is in Brussels?

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: Yes, I am. The Minister for Finance has indicated in a public statement that he proposes to introduce legislation, the provisions of which are already included in the Finance Act 2007 but never commenced by the Taoiseach when he was Minister for Finance. The loophole addressed in the relevant section of the 2007 Act was identified at that time, at the height of the boom, as costing the...

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach has spoken about this in the Dáil on some 12 separate occasions.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: I am referring to pending legislation. The Minister for Finance told the examiner from Brussels that legislation is pending, but he did not have the guts to acknowledge it last week when I asked him about it in this House.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach refused to implement this provision because Fianna Fáil's developer friends did not want the loophole closed. Now the Minister for Finance is saying he will act despite the developers - or perhaps to rescue them and get their loans into NAMA - now that those developers, along with the banks, have made the country bust.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: So it may be taken tomorrow.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: Is the Green Party in the know?

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil is laughing at you.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: I will quote from the transcript of the taped conversation for the benefit of those who may not have heard it. I wish, á la Richard Nixon, that Deputy O'Dea would agree to have the tape played because it must be extant.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: Irish democracy deserves to hear the tenor and tone of the conversation, which was as follows: "Willie O'Dea: ...while occasionally we send out letters to planning applicants we have never been involved with anyone who shot anybody, or robbed banks, or kidnapped people. I suppose I'm going a bit too far when I say this but I'd like to ask Mr Quinlivan is the brothel still closed?" Mike Dwane...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: The transcript continues: "Willie O'Dea: Do you know the brothel they found in his name and in his brother's name down in Clancy Strand? Mike Dwane: I never heard about that. Willie O'Dea: Did you not hear that? You better check your sources. There was a house owned by him that was rented out and they found two ladies of the night operating in there in the last couple of weeks". Limerick's...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: The transcript continues: "Mike Dwane: Right. The other one I wanted to ask you about Willie was were you disappointed to see Noreen Ryan in the witness box? Willie O'Dea: I don't want to talk about that..." We should hear that tape because it would sound fantastic

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: I refer to Deputy O'Dea's affidavit sworn on oath. He states, "I most categorically and emphatically deny that I said to Mr Dwane that the plaintiff was a part-owner of said apartment. I did not at any time say to any other person that the plaintiff had any ownership of the apartment. Neither did I say at any time to any person that the plaintiff had any involvement in the operation of the...