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Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: It is probably over six years since I raised in this House the issue of management companies and the difficult situation in which residents find themselves. A group of people in houses in my constituency subject to a management company saw their water and electricity supply cut off over Easter because the developer - a friend of the Taoiseach's own party - is sunning himself in Spain and has...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: I want to ask about two Bills that have been sunning themselves in the Seanad, like the developer in Marbella, namely, the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 and the Multi-Unit Development Bill 2009. When is it proposed to take these Bills so that my constituents will not have their water and electricity supply cut off?

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: When will this be completed? I have raised this issue with the former Taoiseach, with successive Ministers who were in charge of this area, both in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. My constituents are still waiting and many of them are now paying €2,500 per year in management charges. Can the...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Can I ask the Taoiseach-----

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: When will it finish in the Seanad?

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Children have been left without running water in their houses in 2010. It is a disgrace by Fianna Fáil. The developers are laughing at us.

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: They are sunning themselves in Marbella.

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: They have given the rest of us the two fingers. Maybe the bankers should join them.

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will comment on the live register figures for February 2010 which indicate that there are 436,956 unemployed or under-employed across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11630/10]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the investment position of Irish credit unions that is accounted for by holdings of domestic credit institutions' senior debt; the amount by subordinated debt; the amount that each is accounted for by senior and subordinated debt by Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14523/10]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of former staff from Anglo Irish Bank that have been recruited by the Financial Regulator in the past 18 months; the precautions that have been taken to ensure that there is no resulting conflicts of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14812/10]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 605: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the outcome of discussions he has had with the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, regarding a matter (details supplied); if he submitted information on the case to the Egyptian Minister; the progress on this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14806/10]

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (20 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 819: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details on the search for oil off the coast of Dalkey, County Dublin; the terms of the licence agreement under which this search is being carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15536/10]

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Come off it.

Order of Business (21 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: The Deputy should ask how many reports he has commissioned.

Order of Business (21 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister keep a running count on all the reports he did?

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: I still do not understand the Government's national strategic approach in regard to this package of three-part legislation. Ordinary people have lost their jobs, many who invested in bank shares have lost their pensions, firms are starved of credit and Fianna Fáil has rescued the banks. It is only a €75 billion to €80 billion bill, but we are all right now and it is onwards and upwards...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: I want to highlight two issues which are in the media at present, one being the €1.5 million top-up bonus to Mr. Boucher. For the people in Fianna Fáil, used to the Galway tent, this is small change because they told most of their visitors in the tent that it was a tiny amount of money. However, to the average public servant who is thinking about how they will vote in regard to the Croke...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: In a situation where he is part of the management team that dabbled in crazy property deals that brought the bank to the brink of ruin, instead of having to repay money to the taxpayer, he gets a €1.5 million top-up. Could the Minister explain that to us? Fianna Fáil's irresponsibility in this matter is grotesque. Both in the legislation relating to the covered institutions, and the...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010)

Joan Burton: That is how the dealers described it because it was making crazy deals, outbidding those who had oil wells in some property deals. It encouraged its customers to outbid sheiks to buy and develop sites in London. The former regulator, Mr. Neary, of whom the Minister was once so fond, complained that it was some sort of anti-Irish sentiment from the British.