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Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Sorry, while the Taoiseach has responded on this issue previously, people's water and lights have been or are being cut off and a complete mess obtains.

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: When is this legislation-----

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: When is this legislation coming before the Dáil in order that these people, who are in negative equity, are in terrible difficulties with their mortgages and who also have a bill of €1,400 to €2,400-----

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: This situation is one of the absolute scandals of the left-over disasters of the Celtic tiger.

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: No, I seek a date.

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: While the Taoiseach may not have many management companies operating in his constituency, for Deputies such as myself-----

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: I have tens of thousands of constituents who live in managed apartments and houses.

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: In some cases, people now are unable to sell their houses or apartments because the title is damaged by the absence of such legislation. Moreover, services such as lifts and so on are stopping.

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: My first question is when will this legislation come before the Dáil? Can hope be given to the tens of thousands of purchasers who have been caught in the management company trap that the Government will legislate?

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Very well. Second, will the Taoiseach commit to providing the Dáil with an update regarding the proposals in the McCarthy report to amalgamate, reorganise and, in some cases, suppress various Government boards and quangos? I have to hand a response from the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in respect of-----

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Actually, both the letter and the formal answer to me refer to promised legislation in the coming months to dissolve the Dormant Accounts Board. This is one of many such legislative items. I also refer to the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority.

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: What is the position in this regard? Will the Taoiseach provide the Dáil with an update on the proposals made by the committee chaired by Mr. Colm McCarthy, an bord snip nua, in respect of dissolving, amalgamating and so on the hundreds of quangos that can longer be afforded?

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Can the Taoiseach comment on the Dormant Accounts Board?

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: When will that legislation be published?

Order of Business. (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: What about the management companies?

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Could the Minister expand on his reference to Commissioner Rehn? Commissioner Rehn has created some confusion. I said yesterday that I assume the conditionality for Greece will be monitored by the IMF, which has long experience in such conditionality. As I stated to the Minister yesterday, when I lived in Tanzania the IMF people, with their gold tipped fountain pens and their lovely...

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: The Minister is a bit naive about the markets. I have lots of quotes from him about how well funded our banks were and I will read some of them out for him. Do not be naive about the markets; they glance at the bottom of the screen in regard to Ireland for a short period of time. Can the Minister explain Commissioner Rehn's remarks as they relate to Ireland? If he is planning more...

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: He suggested that there would be further cuts this year.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Did the Department get clarification from him? That is what he is quoted as saying.

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2010)

Joan Burton: No, it was not.