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State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: One of the reasons that our ten-year bond yields have improved so significantly, with the interest charged declining from 14.5% to less than 7% over a period of months, is the view that has grown that Ireland is now a sound place in which to invest. If we were to go down the road, as Greece has done, of arguing for private sector investment - effectively debt write-offs - how could we then...

State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: The Deputy makes several assertions which I intend to counter. If he wishes to subject the people of this country to the new conditions of austerity that will affect the Greek people-----

State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: I did not interrupt the Deputy. I object to any proposal to subject the Irish people to that experience. The people of this State will not be subjected to it as long as this Government is in place. The question is how one negotiates. Does one negotiate based on the Gaiety school of amateur acting, as we have just seen from the Deputy, or does one negotiate in a deliberate and calm way on...

State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: I reject the assertion that we have achieved nothing.

State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: Greek people have seen a further reduction in the minimum wage, while in this State we have increased the minimum wage, as both parties in government promised to do in the course of the election. We have achieved that by negotiation. For a programme country to secure that type of concession is an extraordinary achievement. I reject what the Deputy said in regard to the interest rate...

State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: We will work with our external partners to find an agreed solution. That is what we are committed to achieve. If the Deputy is fair about this, he will come to the same conclusion.

State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: For the totality of years.

State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: I did not say that. I ask Deputy Broughan not to put words into my mouth. I said that this is an ongoing issue for the Government. I have not committed to any specific time lines on this.

State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: I have not said whether it will be paid in March. I have given no commitments in that regard. Deputy Donohoe raised an important issue. Irrespective of the promissory note, the debt mountain facing this country is a considerable issue. We owe slightly more than €180 billion, €140 billion of which relates to the difference between income and expenditure and €40 billion of which...

State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: If the Deputy wants to subject the Irish people to a second bail-out-----

State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: I am asking the Deputy to understand to what they are now going to commit.

State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: They are committing to a type of economic Armageddon in terms of what they face on public expenditure.

State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: If Deputy Broughan wants to expose our people to that I fundamentally disagree with him. Written Answers follow Adjournment.

Seanad: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: My understanding is that on Committee Stage, the Minister or Minister of State responds to any questions that are posed.

Seanad: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: As well as limited dividends.

Seanad: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: I did not mean to be disrespectful to Senator Darragh O'Brien. The topic is somewhat outside the scope of the Bill.

Seanad: Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: On the sale of State assets, the previous Government asked Mr McCarthy to produce a suite of options for what it could sell if it chose to do that. The Leader of the Opposition said at the time the question was about efficiencies rather than sales. That is technically correct, but this issue was always going to come on the agenda. In circumstances where a state asks a lender of last...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (28 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: The person in question completed his apprenticeship and was released on the 2nd November, 2011. In any circumstances, the Office of Public Works can only retain what apprentices it requires to meet operational needs. However, since the introduction of the Government moratorium on recruitment it has not been possible to retain any apprentices on completion of their contract.

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (28 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: The Properties purchased by the Office of Public Works in 2010/2011 are set out in the table below. PROPERTY NAME PURCHASE COST VENDOR Goleen Coast Guard Station €8,500.00 Sean McCarthy Galway Sluice Barrage €190,000.00 John David Barber Clare Street 22-25 €5,650,000.00 Royal Liver assurance Ltd.

Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (28 Feb 2012)

Brian Hayes: The allocation for national coastal protection is included in Flood Risk Management capital allocation of the Office of Public Works (OPW), which for 2012 is €45m. It is expected that expenditure of the order of €200,000 will be spent on the Irish Coast Protection Strategy Study during 2012. OPW does not have an application from Fingal County Council in relation to the area in question....