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Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: What did the Taoiseach discuss in Government?

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: What did the Government talk about?

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: What did the Government talk about?

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: It is fascinating.

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: The Government did nothing when the share price collapsed the previous March.

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: The Government sat on its hands. It knew in March 2008 that the share price had collapsed.

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Following his meeting with Commissioner Alumunia, the Minister for Finance announced that the plan for Anglo Irish Bank had changed from the good bank-bad bank scenario proposed by himself and the board of the bank to one where an asset-recovery bank and a funding bank will be established. I wrote to the Minister some weeks ago to clarify whether legislation would be required in this regard....

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: This is within——

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: This is about legislation. The Minister for Finance tells me he is exploring — he thinks he is Shackleton — legislation on Anglo Irish Bank. In response to the leader of the Labour Party, the Taoiseach said earlier that he did not have a precise figure on Anglo Irish Bank.

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Now his colleague, the Minister for Finance is on some exploratory trip around the Department of Finance.

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: In terms of the voyages we have to undertake, will the Taoiseach clarify if the Government has decided and the Attorney General advised whether legislation is required for the funding bank and the asset recovery bank for Anglo Irish Bank? When will the Minister for Finance return from his exploratory travels wherever they are?

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: I will send it to the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Is the Taoiseach indicating——

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Anglo Irish Bank is the biggest liability and undertaking the State has. I ask the Taoiseach, as Head of the Government, about the new plan, announced by the Minister after Commissioner Almunia turned down the good bank-bad bank proposal for Anglo Irish Bank as not being acceptable. As the Government has had several weeks to digest the Commissioner's decision, has it decided whether the...

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Will it be before the markets open or after they close?

Credit Institution (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2010: Motion (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: That is a fantasy. The situation was reported in all the newspapers for weeks and months beforehand. The Minister must not read the newspapers.

Credit Institution (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2010: Motion (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: I have a copy of the quotations.

Credit Institution (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2010: Motion (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: The Minister stated: "The State is underwriting very substantial liabilities in monetary terms but is, as I have outlined, at a far remove from loss arising from these liabilities".

Credit Institution (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2010: Motion (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: That was the Minister's solemn declaration. These are many more quotes like that.

Credit Institution (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2010: Motion (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: No loss at all.