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Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: My question is not for the debate at all.

Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: In relation to-----

Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: The Minister for Finance has a busy schedule.

Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: He has not briefed the Opposition at any stage, which is deeply regrettable because we are fielding media queries on Ireland from around the world and are trying to do our best by Ireland.

Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: We have not been helped by the Minister for Finance who has given us no information. Has the Government had any discussions on how to operate a bipartisan information policy as applies in most democracies and is helpful to most democracies?

Business of Dáil: Motion (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Yes.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister expect us to believe this bluff?

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Provided there are no more injections in the meantime.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Exactly.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: It is always delightful to be protected by Deputy O'Connor. Tallaght comes with extra protection, so thank you, Deputy O'Connor. That is very welcome.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: It is a very positive thing. Tallaght is a lovely place. I cannot wax as eloquently as Deputy O'Connor about it but it is a lovely place. This morning's announcement by the Minister of the complex set of arrangements he has made to further acknowledge the level of the crisis that has convulsed the Irish banking system has probably introduced levels of fear and trepidation among ordinary...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Was it a case of going back to the 19th century? Did the Minister and his Government look to the foreign and English media to make an announcement that should have been conveyed first - to use the old colonial term, as the Minister yesterday was clearly in a colonial frame of mind - to the native Irish Parliament? The journalists involved interviewed me as well.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: I knew exactly when they were going over to meet with the Minister, having previously met with officials in various institutions. I met them. I am quite sure people from Fine Gael met them also. We were briefed that this was happening. This is putting us back into the 19th century. This is what the Minister had to say in the Financial Times, which reports: The failure of Anglo Irish Bank,...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: I did not interrupt the Minister. Is he saying the Financial Times is wrong? This is the interview he gave. He gave it yesterday while his Taoiseach, the leader of his Government, sat here and told Deputies Kenny and Gilmore he did not what the figures were. The Minister for Finance was going to foreign media and laying it on the line to them as to what the exact figure was.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: I am sorry. It is here. It was up on the website last night. It appeared on the Financial Times website sometime after 9 p.m. yesterday before the Dáil had concluded its business. The Minister can check that if he so desires.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: People around the world were tweeting about the matter quite early last night. The Minister stated in his interview with the Financial Times that "Any Anglo failure would bring down the sovereign". Is he convinced at this stage that he has resolved matters as they relate to Anglo Irish Bank? Shortly after the extension of the guarantee to that institution - either in late 2008 or early 2009...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: As repeated in the Financial Times today, at the heart of the crony capitalism to which I refer was a boutique bank specialising in property development and land purchase. A second article in the newspaper states that Anglo Irish Bank's top ten borrowers accounted for more than half its loans. The Financial Times is simply repeating for the world what most Irish people already know, namely,...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: My point is that it has taken two years' worth of wasted time and effort to deal with the top ten developers and the remaining 90. Anyone in business would know that if one is involved in a receivership or a liquidation, the notion that it would take more than two years to clarify the position in respect of 100 accounts is utterly-----

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Why does the Deputy not listen? He might learn something. The notion that it would take more than two years to resolve matters relating to a group of 100 customers is entirely extraordinary. This leads me to the view that the fundamental cause of what happened in Anglo Irish Bank was a failure of political governance as a result of the influence of the type of crony capitalism to which the...