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Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (19 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update on promised legislation to enhance the protection of National Monuments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37417/10]

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (19 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure chlorine monitors are installed at every water treatment plant in accordance with the recommendation of the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37416/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (19 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance if any open competitions were held for the advisory positions in his Department which have been filled recently by a number of economists; if he will set out worth of the annual or the [i]per diems[/i] for each person (details supplied); the details of each contract and any other economist's contract not listed or pending; and if he will make a...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: It is half of what the Government was saying.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: That is why the markets will not sell the Government bonds.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: When?

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Scenarios are not forecasts.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Ah no. The Government has the figures, it must tell us what it is suggesting.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: We are asking the Government for its projection.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: When will we get that?

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Will we get it before-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: I thought the Taoiseach was to open the books.

Order of Business (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: No. This relates to a debate on statements that the Minister made on "Black Thursday" about the banking situation. Members from all sides of the House spoke on this debate and we feel that the one hour time slot is completely inadequate. In addition, the Taoiseach said yesterday in the Dáil that the State now has a mortgage of €31 billion in respect of the promissory notes. The...

Order of Business (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Does the Government still propose to legislate for a bank resolution mechanism that would enable the country to deal with future bank collapses without the kind of blanket bailout into which the Government entered, and which would also allow the country to deal with the issue of the senior bondholders and subordinated debt in a structured way? The Government has indicated the possibility of...

Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: We would all like to sympathise with the Minister on his recent sad bereavement on the death of his uncle. There are a number of questions I would like to put to the Minister arising from the discussions since the announcement on "Black Thursday" of the level of the banking crisis. I will begin with my first question. On yesterday's Dáil record, the Taoiseach referred to the €31 billion...

Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: Or will amount to that. I understand that €6.4 billion of that will be listed before the end of the year. The amount in the case of Irish Nationwide Building Society is €5.3 billion of which, I understand, €2.7 billion will be announced before the end of the year. The amount in the case of the EBS is €250,000. The Taoiseach referred to this as a mortgage. At the time of the...

Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: I now understand that this is the equivalent of a national mortgage of €31 billion and that these mortgages have been negotiated at loan rates of current market rates, which at the time they were issued, and will be issued, run between 4% and, unfortunately, 6% plus. Therefore, that means that the €31 billion will carry an annual interest charge of €1.5 billion. Does the Minister...

Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: I want to give the Minister notice of my second question.

Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: It is a very important one.

Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Joan Burton: I want the Minister to be put on notice that I want to ask about the directors and executives of the banks. I want a comprehensive statement from him about the situation regarding proceedings, particularly in view of the fact that the former managing director of Anglo Irish Bank has taken refuge in the courts of the United States and on what implications this has for any kind of...