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EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: So this is what Fianna Fáil has to say to the citizens of this country who have the temerity to discuss for the sake of themselves, their children and their grandchildren what Fianna Fáil proposes to sign off on as a non-negotiable agreement, something it hopes will serve as a straitjacket for a future Government. I do not accept Fianna Fáil's claim of too much discussion and domestic noise.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Two and a half years ago, Labour Deputies, including our leader and I, advised the House not to vote for the bank guarantee. I am sorry that other parties, such as the Green, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin parties, all voted wrongly for the bank guarantee. One reason people voted for it was that, as with today's document, it was sprung on us without an opportunity in a citizen's democracy and...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: The Minister can tell us later. In the questions and answers session, will he answer all of the questions I put to the teams of international negotiators? He could outline how hard he fought for his country, a "What did you do in the war, Daddy?" According to Professor Eichengreen, "Ireland will be transferring nearly 10% of its national income as reparations to the bondholders, year after...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Most of this document deals with the arrangements in respect of the banks. There is barely a mention of the domestic economy, the more than 450,000 unemployed people or the hidden assumption in the Government's green-covered book on the four year recovery plan that 40,000 people will emigrate per year. What is the Government's expectation of the likely level of annual emigration during the...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: -----there should be no risk for bondholders. Capitalism, actually, is about the allocation of capital. That is where it gets its name, and the allocation of capital is never a risk-free project. We know pension funds, for instance, want a high degree of security and high levels of information. Clearly, what happened in Ireland as regards our banks has come as a terrible shock, not just...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister say what is the future of the AIB rights issue and whether he is still going ahead with it? What is the story on the closure of Anglo? I am told Anglo wants to change its name, but wants to keep the words "Irish" and "Bank". Here is a puzzle for after the Christmas pudding: What is a three-letter, or perhaps it is more-----

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Yes, the Irish tent bank - we shall run this as the Dáil Christmas cracker quiz. It wants to keep "Irish" and "Bank" but is willing to let go of the anglophonic part of the name, apparently.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Yes, it could be the Galway tent bank. What shall we call it? I also want to ask the Minister as well about recent court cases in relation to Anglo, featuring a senior executive of the bank who is in the newspapers this week, indebted for up to €50 million, perhaps, they suggest. The bank was still advancing loans to that particular individual and to developments he was involved in,...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: We had it researched by the Labour Party. I am glad the Deputies opposite find it funny because I find today rather sad when we see the details of what ordinary Irish people are to endure and to suffer. I want to draw attention in particular to table 1 on page 33 and the subsequent table, which I find frightening, in terms of the conditions they impose on Ireland.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: He is probably speechless.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State then agrees I am correct.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Protect him, a Cheann Comhairle.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil sent the then Minister for Foreign Affairs, Brian Lenihan senior, to the United Nations to object to it. I thank the Minister of State for reminding me.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: As the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, has remained in the Chamber perhaps he can confirm his references to the 25th anniversary of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Did the then Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, send the then Minister for Foreign Affairs to the United Nations to contest and campaign against the Anglo-Irish Agreement? I think the then Minister for Foreign Affairs was the father of...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: When the Haughey Administration came into government, it worked the Anglo-Irish Agreement. When the Minister of State was recalling the Anglo-Irish Agreement and praising that particular coalition Government, it might be historically useful for the Minister to confirm that Fianna Fáil campaigned and lodged objections against it at the UN.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: That is Fianna Fáil for you. When is the first review? From conversations with Mr. Chopra of the IMF and from this document, I understand the first quarterly review is due by the end of January. As my colleague, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, pointed out there is a requirement for weekly and quarterly reporting on an extensive basis-----

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Did the Minister make any attempts as the principal of the negotiators to have the bondholders bear some responsibilities and losses in the banks? Did the IMF indicate that it was not opposed to approaches being made on that? Could the Minister confirm that it was the European Commission that was not willing to adopt such an approach and that the Government agreed that the bondholders...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: -----the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service. The Labour Party got legal advice on the matter. We were told that the particular proposal is likely to require a constitutional amendment. Has the Minister sought legal advice on the particular proposal as set out? Who in the country is supposed to vote for this constitutional amendment when it is put?

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: It is on page 34. It is the last action on the structural benchmarks under the programme the Minister agreed to.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: No, I am sorry, I wish to revise my question to refer to senior debt.