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Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: -----can we have a progress report?

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: You are taking longer to shout at me then I am for these questions.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: You are taking longer to shout at me. You are not speaking to me. You are shouting at me.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: You are shouting at me.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Can you stop shouting at me?

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Will you lower your voice, please?

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Listen to the man in the green jersey.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: On a point of order-----

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: -----will the Tánaiste explain what the reference is to €700 million of receipts in the Government's four year plan?

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: We are entitled to know the breakdown of €700 million of receipts in the four year plan from capital savings.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Apparently, the Government had hours and hours to work on it.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: A Cheann Comhairle,-----

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: -----page eight of the EU-IMF programme.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: At the opening of his speech, the Minister, Deputy Lenihan, referred to households and businesses that continue to work off the excesses of the boom. He made the adjustments and cuts sound like a walk in the park just after the Christmas dinner or, alternatively, like joining the gym or going to Unislim. It is a way of working off the excess built up during the boom years. It is a pity...

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: They are laughing up their sleeves at the Taoiseach ever since. I would like the Taoiseach to take a break from the bond dealers and talk to workers, business people and parents-----

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: -----to understand their position and what savage deflation has done to this country in this third year of adjustments. The Taoiseach is proposing that we have six full years of adjustments. That is the deal with the IMF. There have already been two years of savage deflation and the Taoiseach's deal with the IMF is for four more years. This amounts to six years of savage deflation.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: The Government has many economists that work for it. The IMF and International Labour Organisation have carried out detailed studies. A recent study by them contains a message for the Government and the Taoiseach's party. The IMF-ILO study states: Fiscal plans should be fair. There should be specific measures to protect the most vulnerable from the effects of the consolidation. The risks...

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: It must be remembered that after the war the United Kingdom built the British national health service. What did the Finns do during their period of banking collapse? They built a universal preschool education system to put people back to work.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: They also concentrated on developing-----

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: -----world class indigenous companies. Fianna Fáil aims or objectives will not lift the country from its incredible area of difficulty onto a higher plane where people become proud of their capacity, proud of their children's educational achievement-----