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Banking Sector (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: So there are no figures?

Job Losses (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the elevated level of business closures and job losses in 2010 particularly in the retail and domestic services sectors, the continuation of these trends into 2011, and their likely impact on economic growth and on the public finances; if he will set out the expectations for employment trends, business closures and economic growth...

Job Losses (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for his reply. Does he understand the levels of fear and despair in towns, cities and villages all over Ireland for businesses that are in very serious trouble, particularly in the retail sector, the hotel and licence trade, and businesses dealing with tourism? Does he know how many such businesses went to the wall in 2010, and how many are likely to go to the wall in...

Job Losses (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: The Minister for Finance has a responsibility for the general economy. Businesses are being killed by problems relating to leasing rents and costs and the impossibility of breaking those clauses unless the business goes into liquidation and has a capacity, perhaps on a more reduced scale, to start elsewhere.

Job Losses (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: The Minister did not mention that the other day tourism was reported as being back to 1998 levels. Does the Minister or his Government have any proposals in this regard? Not everybody will be a fourth level postgraduate worker in a multinational company doing information technology. We want people back working in shops, hotels and other tourism areas. Has the Government any proposals,...

Fiscal Policy (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: Given that we are in a transition period to a general election and a likely change of Government, does the Minister agree that it would be appropriate for the information supplied to the International Monetary Fund and European Union by the institutions to which the Minister referred to be made available to the Opposition parties at the same time as it is provided to the IMF and EU? On a...

Fiscal Policy (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: That will depend on the Green Party and the date of the election.

Fiscal Policy (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister indicate the date of the election?

Fiscal Policy (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the total 2011 contribution expected from the pension levy and from the recently introduced levy on public service pensions; if he will further set out the total contributions by public servants to their occupational pension schemes in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1402/11]

Fiscal Policy (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for the reply. Does the Minister agree it is important that all information about public service pensions is put out there? There are some 13,000 public sector pension holders and 4,300 spouses of deceased public servants who receive pensions. The bulk of pensions are below €12,000 a year and only one public service pension is in excess of €150,000 a year. Perhaps...

Bank Guarantee Scheme (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: This question arose because the Minister issued a blanket guarantee at the end of November before the budget on Anglo Irish Bank exposure to interest rate and foreign exchange transactions. The reason it became necessary, which may have been recommended to the Minister by the board of NAMA, was that Anglo Irish Bank went down to junk bond status and many of the derivative positions...

Bank Guarantee Scheme (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: Has the Minister reviewed the derivative positions of Anglo Irish Bank? He should take account of the fact that at the end of November he was forced to issue an extra guarantee for all the derivative positions of the Anglo Irish Bank. Does he have a chart showing when those positions expire and thus the risk ceases?

Bank Guarantee Scheme (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: Say 30 November 2010.

Bank Guarantee Scheme (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: Has the Minister reviewed all of the outstanding derivative positions of Anglo Irish Bank? Is he happy that has been done and that there has been due diligence? Has he spoken with the various parties now looking after Anglo Irish Bank? Is he satisfied that he has been advised of all potential exposures? Does he have a list of the dates on which the derivatives expire?

Bank Guarantee Scheme (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: Why?

Bank Guarantee Scheme (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: It is commercially sensitive information.

Bank Guarantee Scheme (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: Why? This is the biggest risk the State has ever run.

Bank Guarantee Scheme (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: Anglo Irish Bank?

Bank Guarantee Scheme (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: Anglo Irish Bank is the biggest risk the State has ever run.

Credit Institutions Legislation (12 Jan 2011)

Joan Burton: Is the Minister's reply not reflective of the hubris with which the Fianna Fáil Government has dealt with the EU over the last 13 years when we were cock of the walk? Does the Minister recall that the ECB is currently extending credit facilities of €100 billion at 1% to Irish banks? Many people in the ECB now seem to be taking the view that perhaps that could be pushed over to the...