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Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Frank Fahey: I welcome the opportunity to participate in the debate and welcome the report from Mr. Regling and Mr. Watson, as well as the report from the Governor of the Central Bank. They are excellent reports and great lessons can be learned by everybody involved from them. The Government can learn lessons about macroeconomic and fiscal policy and parties on all sides of the House can benefit. The...

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Frank Fahey: There should be an acknowledgement on the part of Fine Gael and Labour that the suggestion that Anglo Irish Bank should be run down was wrong. The Labour Party should also admit that it got it completely wrong in respect of the bank guarantee. Labour has made great play out of the fact that it was the only party which opposed the guarantee. The reports issued by Regling and Watson and the...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (6 Jul 2010)

Frank Fahey: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the report from the Irish Insurance Federation regarding the results of the working group established to examine the flooding issue in November 2009; the details of this report; the extent of the withdrawal of cover from households who were the victims of flooding; the other relevant details from the report; and in the event of...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Jul 2010)

Frank Fahey: Question 333: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the planning of the Claregalway inner relief road; the amount of moneys granted to Galway County Council in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 for the planning and design stage of this proposal; if a business case and robust costings, as requested by his Department on 10 July, 2008 has yet been received; and if he will make...

Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: All Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Frank Fahey: I welcome the agreement of the Opposition to the substantive issue, which pertains to compulsory purchase orders in general. The Bill affects the Galway outer bypass and is, as the Minister stated, to ensure the local authority will not have to waste considerable time and money by having to go back to the drawing board. As Deputy McCormack stated, a very large amount of money has been...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (8 Jul 2010)

Frank Fahey: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Office of Public Works report relative to the Clare River in County Galway, particularly the works that are recommended for the areas of Caherlea and Lisheenavalla; if he will confirm that the recommended works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31215/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Oct 2010)

Frank Fahey: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would accrue to the Exchequer in 2011, if a third tax rate for persons earning over €100,000 was introduced at 50%, 55% and 60% [37357/10]

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (19 Oct 2010)

Frank Fahey: Question 533: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 10 November 2009, the outcome of talks with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in connection with his Department's proposals to Údarás na Gaeltachta to sell lands at a location (details supplied) which are of a strategic importance to the development...

Loan Guarantee Scheme: Motion (Resumed). (20 Oct 2010)

Frank Fahey: I support the amendment to the motion in respect of small and medium enterprises. Three critical areas are being addressed, namely, the ability of the banking sector to make cash flow available to small business, the need for a major reduction in the amount of regulation, bureaucracy and red tape that small businesses have to endure and - the most important area - the return of confidence in...

Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2010)

Frank Fahey: I wish to share my time with Deputy Sargent with ten minutes each. On the basis of the principle that one's home is one's castle, the Bill is especially welcome. The reason the new Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Bill 2010 has been introduced is to tip the balance in favour of law abiding home dwellers. In clarifying the law in this area, the Bill sets out to state clearly that a...

Macro-Economic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Frank Fahey: The Labour Party has not been proven correct. It has been proven completely wrong.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Frank Fahey: Yesterday for the first time Deputy Gilmore outlined the key economic and fiscal policies the Labour Party would introduce if it got into government. The cornerstone of its policy is raising taxes and providing a stimulus package through the establishment of a strategic investment bank. Both policies are fundamentally flawed. At a time when the international markets are scrutinising our...

Private Members' Business. (2 Nov 2010)

Frank Fahey: This is a populist motion by the Fine Gael Party, the key to it being that it "recognises the widespread public anger that those chiefly responsible for the crisis have not been held to account" and "calls on the Government to adequately resource the Garda". There is public anger. Everybody is angry about the way in which the banking system failed miserably. Regling and Watson, and Governor...

Private Members' Business. (2 Nov 2010)

Frank Fahey: It is interesting that Deputy Shatter says that because the reality, and Regling and Watson pointed this out, was that going back to the time of T K Whitaker, who tried to put in place the proper economic and fiscal expertise within the Department of Finance, it was not put in place, not when the Deputy's party was in Government or when our party was in Government.

Private Members' Business. (2 Nov 2010)

Frank Fahey: During that four year period, I did not hear anybody from the Fine Gael benches calling for any reduction in the amount of credit that was being given out by the banks. It is fair to say that all parties in the House wanted to see that credit regime continue.

Private Members' Business. (2 Nov 2010)

Frank Fahey: In fact, some of the Opposition parties were calling for more money to be spent and for money to be taken out of the National Pensions Reserve Fund to fund further infrastructural development. This motion will not fool anybody. There is great anger about the situation. We all want to see people who have broken the law brought to justice but Deputy Shatter knows more than anybody else that...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2010)

Frank Fahey: I welcome this Bill. It is long overdue. I welcome the fact that the VECs are becoming involved in primary education. Whatever we may say about the VEC system it has been successful in the administration of education in localities throughout the country. The necessity for rationalisation has been long overdue and I welcome that development. We should recognise the success we have had in...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2010)

Frank Fahey: -----who became ghettoised and totally removed from mainstream society, and therefore began to create all of the trouble that we have seen in Britain as well as in other European countries. I tried to address this. Instead of talking about segregation we put in place a very significant programme of integration. This Bill enables us to put that into practice in a very practical way. The...

Financial Stability Development in Ireland and Elsewhere: Statements (16 Nov 2010)

Frank Fahey: Put Labour in coalition and-----

Irish Banking: Statements (18 Nov 2010)

Frank Fahey: Is Fine Gael still continuing its default strategy?