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Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: It took the Government 13 years to bust the country.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: Why did the Taoiseach call in the IMF?

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: Why did the Taoiseach call in the IMF?

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: The baby is here.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: Let me quote an e-mail by a self-employed constituent of mine. It was also sent to my Government colleagues in my constituency: As a self-employed constituent of yours can you please tell me the logic of increasing PRSI payments from the self-employed when the benefits we are entitled to are nil? Add in reduced pension contributions relief, a new universal social charge, end of the PRSI...

Written Answers — Departmental Functions: Departmental Functions (9 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the criteria for the signature, seal or stamp required by the consular section of his Department for the authentication or apostilling of documents for use abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46691/10]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: This Government clearly lost its sense of fairness when it drafted this budget. In a week when people who earn small weekly incomes are facing further cuts, it was announced that €40 million is to be paid out in bonuses to bank staff. Does anybody in the Government understand how this contrast resonates with the public? Widows, blind people and carers are told they must accept cuts. In...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: I ask the Deputy to mind his own business for a while. We need to cop on to ourselves because we are on the edge. I am amazed by the telephone calls I receive from people who want to know why they are required to pay when banks are getting away with it. These are not uneducated people. They are the so-called top people in our society. It does not sound fair because it is not fair. We...

Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: Deputy Aylward wants the sun on his back.

Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: That is all very clear, I must say.

Written Answers — White Paper on Defence: White Paper on Defence (15 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received Cabinet approval to progress the new White Paper on Defence; the progress made in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46229/10]

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: They must not have time to do anything else.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: They cannot wait.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle, when was democracy abolished here?

Leaders' Questions (12 Jan 2011)

Seán Barrett: Gone in a fortnight.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jan 2011)

Seán Barrett: Shoot the breeze.

Written Answers — Health Service Properties: Health Service Properties (12 Jan 2011)

Seán Barrett: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if negotiations are taking place with a developer for the sale of the lands and buildings at St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48165/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Jan 2011)

Seán Barrett: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the closure of St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin 6, will remove 179 beds from the health system; the number of these beds that will be transferred to the new cancer unit in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; the rationale for this when cancer cases are continuing to increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1045/11]