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European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 24: To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the question of protecting democracy in Europe in the context of proposed treaty changes at the meeting of EU leaders on 9 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37395/11]

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 25: To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the contrasting approaches and outcomes of Iceland's methods of dealing with the economic crisis as against those being pursued in the Eurozone at the meeting of EU leaders on 9 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37396/11]

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 26: To ask the Taoiseach if tax harmonisation was part of the treaty changes envisaged for the EU at the meeting of EU leaders on 9 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37397/11]

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 27: To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of the mandate and role of the ECB within the Eurozone at the meeting of EU leaders on 9 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37398/11]

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Question 41: To ask the Taoiseach if he has discussed the Irish Budget 2012 with his counterparts at the European summit meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39782/11]

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach rightly condemned Fianna Fáil for crashing our economy and forcing us into the hands of the EU-IMF troika but does he not agree that the proposed deal will institutionalise what he rightly describes as the loss of our economic sovereignty? We will lose democratic control over our economic affairs for perpetuity. There will be centralised, Stalinist control by the European...

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and it imposed capital controls to prevent money from fleeing the country. As a result, its economy is now recovering. It is on the path to recovery after doing the exact opposite of what Europe is demanding from Ireland. Was there any discussion on the need to find a radically different way of dealing with this crisis?

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Neither are the 26 now.

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not according to Nicolas Sarkozy.

European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are getting worse.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Talk down the clock.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the fiscal Bill to which the Taoiseach referred deal with-----

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----the rogue behaviour of the banks, particularly what are effectively State-owned banks shafting their workers before Christmas-----

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----to the tune of €2,500 each? Meanwhile the CEOs and executives of the bank concerned-----

Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This is the result of a directive from the Minister for Finance. The CEOs and executives who are on massive salaries have walked away without any cut.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Give them houses, not reports.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Unless you are a banker or a bondholder.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This Government will privatise them all.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Taoiseach joking? He intends to cut them all.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will these waivers last as long as those on the bin charges?