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Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister is pretty good at that himself - the letter that rocked the nation.

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Billy Kelleher: The Taoiseach invited him back into Fine Gael.

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Billy Kelleher: You still have not read it.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the commitment in the programme for Government to maintain social welfare rates refers to all welfare payments and if this commitment is intended to last for the full duration of the Government's term. [5975/11]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (30 Mar 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the functions of the new national employment and entitlements service; the timeframe for its implementation and the division of responsibilities among the different Departments in relation to this new body. [6054/11]

Tourism Promotion (31 Mar 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport if there is a tourism strategy in place to capitalise on the forthcoming trip of US President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II of Britain to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6149/11]

Tourism Industry (31 Mar 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport his views on the overlap of activity between Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, with a view to ensuring the maximum return from our investment in these agencies. [6150/11]

Order of Business (5 Apr 2011)

Billy Kelleher: The Taoiseach is diluting it already.

Written Answers — Fuel Poverty: Fuel Poverty (5 Apr 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the publication of the fuel poverty strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5976/11]

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Billy Kelleher: I congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on his appointment and I wish him the best of luck. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue, which has dominated political discussion in the Parliament and outside for the past two and a half years. An examination of the stress tests and the results of same show the deep difficulties which the Irish banking system is in and underline the...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Billy Kelleher: This is critically important at this time.

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Billy Kelleher: I am just making the point whether at this important juncture in trying to address the very serious financial crisis still facing the country-----

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Billy Kelleher: -----they do or do not have a different view from that of the Governor of the Central Bank in the context of the bank guarantee. If one did not watch the monitor and only listened to the speech made by the Minister, Deputy Noonan last week, one would have thought that it was the former Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, following on. The bank policies being pursued by this Government and the...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Billy Kelleher: The only part of the Minister's speech that was different was when the Fine Gael scriptwriters got to it-----

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Billy Kelleher: -----after the finance officials wrote it and threw in the emotive language about the Civil War.

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Billy Kelleher: The kernel of the issue is that if we do not have a functioning banking system - and we should be honest that much of the commentary in this House for the past two years when I was on the other side of the House was commentary to the effect that we should burn the bondholders and that the country was banjaxed, which undermined what the Government was trying to achieve-----

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Billy Kelleher: I can assure Deputies-----

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Billy Kelleher: -----that in this House at least we will be responsible in trying to deal with the issue. One need only read the commentary. The comment "not another red cent" was made only in the past few weeks by Members who are now Cabinet Ministers. They suggested that there would be unilateral burning of bondholders.

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Even the Taoiseach, as late as two weeks ago, was still of the view that if he could cuddle up next to Chancellor Merkel that he still might get some burden sharing. We now know that was dishonest at the very least in the context of the campaign prior to the election by Fine Gael and Labour. They knew full well then that there was no chance of our still receiving liquidity from the Central...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Billy Kelleher: It just crept in there, did it?