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Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Michael Noonan: Sinn Féin has spent 30 years trying to rewrite history and the Deputy is doing it again now. The Sinn Féin Deputies voted for the guarantee on the night-----

Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Michael Noonan: In October there was a different vote.

Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Michael Noonan: Now the Deputy is basing all his argument on the October vote. Sinn Féin voted for the guarantee. The Deputy is the Bart Simpson of this operation.

Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Michael Noonan: They are always in denial. It is a case of, "No one saw me, it wasn't me, it was the other fellow". The record of the House shows that Sinn Féin voted. In my view, the Deputy is correct on the facts, because the House was misled on the night. When we asked whether it was a liquidity crisis or an insolvency crisis we were solemnly assured by the Minister that it was only a liquidity...

Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Michael Noonan: -----and it was all the fault of poor Joan; it was all Joan's fault because Sinn Féin voted for it on the night. That is not credible at all, for God's sake, Deputy. What kind of rubbish is that? I will not refer to Deputy Kelleher because we know Deputy Kelleher's speeches and they are all very entertaining. I thank Deputy Mick Wallace for a very reflective contribution. There is much...

Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Michael Noonan: I believe the Minister was misled himself and I agree with Deputy Ross on this point. I do not think the Minister had the full facts on the night but that is the way the Parliament made its decision. We are in a situation now where, effectively, the banking policy of the previous Government has proved to be disastrous. They left Government without reconstructing and recapitalising the...

Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) Scheme 2011: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Michael Noonan: The Donegal man keeps shouting at me. It is like Donegal football, it is blanket defence.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Michael Noonan: Especially for windbags.

Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2011: Leave to Introduce (1 Dec 2011)

Michael Noonan: I move: That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2011:– Vote 19 — Justice and Equality (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 20 — Garda Síochána (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 22 — Courts Service (Supplementary Estimate).

Estimates for Public Services 2011: Referral to Select Committee (1 Dec 2011)

Michael Noonan: I move: That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2011, the Supplementary Estimates be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, pursuant to Standing Orders 82A(3)(c) and 159(3) and paragraph (8) of the Orders of Reference of Select Committees, which shall report back to the...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Nov 2011)

Michael Noonan: All pre-budget submissions are examined and considered as part of the Budgetary process. The issue raised in the submission relates to potential Budgetary measures. It is the usual practice for the Minister for Finance not to speculate or comment in advance of the Budget what it will contain and I do not propose to deviate from that practice.

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (30 Nov 2011)

Michael Noonan: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the information sought by the Deputy is not directly available from the data maintained by them. However, on the basis of an estimation of the sectoral distribution of taxes collected annually, Revenue has tentatively estimated that the net income tax collected through the PAYE system from the public sector employees in 2010 was approximately...

Written Answers — Tax Rebates: Tax Rebates (30 Nov 2011)

Michael Noonan: I have been advised by the Revenue Commissioners that PAYE Balancing Statements P21 for the years 2007 to 2010 issued to the person concerned on 17 November 2011 indicating that a rebate is not due.

Written Answers — EU-IMF Programme: EU-IMF Programme (30 Nov 2011)

Michael Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 54 and 55 together. As I said in my reply to parliamentary questions on this matter last week, I wish to make clear that I and my colleagues in Government are deeply concerned that draft confidential budget information became public before Government had finally made all of the necessary budgetary decisions. Furthermore, we are concerned at the manner in...

Written Answers — Personal Debt: Personal Debt (30 Nov 2011)

Michael Noonan: As the Deputy is aware, progress is already underway in implementing a number of the recommendations of the Inter Department Mortgage Arrears Working Group report. These include the development, initially on a pilot basis, of two mortgage to rent schemes by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, the advancement of personal insolvency law reforms by the Department...

Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (30 Nov 2011)

Michael Noonan: The bank recapitalisation commitments made by the State to date are set out in the following table: €bn AIB/EBS BoI IL&P IBRC (Anglo/INBS) Total Government preference Shares (2009) - NPRF 3.5 3.5* - - 7.0 Capital contributions (with Promissory Notes as consideration) /Special Investment Shares (2010) – Exchequer ** 0.9 - - 30.7 31.6 Ordinary Share Capital (2009) – Exchequer - - -...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Nov 2011)

Michael Noonan: The facility referred to by the Deputy appears to be a pet farm and playground with fishing facilities and bungalows to let. For VAT purposes, these services do not constitute educational facilities. The fees charged for entry to open farms were until recently treated as VAT exempt "lettings of immovable goods". This VAT exempt treatment followed a 1970s Revenue Appeal Commissioner's...

Written Answers — Revenue Commissioners: Revenue Commissioners (30 Nov 2011)

Michael Noonan: I understand the Deputy to be referring to compounds where vehicles that have been legally detained or seized by the Revenue Commissioners are kept pending the outcome of administrative or legal proceedings. I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that there are two permanent Revenue vehicle storage compounds, both located in the Dublin area. One of these compounds is located in the State...

Written Answers — Budget Submissions: Budget Submissions (30 Nov 2011)

Michael Noonan: Where budgetary matters are concerned the Government's primary focus at present is on reducing the deficit further and returning sustainability to the public finances in the coming years. The focus of Government in this regard will be on taking decisions in a way that spreads the burden of the adjustment in as fair and equitable a manner as possible, while at the same time, seeking to...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (30 Nov 2011)

Michael Noonan: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that an on-licence is defined in Section 1 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 1927 as being a licence, whether granted on production or without production of a certificate of the Circuit Court or the District Court, for the sale of intoxicating Liquor for consumption either on or off the premises. The licensees (details supplied) are the holders of a...