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Public Service Remuneration: Motion (9 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: The Government decision to exempt 655 public servants from the pay reduction announced on budget day was neither fair nor justified. The unfairness is best exemplified by the fact that it means that people on the lowest level of pay in the public service will see a reduction in their pay of 5% while this category of public servants will see their take-home pay cut by just one third of that...

Public Service Remuneration: Motion (9 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: The Minister was not here to discuss it.

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: The economy faces its most serious threat ever. In the past 18 months we have lost 200,000 jobs, of which 90% were those of persons under the age of 30 years. They are the people to whom we look to create the dynamism for a knowledge economy and new enterprises for the future, the building bricks of our future economic success. We cannot afford, through the lack of Government ambition, to...

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: With those few words, I reiterate my disappointment in the Bill but look forward to working on it on Committee Stage.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: That decision shows extraordinary contempt for the independent constitutional position of the Office of the Ombudsman.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: I do not want to rehearse it. It is worth recalling that the Ombudsman does not have directive power. He or she has one power only, namely, to ask the Oireachtas to deliberate on these issues.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: The Government's attitude shows-----

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: No, they cannot.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: I wish to raise several issues on the Order of Business. The United States company, Kraft Foods, recently indicated its intention to take over Cadbury, which will have a significant impact on employment throughout the Cadbury group. Some 1,200 are employed by the company in this State between Coolock and Kerry. The British Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Lord...

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: In respect of promised legislation on banking, reports today indicate that the write-downs by the National Asset Management Agency will be much greater than was anticipated. It is now clear that the business plan presented by NAMA to the Oireachtas is a work of fiction, as many on this side of the House said at the time. It is incumbent on the Government to produce legislation that will...

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: The Tánaiste has been in government for so long that she has forgotten the replies given to Opposition spokespersons when we ask questions about agencies.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: We are told that the Minister is not responsible for day-to-day activities.

Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners who were given temporary release at Christmas 2009 who are still at large; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5698/10]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (4 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the Wad catchment which has twice been the cause of flooding in the past year; the shortcomings in the original interim proposals submitted by Dublin City Council which were rejected by his Department; and the progress made to date in 2010 in developing a solution for the entire catchment. [5947/10]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (4 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sanctioned investment in a flood defence for the seafront at Clontarf, Dublin 3; and when he will release funding and commence works. [5948/10]

Written Answers — Preschool Services: Preschool Services (4 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the preschools which will participate in the new free preschool scheme in Dublin 3, Dublin 5, Dublin 9 and Dublin 17; the number of children who will participate in the scheme in Dublin 3, Dublin 5, Dublin 9 and Dublin 17; the number of eligible participants in Dublin 3, Dublin 5, Dublin 9 and Dublin 17; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Water Supply: Water Supply (4 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will estimate, in percentage terms, the volume of treated water which leaks into the ground in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5988/10]

Written Answers — Commissions of Inquiry: Commissions of Inquiry (3 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed banking inquiry will have any constraints on its investigations and the publication of findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5188/10]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (3 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with the board of Anglo Irish Bank regarding the options for the development of the bank. [5684/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Feb 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on providing tax relief at 33% on buying a bicycle under his tax initiative which would be equal for all taxpayers instead of providing relief at a persons marginal tax rate. [5469/10]