Results 28,061-28,080 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton
- Banking Sector Regulation. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: I spoke about long-term deposits.
- Banking Sector Regulation. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: The central question is if the approach of the Government, in saying banks must exhaust all other options before there is a question of the State becoming involved in recapitalisation, risks this problem festering? In the process, genuine businesses could be starved of credit, which will in turn prolong the difficulties in the economy. There is a worry the Government is sitting back on its...
- Banking Sector Regulation. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: The Government is behind now.
- Public Sector Pay. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to contain the growth of the public service pay bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39083/08]
- Public Sector Pay. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: I am seriously alarmed at the approach being taken by the Government on public sector pay. In the past three months the Minister has committed to â¬2 billion extra pay, to be paid by taxpayers, between the September payment just ten weeks ago and the commitments to be made in the next two years. Can the Minister afford to make that payment? Does he believe the public finances can afford...
- Public Sector Pay. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: What will be the cost in 2010?
- Public Sector Pay. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: What will be the cost of the agreement reached eight weeks ago on 1 September?
- Public Sector Pay. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: Can the Minister add the three elements together?
- Public Sector Pay. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: Does the Minister not agree that it is a parlous situation when 40% of our borrowing this year is going on day-to-day public spending? If the European Union's projection is correct, and the Minister does not make â¬5 billion in savings next year, which he has not specified, we will be spending 60% of our borrowing just to keep day-to-day services going. Are we not on a highly dangerous...
- Public Sector Pay. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: I said 40%. The Minister should look at his own figures.
- Public Sector Pay. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: That is not a deliberate statistical mistake. The Minister should look at his own figures.
- Public Sector Pay. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: Which is 40%.
- Public Sector Pay. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: They are the Minister's own figures.
- Government Borrowing. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: I referred to 40% of the Minister's borrowing.
- Departmental Expenditure. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: Does the Minister recall that in budget 2005, his predecessor as Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, specifically announced, in a major cost cutting programme, that he would have a disability plan? Is the Minister aware that since that plan came in the number of residential places in St Michael's House has fallen from 70 to 26 and continues to fall? I am sure he is aware of this because St....
- Departmental Expenditure. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: I am putting context on the question. The Minister who presented this as a major budget initiative cannot just walk away and say: "That is not my job any more".
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: I have specific questions. The Minister will know that should the credit guarantee scheme be called upon the money is recouped subsequently from all those who participate, including credit unions. Is it preferable that the credit unions should be in a ring-fenced guarantee scheme? They are entirely different in their risk profile from any of the other institutions covered. They have, for...
- Pension Provisions. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: Why does the Minister have a 2007 valuation on the assets side and a 2005 valuation on the liabilities side? If the Minister has made a formal proposal to take on these funded schemes without knowing what are their net liabilities, it indicates the Department does not assume liabilities with a great deal of foresight. Is it not bizarre that when the State takes on liabilities of this nature,...
- Pension Provisions. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: The letter issued by the Department is not as qualified as the Minister is trying to make out.
- Decentralisation Programme. (6 Nov 2008)
Richard Bruton: Will the Minister agree this is a disgrace and effectively means that â¬27.5 million of taxpayers' money has gone down the drain on decentralisation projects that have been abandoned or mothballed indefinitely? Will he agree the public in the regions were sold a pup by Government in respect of decentralisation and that the reason it has not happened two years after the deadline for its...