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Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: Can the Tánaiste indicate when this important Bill will come before the House? The Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, is aware that many of our monuments nationwide are falling into serious disrepair and neglect.

Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: The Tánaiste and I could go in together.

Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: I was told it was forthcoming in the spring of this year.

Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: Disjointed Cabinet.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: This is probably the most important debate we will ever have in this House. My sense that I am participating, however unwillingly, in the greatest gamble in the history of the State is mind-blowing. We have all heard of the great confidence trickster immortalised in song as "the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo". We are now seeing the man who broke the Irish economy attempting to...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: -----to have confidence in the proposals of a man who is unaware that County Longford is firmly located in the heart of the country? It is the most landlocked county in Ireland and although it is under threat from governmental neglect, County Longford certainly has no fear of coastal erosion. However, it seriously fears and distrusts the judgment of Dr. Bacon and the Fianna Fáil-Green...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: -----according to the pressure put on the Government and the knock-on effect regarding its survival. It is the latest in the knee-jerk reaction-----

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: -----school of crisis management. I am glad that the Minister for Education and Science is present to hear that.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: We all know the way she has let down students, parents and children-----

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: -----throughout-----

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: The former Minister for Education and Science, who let down students, parents and everybody.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: The Minister, Deputy Hanafin, is the person who let everybody down.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: Now she is letting down the poor, the sick and the elderly and the most vulnerable in society. I am not afraid of you; I can tell you that, Minister.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: Is the Deputy one of the Drumcondra set-----

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: -----that ruined our economy?

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: We could do a whip-round.

Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: Second Stage. (22 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: I thank my colleague, Deputy Varadkar, for presenting this important Bill to the House. The incredible position that pertained in respect of the FÁS board and the paralysis of the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in taking action have been the most recent of a litany of cronyism, abuse of expenses and incompetence on State boards, matters addressed in detail by...

Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: Second Stage. (22 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: The Minister of State should give us a little more information on the quango responsible for local authorities.

Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: Second Stage. (22 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: The Deputy ought not undermine her former constituency colleague, Mr. Albert Reynolds.

Order of Business (22 Sep 2009)

James Bannon: We all know agriculture has served as the backbone of this country for decades. The industry has been totally dismantled by the Government.