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Written Answers — Bank Guarantee Scheme: Bank Guarantee Scheme (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent reports (details supplied) that Anglo Irish Bank is exposed to significant derivative positions; if he will set out in detail the nature of any such exposures at Anglo Irish Bank, or any of the credit institutions participating in the eligible liabilities guarantee, including a breakdown by product type, category of counter...

Written Answers — Bank Guarantee Scheme: Bank Guarantee Scheme (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of senior and subordinated debt guaranteed under bank guarantee scheme on 30 September 2008, broken down by credit institution; the total amount of guaranteed senior and subordinated debt which matured and was redeemed under the terms of the original bank guarantee; the total amount of senior and subordinated debt issued to date...

FINANCIAL RESOLUTION No. 14: INCOME LEVY (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: I wish to ask the Minister some questions about the universal social charge, which represents a significant change to our tax code. In effect, people will be charged for what they commonly understand as social provisions. I acknowledge that the PRSI rate of 4% is not being touched for most people but the universal charge is described in paragraph 2 of Financial Resolution No. 13 as a tax....

FINANCIAL RESOLUTION No. 14: INCOME LEVY (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: It is a tax.

FINANCIAL RESOLUTION No. 14: INCOME LEVY (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: It includes an occupational pension.

FINANCIAL RESOLUTION No. 14: INCOME LEVY (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: People on €26,000 were exempt from the old health contribution.

FINANCIAL RESOLUTION No. 14: INCOME LEVY (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: A person on a medical card was exempt from the contribution but that exemption does not apply now.

FINANCIAL RESOLUTION No. 14: INCOME LEVY (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: That is very tough.

FINANCIAL RESOLUTION No. 14: INCOME LEVY (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: That is very tough.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: At the opening of his speech, the Minister, Deputy Lenihan, referred to households and businesses that continue to work off the excesses of the boom. He made the adjustments and cuts sound like a walk in the park just after the Christmas dinner or, alternatively, like joining the gym or going to Unislim. It is a way of working off the excess built up during the boom years. It is a pity...

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: They are laughing up their sleeves at the Taoiseach ever since. I would like the Taoiseach to take a break from the bond dealers and talk to workers, business people and parents-----

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: -----to understand their position and what savage deflation has done to this country in this third year of adjustments. The Taoiseach is proposing that we have six full years of adjustments. That is the deal with the IMF. There have already been two years of savage deflation and the Taoiseach's deal with the IMF is for four more years. This amounts to six years of savage deflation.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: The Government has many economists that work for it. The IMF and International Labour Organisation have carried out detailed studies. A recent study by them contains a message for the Government and the Taoiseach's party. The IMF-ILO study states: Fiscal plans should be fair. There should be specific measures to protect the most vulnerable from the effects of the consolidation. The risks...

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: It must be remembered that after the war the United Kingdom built the British national health service. What did the Finns do during their period of banking collapse? They built a universal preschool education system to put people back to work.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: They also concentrated on developing-----

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: -----world class indigenous companies. Fianna Fáil aims or objectives will not lift the country from its incredible area of difficulty onto a higher plane where people become proud of their capacity, proud of their children's educational achievement-----

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: -----and proud of contributing to their society. The Taoiseach is not providing for that.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: It will take a change of Government to fix this society and this economy-----

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: -----and help it recover its sense of self, and help our young people in particular to use their talents and their education.

Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: In terms of the statistics in the budget, I want to ask the Taoiseach about the universal social charge. It is very telling that his Government has chosen to use the term "charge" and not "contribution". When the welfare state was built, the term that was always used was "contribution" because a contribution implied that if one contributed to one's country and one's State during one's...