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EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: He is probably speechless.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State then agrees I am correct.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Protect him, a Cheann Comhairle.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil sent the then Minister for Foreign Affairs, Brian Lenihan senior, to the United Nations to object to it. I thank the Minister of State for reminding me.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: As the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, has remained in the Chamber perhaps he can confirm his references to the 25th anniversary of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Did the then Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, send the then Minister for Foreign Affairs to the United Nations to contest and campaign against the Anglo-Irish Agreement? I think the then Minister for Foreign Affairs was the father of...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: When the Haughey Administration came into government, it worked the Anglo-Irish Agreement. When the Minister of State was recalling the Anglo-Irish Agreement and praising that particular coalition Government, it might be historically useful for the Minister to confirm that Fianna Fáil campaigned and lodged objections against it at the UN.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: That is Fianna Fáil for you. When is the first review? From conversations with Mr. Chopra of the IMF and from this document, I understand the first quarterly review is due by the end of January. As my colleague, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, pointed out there is a requirement for weekly and quarterly reporting on an extensive basis-----

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Did the Minister make any attempts as the principal of the negotiators to have the bondholders bear some responsibilities and losses in the banks? Did the IMF indicate that it was not opposed to approaches being made on that? Could the Minister confirm that it was the European Commission that was not willing to adopt such an approach and that the Government agreed that the bondholders...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: -----the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service. The Labour Party got legal advice on the matter. We were told that the particular proposal is likely to require a constitutional amendment. Has the Minister sought legal advice on the particular proposal as set out? Who in the country is supposed to vote for this constitutional amendment when it is put?

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: It is on page 34. It is the last action on the structural benchmarks under the programme the Minister agreed to.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: No, I am sorry, I wish to revise my question to refer to senior debt.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: The Minister should answer the question.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: What is the date of the first review?

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: No. Mr. Chopra said it would be the end of January.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Otherwise the Minister cannot draw down the money. That is what he told the Labour Party.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: That is not the end of the first quarter of 2011.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: What about senior bondholders?

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: Could the Minister answer the question about the constitutional amendment that is required by the action on page 34?

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: It will be called "TENT".

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Joan Burton: The Minister does not play rugby.