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Order of Business (16 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Some of the Ministers have not even looked up from their telephones yet.

Order of Business (16 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: The motion on the Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) (Number 2) Scheme 2010, a continuation of the bank guarantee, is to conclude before 5 p.m. tomorrow. Will the Taoiseach give an undertaking to the House that the Minister for Finance will take this debate, given that-----

Order of Business (16 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: -----the stabilisation and further bailout of the banks being negotiated by the Government is a matter of national importance that the Minister himself should address, not a Government representative or a Minister of State? I suggest the concluding time for this debate might be deferred to provide for the Minister's return from Brussels to facilitate a proper discussion in the Dáil.

Order of Business (16 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Will the Taoiseach agree to this?

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all of the promised extra social workers have been appointed; if not, when they will be; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42114/10]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (11 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her view on the guidelines on the sale of medicines containing codeine which were issued by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland; if her Department or the Health Service Executive have any role in ensuring that patients rights are protected in the implementation of the guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (11 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the revenue that could be raised in 2011 and on a full year basis by raising all motor tax rates by 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5%. [42127/10]

Order of Business. (11 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: That was when we had a surplus.

Order of Business. (11 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: We know that.

Order of Business. (11 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: But the Tánaiste give not give the Commissioner the----

Order of Business. (11 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: She is proposing a debate.

Order of Business. (11 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: The Tánaiste has to be responsible for something.

Order of Business. (11 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: That is not what the report says.

Written Answers — National Pension Reserve Fund: National Pension Reserve Fund (10 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is customary when a company engages in a rights issue that the price of the shares issued thereunder be set at a significant discount to the prevailing market price to attract investors; the reason he intends to press ahead with the €5.4 billion AIB rights issue at a price of 50 cent, when the...

Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Does the reference to his officials include reference to the staff of the NTMA? Has the NTMA had any dealings or contact with Mr. Regling or with Mr. Regling's offices? Commissioner Rehn, who is hardly interested in lying to the mere Opposition in Ireland, yesterday introduced us, and perhaps Fine Gael, to a gentleman who was on his delegation who is currently, clearly, one of the leading...

Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: I never used the word "employed".

Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: The Minister is a barrister-----

Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: Is it just that-----

Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: If this is-----

Fiscal Policy (10 Nov 2010)

Joan Burton: I never said-----