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- Written Answers — Regional Airports: Regional Airports (2 Nov 2010)
Joan Burton: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the midlands regional airport project; the representations he has received on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39698/10]
- Private Members' Business. (2 Nov 2010)
Joan Burton: I would like to share my time with Deputy Arthur Morgan.
- Private Members' Business. (2 Nov 2010)
Joan Burton: Yes, tomorrow evening. Recent revelations have added massively to the cost and uncertainty surrounding Fianna Fáil's bailout of its pals, the bankers and developers. So badly has Fianna Fáil's blanket guarantee turned out that the interest rate on Irish bonds, as we have seen today, is now well over 7%. If we stay at this rate, our national debt will double in ten years. We are on an...
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: The Guardian praised the proposal yesterday.
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: The lead article in The Guardian yesterday praised the proposal.
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: And the Government is putting us into the stabilisation fund.
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: The Government has brought the International Monetary Fund to the door and ruined the country. Bond spreads are at 7% this morning.
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: The Minister clearly cannot do tax arithmetic. That is the reason he is so incompetent.
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: The Minister is innumerate.
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: What about a smart Government?
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: I proposed the abolition of tax breaks for Fianna Fáil Party cronies.
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: My record on property tax breaks is clear. The record of the Minister's party in the matter of corruption is also clear.
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: This is the Minister who climbed every tree.
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: And the Minister referred to it in his speech.
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: The Minister referred to this himself in his speech.
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: This is more tooth fairy stuff. This is the tooth fairy view-----
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: ----- but Ireland does not have a tooth fairy.
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: I do not think the article I have to hand is defamatory. Is the Minister suggesting the article in The Irish Times is defamatory?
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: It is the story that appeared in the Daily Mail?
- Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)
Joan Burton: Is the Dail Mail article defamatory?