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Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Now his colleague, the Minister for Finance is on some exploratory trip around the Department of Finance.

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: In terms of the voyages we have to undertake, will the Taoiseach clarify if the Government has decided and the Attorney General advised whether legislation is required for the funding bank and the asset recovery bank for Anglo Irish Bank? When will the Minister for Finance return from his exploratory travels wherever they are?

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: I will send it to the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Is the Taoiseach indicating——

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Anglo Irish Bank is the biggest liability and undertaking the State has. I ask the Taoiseach, as Head of the Government, about the new plan, announced by the Minister after Commissioner Almunia turned down the good bank-bad bank proposal for Anglo Irish Bank as not being acceptable. As the Government has had several weeks to digest the Commissioner's decision, has it decided whether the...

Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: Will it be before the markets open or after they close?

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: What did the Taoiseach discuss in Government?

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: What did the Government talk about?

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: What did the Government talk about?

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2010)

Joan Burton: It is fascinating.

Water and Sewerage Schemes (8 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 11: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Heritage and Local Government the action that has been taken as a result of report by Joint Committee on Environment regarding environmental pollution and danger to drinking water caused domestic sewage from septic tanks other effluent treatment systems; if he will respond committee's call for effective standards, joined up regulation,...

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (8 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 18: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the setting up of a national house price database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30722/10]

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: I am grateful to Deputy Durkan for being so timely.

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: I thought that.

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: Like other Deputies, I have been raising this issue for the last seven years. Given that my constituency of Dublin West has one of the highest concentrations of management companies in the country, it is an enormous issue. Despite this, we do not even have an audit of all of the housing units - apartments and ordinary houses - that are under the control of management companies. However, I...

Banking Sector Crisis: Motions (8 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: On a point of information, would the Minister also write to Mr. Nyberg informing him of that decision, so that as he sets about his job-----

Banking Sector Crisis: Motions (8 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: That is a good suggestion and should be explored.

Banking Sector Crisis: Motions (8 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: Will the report go to the Minister or come to the Dáil?

Banking Sector Crisis: Motions (8 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: The Labour Party moved an amendment to extend the terms of reference to include the Government and the Department of Finance. Unfortunately, the Ceann Comhairle ruled our amendment out of order. Down the road, the Minister and Fianna Fáil will come to regret that, for reasons of political expediency, they have sought to exclude from the commission of inquiry's terms the roles of the...

Banking Sector Crisis: Motions (8 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: That is very sensible, otherwise it is Wallender-like - I assume the Minister is aware of the Swedish detective, Wallander, and we are having someone now from Finland. This Finnish Wallander, would have to approach it in an opposite direction from the banks, and work back from the period starting 29 September, into the banks, the Central Bank and the Regulator. I do not know whether Mr....