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Written Answers — Tax Audits: Tax Audits (1 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has made any settlements with the Revenue Commissioners under section 985B of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28989/10]

Written Answers — Tax Audits: Tax Audits (1 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 295: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of tax audits carried out by the Revenue Commissioners on her Department in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 under the headings employer issues PAYE and PRSI, value added tax, public service withholding tax and relevant contracts tax; if, in relation to the audits,...

Decentralisation Programme (1 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the decentralisation programme of his Department; if the current relocation is operating efficiently and effectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28757/10]

National Drugs Strategy (1 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Community; Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding headshops; if the proposed legislation is taking account of the constant changing market in relation to such shops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28754/10]

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: On a point of order, I regret the Minister did not allow time for amendment No. 10 to be voted on and for that reason we will not support the proposal that the remaining amendments be made to the Bill.

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: I did not say the Minister wasted time.

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: I will speak to the amendment on behalf of the Labour Party. One of the risks with any change in the Central Bank structure is that while we get over the mistakes made and which led to the crash, on the other side we could create corresponding mistakes because of a lack of balance in the legislation. The critical change element in the legislation is that the focus has moved almost entirely...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 10: In page 13, after line 43, to insert the following: 14.—(1) The Bank shall establish and maintain a consultative panel to be called the Credit Unions Consultative Panel (in this section referred to as "the Panel"). (2) As soon as practicable after establishing the Panel, the Bank shall publish in Iris Oifigiúil a notice to the effect that the Panel has been...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: Mr. Seán FitzPatrick was called up to Farmleigh. It was not necessary to call in to Farmleigh or the Department of Finance the directors of credit unions because they were not indulging in massive speculation and the ruination of their financial institutions. Why will Fianna Fáil not in this legislation give due recognition in an orderly and structured way to the credit union movement?...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: On a point of order, if the Minister is not accepting my amendment No.10, I want to give notice that I want to call a vote on it.

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: On a point of order, I would like to move it now if the Minister will not accept it.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: Will we get an apology from the Minister?

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Joan Burton: I support the Fine Gael amendment. The Minister for Finance promised the Dáil that he would consult the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service on the commission of inquiry. We have had a number of meetings with the Minister which have proved fruitless so far because the Minister basically wants to exclude all forms of inquiry into political performance and into the...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Joan Burton: The purpose of this amendment is to provide for the construction of a levy on banks. I realise amendment No. 2 was ruled out of order. This amendment provides for the cost of regulation to be bourne by the banks and the regulated bodies. In an answer to me recently the Minister for Finance set out the cost of regulation which was bourne by the taxpayer in 2009 for bank regulation as being...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for his reply but, to paraphrase St. Augustine, Lord make me pay the levies but not just yet. In 2009, the cost of regulating financial institutions was approximately €69 million. Under the current regulations, this cost is split between the taxpayer and the institutions. The cost of regulation in 2009 was only a fraction of the cost that the State incurred in the...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Joan Burton: I agree.

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Joan Burton: The Minister made reference on behalf of the Minister for Finance that the covered institutions are paying a levy. It is important for the record to say that that levy is but a fraction of the increased cost of borrowing by Irish taxpayers and the bond spreads we have endured as a country following the blanket guarantee that the Fianna Fáil-led Government introduced. It is inappropriate to...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 4: In page 10, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: 4.—On the cessation date, the Freedom of Information Act 1997 is amended by inserting— (a) in paragraph 1(2) of the First Schedule, "the Central Bank of Ireland,", and (b) in Part I of the Third Schedule at the end thereof— (i) in column (2), "Central Bank Acts 1942 to 2010", and (ii) in column (3),...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Joan Burton: The Labour Party is arguing that such people should think again, as this country has progressed most when we have cast aside censorship, provided for freedom of information and allowed people to know the true state of affairs. The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that freedom of information processes are applied to the operations of the new institution. I have discussed with the...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Joan Burton: Absolutely.