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Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (18 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the subscription agreement signed with Anglo Irish Bank in 2009; if he will confirm, as per Anglo Irish Bank's annual report, that the bank is precluded under this agreement from any new lending to clients beyond its existing customer base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19896/10]

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (18 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the balance of the Dormant Accounts Fund; if the Dormant Accounts Fund will be wound up; if so, the way the remaining balance will be dispersed and the areas in which income from this source will be directed in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20096/10]

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (18 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Back in 1975, US President Gerald Ford spoke about the possibility of a federal bailout for New York city. His response was clear, simple and made famous by the front page headline the following day: "Drop Dead". New York was in a similar situation then to where Greece finds itself today. It was spending too much, taxing too little, at the mercy of the market and threatened with default....

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (18 May 2010)

Joan Burton: At a time of crisis, the pact has been found to be a completely inappropriate framework. The reality is that if we are serious about making a success of monetary union, we must go back to the drawing board. The discussion document published last week was a useful contribution in this regard, but it puts forward only one point of view. Its core aim seems to be to make Europe more German,...

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (18 May 2010)

Joan Burton: What did our King Midas, the Fianna Fáil Party, do? It stoked tax breaks. What did the Minister's predecessor, the Taoiseach, Deputy Cowen, do when a proposal was made to impose a 1% stamp duty on contracts for difference? He argued that such a measure would reduce the power of the market to act as it saw fit. Greeks also talk about hubris, that is, acting in a manner that brings about...

Written Answers — Treatment of Prisoners: Treatment of Prisoners (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns by a retiring member of the Mountjoy visiting committee at conditions in the prison, which they described as appalling; the steps he is taking to deal with these conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19588/10]

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the concerns raised by the retiring Governor of the Dóchas centre, Dublin, particularly about the level of overcrowding in the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19587/10]

Order of Business. (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: We are deeply in debt.

Order of Business. (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: My question to the Tánaiste was a simple one. The document from the European Commission-----

Order of Business. (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: -----is headed, Reinforcing Economic Policy Co-operation. I asked the Tánaiste two simple questions. Will this document be laid before the House? Will the Government provide time to debate this document so that the House has the opportunity to discuss it? Those are the questions I asked the Tánaiste and I would like a reply.

Order of Business. (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: The Tánaiste has agreed previously to have legislation in the House with regard to the bilateral loan to Greece. She also says that the further support may also be bilateral and she has to find out whether this requires legislation. However, my question was whether this document from the Commission about reinforcing budgetary co-ordination will be laid before the House and will her...

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: She did not say that.

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Absolutely.

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: No. That is the whole point.

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: I have other matters to put on the Order of Business.

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: The Ceann Comhairle allowed Deputy Kenny to raise four items on the Order of Business.

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: Equality is a hallmark of the House.

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: I simply seek the same facilitation from the good Ceann Comhairle as he has given to others.

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I mark today as the day in which the Government took a further stake in Allied Irish Banks. It is somewhat like the way Sunningdale was for slow learners. Some one and a half years after the bank guarantee, finally the Government is getting around to taking in effect a majority stake in Allied Irish Banks. In that context and given its enhanced stakeholding in...

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Joan Burton: At the moment, not one bob is coming out of any of the banks to businesses up and down the country. The Government is now the largest shareholder in Allied Irish Banks.