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Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: Will that be any time soon? Will it be before or after St. Patrick's Day when we will have another 300 people a day unemployed?

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: We deserve the courtesy of a reply.

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: The 14,000 patients might think that Fianna Fáil has an obligation.

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: It is relevant.

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: The Ceann Comhairle should listen a little more and he might learn something.

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance his exit strategy from the blanket bank guarantee, issued on 30 September 2008; the credit institutions that have issued debt or other liabilities under the extended eligible liabilities guarantee; the amount of liabilities that have been raised to date under the eligible liabilities guarantee; the maturities of same; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Property Valuations: Property Valuations (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports that commercial landlords are maintaining rents at unrealistically high levels, and even increasing them further, in order to flatter both the yield and value of the property in advance of the transfer of loans to the National Asset Management Agency where the property in question forms part of the collateral for such loans;...

Written Answers — Bank Closures: Bank Closures (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the financial difficulty and inconvenience caused for Irish based customers of a bank (details supplied) in the wake of the decision of the latter to cease its retail banking operations here; his views on whether undue pressure may be placed on these customers to pay off bank loans and credit card bills in full...

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: This a serious issue for the car hire industry and the tourism sector. The Minister will be aware of the significant rental operations located in various business parks in our constituency. It now costs far more to hire a car in Ireland than in France and most other European countries. The supply of cars has diminished at a time when dealers would like to sell vehicles. The current...

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for getting his officials to supply us with the briefing document on Sharia finance. The document is useful in so far as it goes but the introduction of Sharia law into Ireland would be rather like if we were to reintroduce the Brehon law code to Ireland. It is another legal code with a social and legal framework of understanding and once Sharia law is established, we...

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: Could the Minister answer one question-----

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: With regard to people of the Muslim faith living in Ireland, will the Minister confirm there are two particular areas of difficulty? One concerns the purchase of a mortgage and the structuring of the deal in order to avoid interest, which is not allowed according to the Koran. What is the position on two people who enter into a venture such as a restaurant when an investor comes along? The...

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: As the Minister introduced this amendment in regard to-----

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: Yes, it relates to issuing licences for the sale of alcohol. That is probably appropriate following our discussion on Sharia law. The Ceann Comhairle has advised me that my amendment No. 37, which relates to licensing of products sold in head shops, is out of order. Deputy Bruton has a similar though less detailed proposal in amendment No. 38; I do not know whether his amendment was ruled...

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: The Minister has some role in setting the licence fee.

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: With regard to amendment No. 31, the Minister has already included the thrust of this amendment in the Bill as amended. We discussed it on Committee Stage and in that context I will withdraw the amendment.

Bank Recapitalisation. (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: Can the Minister confirm that senior debt issued by the covered institutions before the commencement date of the new extended liabilities guarantee scheme, 9 December, will continue to be guaranteed on 29 September, the anniversary of the guarantee, when it is meant to expire, but will then cease to be guaranteed under either guarantee scheme? Alternatively, is it the Minister's intention to...

Bank Recapitalisation. (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: Do I hear a note of doubt entering the Minister's voice? Is he not closing off the possibility that the guarantee will, perhaps in piecemeal fashion, be extended after 29 September? The Minister appeared to confirm that all dated subordinated debt, the really risky stuff that we do not know why Fianna Fáil included it in the guarantee, is definitely out after 29 September. I hear doubt in...

Bank Recapitalisation. (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: Is the guarantee going to finish then on 29 September? Is the subordinated doubt definitely out?

Bank Recapitalisation. (10 Mar 2010)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil is the senior Government party so I see more of the Minister than I do of our absent Green Party friends.