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Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: The Tánaiste allowed that.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: For how long will the House be suspended?

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: There is no debate.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: I want to comment on them.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: On a point of order.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: I oppose No.1 on the Order of Business in respect of the financial resolutions and the Revised Estimates. The reason I do this is that on Saturday-----

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: I am entitled to do this.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: I oppose-----

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: -----No.1. The day after tomorrow, €280 million of a dividend is due to the Irish taxpayers from the €7 billion invested in Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Bank.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: It is included in the Revised Estimates of Government revenues for the year. This time last year, when a €3.5 billion investment was made in Bank of Ireland by Irish taxpayers, we were told it would yield a dividend of 8%. A total of €280 million is due on Saturday from the Bank of Ireland, while €280 million is due from the AIB in May.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: The Estimates being put forward do not acknowledge that this dividend has now vanished. Fianna Fáil Ministers, including the Minister for Defence, the Minister for Finance and the Taoiseach, occupied television and radio studios and told us that the €7 billion was an investment and would yield a dividend of €560 million. The Minister for Finance has acknowledged to me that this...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: I am totally in order.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: I want to address the issue-----

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: I thank you for allowing me make my first point. My second point is this-----

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: A Cheann Comhairle, I should invite you for a cup of coffee and we can discuss this peacefully. As it is, I will try to make myself heard.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: Both I and Deputy Bruton are particularly anxious to facilitate the Minister for Finance in respect of the allocation of time for the Finance Bill 2010. However, there is no need to have a time based motion on Committee Stage of the Bill. The committee is perfectly capable of doing its business and is anxious to facilitate the Minister for Finance. Putting in a time based motion is the use...

Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Powers of Inquiry) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: I wish to share time with Deputy Joanna Tuffy. The Ceann Comhairle might tell me when five minutes have elapsed. Anyone who is elected to this House as one of 166 representatives continually feels it is an honour and a privilege to be asked by citizens to be their representative in the Dáil. However, what has been lost on the Government, particularly the Fianna Fáil element of the...

Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Powers of Inquiry) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: -----a way to get over the Abbeylara problem. He has provided an elegant solution to the problem, which will withstand legal challenge. If it does not withstand legal challenge, we need a referendum on this issue because, for the sake of all the people who are now unemployed, those whose incomes have been reduced or halved and social welfare recipients, we must restore to this country the...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: This is turning into the comedy club.

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil is laughing at you.