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Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Boston versus Berlin was another debate but Hong Kong is a better example. There are huge numbers of people tolling away on extremely low wages in Hong Kong; Dubai is another example. There are then people at the upper echelons, including ex-patriots, who live very well. Hong Kong and other societies like that may do very well in international financial terms but many of the populations in...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: There is no doubt that the intention behind this Bill is to reduce the minimum wage and drive down wages in the economy generally, with public servants as the prelude.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: I was looking for a copy of the speech of the Minister of State, Deputy Carey.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: We were promised it.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: He was speaking on behalf of the Government.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: I object to this-----

Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: In view of the unfortunate absence of the Minister, we will be unable to discuss with him his U-turn whereby he is now proposing to exclude people such as home helps from the Bill. I am grateful for that small concession to the Labour Party. He said that the Central Bank was to be included in the remit of the Bill, but we have no amendment to that effect. In addition, there is no...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: I am sorry; I am an accountant, and the different methods of calculation give two different answers.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: There is no clarity. Two lawyers, in the persons of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance, drafted this, but they have made a dog's dinner of it.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: We have a senior counsel who has not read his own Bill, and he is not even here.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: He is out sick for the day. We are objecting to the imposition of the guillotine because the Ministers themselves do not understand their own Bill. The Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance-----

Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: -----have clearly not read their own Bill.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Civil servants earning €30,000 a year are taking a cut of 5%, yet we do not know how the reduction will apply to Ministers and Ministers of State. We are entitled to clarification.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: That is a U-turn.

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The €11 billion is a true fact.

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The sum of €4 billion is a true fact.

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: That the guilty go free.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm receipt of correspondence dated 26 March 2009 and 14 October 2009 from a person (details supplied); his views on whether there exists an anomaly or anomalies in the tax system with respect to the creation of an up front tax liability in respect of stamp duty and capital gains tax in the example provided; if he will take steps...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the annual cost to the Exchequer of providing a chaplaincy service in national health institutions. [46571/09]