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Written Answers — Personal Debt: Personal Debt (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has read the Law Reform Commission's recent report and recommendation on debt enforcement; if and when he intends to implement these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44876/09]

Written Answers — Personal Debt: Personal Debt (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals envisaged under the Revised Programme for Government to help those in debt; if he will elaborate on proposals to introduce personal insolvency regulations allowing for a statutory non-court based debt settlement system; when he expects these new regulations to come into force; and if he will make a statement...

Financial Resolution No.5: General (Resumed). Debate resumed on the following motion: (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The greatest savings are made on nappies.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: At the end of his contribution on the budget and subsequently, the Minister for Finance confirmed that, in effect, he is planning to nationalise the banking system at some point in the new year. Will the Taoiseach indicate when the relevant legislation in this regard will be introduced and will he outline the format it will take? It appears we are going to commit a further €12 billion to...

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: When is the legislation necessary to nationalise the banks likely to come before the Dáil? Will time be made available for a debate on the position of the banks? The banks are not going to lend to the economy. In the absence of lending, there will not be any reflation rather there will be extremely deep deflation and a depression.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: I welcome the frankness of the Minister for Finance. However, I want to know when the legislation on the nationalisation of the banking system - which Fianna Fáil acknowledges is now required - will be brought before the Dáil.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister for Finance acknowledged that he will be obliged to take measures in respect of the nationalisation of the banks but that these were not contained in his Budget Statement. Will the Taoiseach indicate if the legislation in this regard will be introduced immediately after Christmas or will it be forthcoming at a later date? My question is perfectly legitimate.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister referred to the matter yesterday in his Budget Statement.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: That is not a satisfactory answer.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The €12 billion that will be necessary to recapitalise the banks puts the budget figures-----

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Widows are going to lose €8.30 per week for the sake of Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: We deserve to be provided with figures in respect of that.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The budget is listed on the Order Paper.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Part of the budget, namely, the money required to recapitalise the banks, is missing. We need those figures. The arithmetic of this matter relates to the €8.30 per week that will be docked from widows as opposed to the €12 million that is to be invested in Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: We deserve an answer in respect of this matter.

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding terminal two at Dublin Airport; when terminal two will be operational; the estimated number of passengers that will use terminal two in its first year of operation; if he will explain his recent announcements on the funding of terminal two and on the aviation regulations; his views on reports of an estimated 12.55% decline...

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The other day, Goldman Sachs circulated a note about the Irish budget which referred to the remarkable degree of consensus in Ireland about the necessity for budget adjustments. I will cite one sentence from the document. It states: "Although the government, the opposition and the trade unions continue to debate where and how the knife should fall, there is little or no dispute about when...

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: It is not that these measures will not act as a stimulus, it is that budgets are about choices and the Minister chose to impose the burden of pain on families with children and those on social welfare aged under 66 years. As I stated, the burden sharing introduced in the taxation measures for the higher paid amounts to less than 1.5% of the total €4 billion adjustment. It is a...

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: It would be something for them to remember on election day some weeks later, and they did so. That day in May 2007 the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, was top of the Blanchardstown post office walk. Today, what has the Minister to say to those mothers? I can inform the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, that mná na hÉireann are not fooled that easily. It was exactly the same five years...

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: That promise helped the Minister to win power in the 2002 general election. Later, he figured he could play ducks and drakes with those people but, as it turned out, that was not the case. Perhaps it will not be the case with mná na hÉireann either but we will have to wait and see. Women might think about this matter at some length and let us see what they decide to do.