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Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) Scheme 2009: Motion (3 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: My question was on why.

Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) Scheme 2009: Motion (3 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: We are supposed to ask questions.

Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) Scheme 2009: Motion (3 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: It is a bailout for Mr. FitzPatrick and his friends.

Departmental Programmes. (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: This unit within the Taoiseach's Department could play an important and useful role if, for instance, it was to address the issue of the growing rate of unemployment of young people. I understand that at present, somewhere between one fifth and one quarter of those on the live register-----

Departmental Programmes. (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Allow me to continue. Between one fifth and one quarter of those on the live register are young people under 25, most of whom are male. A crisis also exists regarding the governance of FÁS, to which €1 billion will be allocated in next week's budget. The Taoiseach referred to this unit as being cross-cutting and as identifying emerging trends and policy issues. It is able to give the...

Departmental Programmes. (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach should walk around some housing estates to see young men outside on the roads. It has not been like that for years.

Departmental Programmes. (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach should walk around some large housing estates.

Departmental Programmes. (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: There are massive social problems in these housing estates.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Perhaps it was a Green Party proposal.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Who is that?

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: With regard to the arrangements for the budget, bearing in mind that there is to be a social welfare Bill, it has been the custom on the afternoon of recent Budget Statements and in the following days and week for Ministers to hold ministerial press conferences to outline the impact of the Estimates on their Departments. Since we only get the Estimates when the Minister rises to his feet to...

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: -----what arrangements will the Taoiseach make for the Opposition to obtain information on how the Estimates will operate? Will Ministers run press conferences at the same time as the budget and social welfare Bill are being debated in the House? We have no way of getting the information except through the ministerial press conferences. Given that the budget is a week later than usual and...

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: This is important.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Last year, we received information on the withdrawal of the medical card for people over 70 only through the ministerial press conference and information from the HSE. Similarly, we only receive information about the schools capital investment programme several days after the budget. Given that the timeframe is now so short, is the Government willing to make the relevant information...

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: -----about spending moneys, they were happy to hold press conferences. What will they do this year when it is likely that circumstances will be more curtailed?

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: No, the Taoiseach is the leader of the Government.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: I agree-----

Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Sorry, but they do it by press conference.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the draft Consumer Rights Directive; if she is satisfied that the existing rights of consumers here, such as the right to reject, will be retained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44587/09]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (2 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the response of the European Commission to the concerns expressed in the Sales Law Review Group report commissioned by her Department regarding the draft Consumer Rights Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44588/09]