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Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (13 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he, his Department officials, the National Treasury Management Agency, the National Asset Management Agency or the professional advisers at his disposal have carried out stress tests with respect to NAMA in terms of interest rate movements; if he will confirm that senior NAMA bonds will be short dated with a maturity of less than one year; his...

Written Answers — Stability and Growth Pact: Stability and Growth Pact (13 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of any agreements to which Ireland and the Exchequer is subject under the stability programme; the extent to which these agreements are legally binding and enforceable; if these agreements are subject to change with agreement of the EU institutions; the mechanisms and procedures for effecting such change; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Stability and Growth Pact: Stability and Growth Pact (13 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of any agreements to which Ireland and the Exchequer are subject under the excessive deficit procedure; the extent to which these agreements are legally binding and enforceable; if these agreements are subject to change with agreement of the EU institutions; the mechanisms and procedures for effecting such change; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Army Equitation School: Army Equitation School (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals in regard to the future of the Army Equitation School; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34846/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has issued guidelines in respect of expenses for board directors and senior executives at State boards and agencies; when such guidelines were issued and updated; the substance of said guidelines; the State bodies, enterprises or semi-State entities to which said guidelines were issued; if he will issue updated guidelines in view of recent...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the arrangements with respect to perquisites gifted to executives and former executives, board members and former board members at Aer Lingus, for example free flights; the executives and former executives, board members and former board members who are currently entitled to avail of said perquisites; his...

Defence Forces Reserve. (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the opinion expressed in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes regarding the reserve Defence Force. [34848/09]

Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

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Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Has the Government agreed a date for the budget? This question is coming close to the third mystery of Fatima. By tradition it is announced on the first Wednesday in December but the Government is refusing to confirm that, which leads me to the suspicion that it intends to announce it at the height of the Christmas party season so that the public will pay little or no attention to it.

Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Can the Tánaiste give us the date of the budget and can she confirm it will be on the first Wednesday in December?

Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Yesterday we were told by the Taoiseach that it will definitely be announced before Christmas. The custom for many people in this country is to start celebrating Christmas between the 18th and the 20th of December. If the budget is moved back, there will be no time to debate it.

Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: That was my first question.

Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach said it would be announced prior to Christmas.

Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: He has also confirmed it will be in December

Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: We want the date. We have to do our own planning.

Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: My second question is whether information will be published on the Estimates. It has been the tradition of this House that information is published in the middle of November so that the Opposition can understand the Government's intentions. This morning we received information that €396 million of the capital Estimate for the Department of Education and Science, or almost half of the...

Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: I am sure the Tánaiste recalls that in June the entire House agreed to a resolution on the Ryan commission report into child abuse. The Taoiseach moved that resolution to get the congregations to make further substantial contributions by way of reparation. A trust was to be established and arrangements on a compensation package to be introduced.

Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: The Labour Party used its Private Members' time before the recess to bring forward a Bill to address some of these issues but the Government, in rejecting the Labour Party's proposal, stated that it was moving apace with the material promised in the resolution. We have heard nothing. Does the Government intend to present a progress report on the Ryan commission to the House, and if so, when?

Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, a solemn promise was given by everybody in the House to address this issue and we understood the Government was going to address it.

Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Joan Burton: Saturday is the big powwow.