Results 34,581-34,600 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009 - Committee Stage (17 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: Yesterday we discussed how the Labour Party called for the extension of the deposit guarantee scheme some time before the Government acknowledged there was a serious financial crisis in our banking system last September and before it rushed into the ill-fated guarantee. The Labour Party is on record as proposing a significant increase in the deposit guarantee structure in Ireland. The...
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009 - Committee Stage (17 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: The Minister indicated the cost of winding up this bank immediately could be as high as â¬60 billion.
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009 - Committee Stage (17 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: Various people speaking on behalf of the bank have said the cost could be as high as â¬60 billion, with newspaper articles echoing that. Nevertheless, the Minister is refusing to tell us what the ordinary person on the street wants to know. The Minister will immediately commit â¬4 billion in extra equity to Anglo Irish Bank and everybody agrees that although that money has pretty much...
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009 - Committee Stage (17 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: What is the classification of the different types of debt in the bank?
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009 - Committee Stage (17 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: The Minister should have it. Why should he not? He is the Minister and it is our money. He carries the responsibility for it.
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009 - Committee Stage (17 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: I have never boasted about anything. Why does he not have the information?
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009 - Committee Stage (17 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: Why?
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009 - Committee Stage (17 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: So the Minister does not know anything about the bank but we are bailing it out.
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (16 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the timeframe for the completion and publication of the review of the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23692/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the recently announced career break scheme for civil servants to staff employed in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23538/09]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (16 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the cases whereby former public servants, in particular those at University College Dublin or other institutions of higher education, could have their pension subject to the pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23694/09]
- Written Answers — Consumer Debt: Consumer Debt (16 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the launch of the Irish Banking Federation and the Money Advice and Budgeting Service operational protocol on consumer debt settlement; his views on whether this may require, or could be improved by, a legislative footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23739/09]
- Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (16 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the disposal of documents relating to the Ryan commission's recent report into child abuse at institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23695/09]
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: I propose to share time with Deputies Sherlock and Morgan.
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: This Bill must be judged as part of an overall banking package which the Minister has proposed on several occasions to introduce. It seems he has now decided, perhaps for tactical and strategic reasons, to split the package into several separate legislative proposals. The Bill before us was published at the end of May. Last Friday the Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009...
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: I had asked about the deposit guarantee scheme in April 2008. The Taoiseach, then Minister for Finance, replied: I would remind the Deputy that, as I have mentioned in response to previous similar questions, the first and most robust line of defence for depositors must be a well-managed system of prudential regulation and supervision so as to try to minimise the risk that a DGS needs to be...
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: Therefore, the debt will be bought back at approximately 30 cent in the euro.
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: The Minister has not provided a detailed picture of what will be our liability in respect of Anglo Irish Bank. Nor has he indicated for how long that liability will hang like a millstone around the necks of every man, woman and child in this country. In the meantime, ordinary businesses cannot obtain money to fund their day-to-day working capital and expansionary needs. Those who wish to...
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: The Minister was still maintaining at the time that everything in the garden was rosy. Will he indicate why there is no differentiation of risk among the covered institutions? At present, if I have money to deposit and choose to lodge it with the riskiest institution because it is offering the highest rate of interest, the said institution will only contribute the same amount to the...
- Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Jun 2009)
Joan Burton: Our unemployment figure is much worse. That has been the real shock in the economy.