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Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: -----in regard to the budgetary deficit and given the fact the fiscal parameters to which the Taoiseach has agreed adhere-----

Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: This is in regard to the legislation.

Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: It is.

Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: This is promised legislation.

Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Let me ask the question in order that Taoiseach can answer it.

Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: I refer to promised legislation. It is not a statement but a question. Given the fact this Government has agreed to stay within the fiscal parameters laid down which were based on 405,000 unemployed,-----

Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: -----a figure we are now exceeding with average unemployment exceeding by 37,000 per month,-----

Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: ----will the Finance (No. 2) Bill be cost neutral or will this be another austerity budget-----

Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: -----introduced by this Government-----

Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: -----to hike up taxes and cut spending on the most vulnerable and weakest in society? Will it be cost neutral or has there been a change in policy after the meeting with the IMF?

Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Will it be cost neutral?

Written Answers — Election Management: Election Management (6 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 26: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce spending limits for elections and constitutional referendums in advance of the forthcoming presidential election. [6913/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (6 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 28: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date on which he will introduce legislation establishing an Electoral Commission to subsume the functions of existing bodies in the Department of the Environment. [6912/11]

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: That is disputed.

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (6 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: It is interesting hearing that barney between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil considering they are on the same page on this issue. It is fascinating to hear them try to find an area where they can disagree. At this point, most Irish people know what caused the collapse and what brought us to this position. We have moved on from that debate and the argument the Deputies are having here is far...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (6 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: This comes from a former Minister for Finance. To claim international investment agencies, which made decisions in 2010 to withdraw more than €100 billion in deposits from Irish banks, did so because Pearse Doherty stood up in this House calling for burden sharing, or because Constantin Gurdgiev or other economists or Nobel Prize holders said there should be burden sharing for senior bond...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (6 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: If that is the Deputy's only concern, that is fair enough.

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (6 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: The economic treason that has happened in this country took place when Deputy Lenihan, sitting on those benches as a Minister, hung, drew and quartered the Irish economy. That is what he did and still he is scoring cheap points here today. I intend to focus on several points regarding the stress tests. In any business where there are serious losses and debt, the business can be restored if...

Order of Business (5 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Having examined the legislative programme, I have three questions with regard to proposed legislation. First, I see in the pink pages that we will deal with the finance (No. 2) Bill, which will give effect to the issues in regard to civil partnership but also in regard to the mini-budget that is to be introduced. What is the date of that mini-budget? While I understand it is expected in...

Written Answers — Census of Population: Census of Population (5 Apr 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 47: To ask the Taoiseach the numbers of persons employed by the Central Statistics Office to implement the enumeration of census 2011; of these, the number of persons that were on the live register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6329/11]