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Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Spit it out.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil had a gaggle of Ministers at the tribunals taking millions.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Really.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Why did the tribunals not follow up on it if there was something wrong because members of Fianna Fáil were never out of the tribunals?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Thank you.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: There was nothing wrong.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: No.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Nobody from the Labour Party was found guilty before any tribunal unlike Fianna Fáil.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil has kept the tribunals going for years.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Deputy Kennedy should try to save some jobs in our constituencies. Nothing is being done for the 1,200 people who lost their jobs.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Deputy Kennedy cannot even meet the workers. He cannot even help the people becoming unemployed in our constituencies.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: He is hopeless.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: He cannot even meet the 1,200 workers who are losing their jobs.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: The Tánaiste spoke earlier about the possibility of compellability legislation. Could we include in that a mechanism to compel the Green Party Ministers and Members to attend the Dáil occasionally? Would the Government be prepared to consider that?

Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: We will wait until we get the motion from the committee. When will the legislation to amend the National Pensions Reserve Fund come before the House? On Tuesday I asked the Taoiseach about people who are wards of court and have funds managed by the courts system. The difficulty is that many families are worried about what his happening to the funds and whether parts of the funds and...

Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: When that legislation or the other possible legislation that the Minister referred to yesterday is being brought in, would it be possible to include some mechanism whereby the regulatory and information systems cover that issue so that families in that situation can readily get information that they can understand? They are finding it very difficult.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. However, it is a big issue for the families involved.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: I just want to mention it so that the Tánaiste is aware of it.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: The Chief Whip did come back to me about it. Yesterday during Question Time, the Minister for Finance said he had received on Tuesday a significant report on the reform of the regulatory sector. Will any arrangements be made to brief Opposition parties on this? From the tenor of what the Minister said, and said on other occasions, he clearly intends to introduce new legislation on the...

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation (No. 2) Bill 2009: First Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: I move: Bill entitled an Act to provide for the appointment of an inspector into the affairs of Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited; and to provide for connected matters.