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Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the most recent meeting of the group preparing contingency plans for the upcoming big dig for the major infrastructural works necessary for Metro North, Dublin rail interconnector and the LUAS link-up including all relevant stakeholders, residents', community and local business groups; the regularity with which the Dublin...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated start and completion dates for Metro West, Luas line BX and D, and the Dublin rail interconnector; if he has produced alternative public transport provisions for the newly regenerated district around Broadstone if Luas line D does not proceed on schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5808/09]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance when his attention was first drawn to, or when the possibility was first flagged to him, whether formally or informally, that the Financial Regulator had concerns about issues of governance at Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6315/09]

Written Answers — Financial Services: Financial Services (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance if he values the continued presence of mutual societies as an important element of the landscape of credit institutions; if the maintenance of such a presence is a tenet of current policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6361/09]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the date and circumstances on which he first became aware, whether formally or informally, of anomalies at a group (details supplied) now a matter of public record to a very limited extent, with respect to the inappropriate use of funds by the chairman to fulfil financial obligations relating to speculation on the stock market; and if he will...

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he is proposing to re-design or re-allocate resources from the capital expenditure programme or the national development plan to ensure that capital expenditure is channelled towards employment intensive projects first; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6369/09]

Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: In the context of the National Pensions Reserve Fund (amendment) Bill and the Taoiseach's earlier comments, an area of great concern is the position of people who are wards of court and who have funds under management through the auspices of the court and through——

Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach very kindly offered a degree of bipartisanship and this is a major issue for many families. Many of the funds have collapsed because of the collapse in equity. There is no clarity whatsoever in regard to which Department——

Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: ——is addressing this issue. In the context of the promised National Pensions Reserve Fund (amendment) Bill, will the Taoiseach make some kind of a note available because we are chasing approximately seven different Departments and organisations, none of which seems to know who is responsible?

Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: I know this is an indulgence but will the Taoiseach co-operate? The families of those who got settlements of €1 million, but who are incapacitated, do not know what to do or where to go. The fund has collapsed.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Will the Taoiseach deal with it in the context of this?

Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach referred previously to the Director of Corporate Enforcement who wrote the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service to say he has formed the opinion that prejudice, misconduct and-or illegality are present with respect to the company's — that is, Anglo Irish Bank's — affairs.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: He wrote that to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance and the Public Service. In the context of what the Taoiseach said about the compellability of witnesses, will he arrange to give the Whips, or certainly the Labour Party Whip, some advice as to how the Government and the Chief Whip intend to proceed so that the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service, which is...

Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach offered a bipartisan approach a few minutes ago.

Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: I thank the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: That is right. Those are the correct words.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: They were gambling.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Was that why he got eight months of extra salary?

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: He got all that extra pay.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: Was it Arthur Cox Solicitors?