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- Recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland: Motion (12 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: I know that but the markets are working on them. The Minister is not setting out the problem and is short selling the country.
- Recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland: Motion (12 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: The Minister must stop short selling the country. Perhaps this should be done by way of a committee. We saw the spectacle yesterday, and the day before, of chief executives of banks going to the House of Commons and the US Congress and 'fessing up. They told their parliaments they were sorry. They did not quite use Obama's term, "I screwed up", but they did go in and face the people's...
- Recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland: Motion (12 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: We must have a way to quarantine the bad debts. There is a big differential in what the market is going to factor in between the Government's â¬7 billion and the amount the banks are thinking of, having read today's statement by the Bank of Ireland. I acknowledge that the banks will provide some of that by cutting back costs and by not paying dividends. I do not suggest that the State...
- Requests to move Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 (12 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following specific and important matter of public interest, requiring urgent attention, namely, the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan, to make a full statement on reports of the imminent and possibly major job losses at SR Technics and to outline the steps...
- Written Answers — Live Exports: Live Exports (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the arrangements he will put in place to ensure live exporters can continue to get livestock cleared for export on a Saturday in view of the fact that the live export trade is important to calf and weanling producers and must be protected and that live exporters are experiencing difficulties regarding the clearance of...
- Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will put in place special arrangements to ensure all receipts are returned to farmers by the end of February 2009 under the farm waste management scheme in order that they can claim back their VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4872/09]
- Written Answers — Sports Sponsorship: Sports Sponsorship (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the nationalisation of Anglo-Irish Bank, it is intended to proceed with the sponsorship of the Anglo-Irish Novices Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival 2009; the amount of sponsorship involved; if it is intended to provide corporate hospitality at the meeting in connection with the race; if so the cost involved; and if he will make a...
- Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Will the Minister answer my questions?
- Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Can the Minister answer my questions?
- Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: The Minister has not addressed any of my questions.
- Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: No. Can the Minister answer my questions?
- Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Come on.
- Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: That is deeply unfair. The Minister has avoided my questions.
- Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: It is disgraceful.
- Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: ââthat the Minister replies to questions which have been properly asked.
- Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Any of them.
- Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Did the Minister read the full report presented by PricewaterhouseCoopers which dealt with all the due diligence examinations in respect of all covered institutions and identified, in particular, risk factors for the taxpayer in the context of the guarantee? Did the Minister say he read the full report or that officials presented him with summaries or blanked or highlighted sections of part...
- Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: No. I have some experience of merchant banking. This is not a little old lady walking into the bank with a handbag containing â¬5,000 or â¬10,000. These are deposits of â¬3 billion and â¬4 billion, a total of â¬7 billion. The Minister describes this in a particular way. I would like him to take us through the process again. Why does he call the accounts "customer" accounts when...
- Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: Anglo Irish Bank put money into Irish Life & Permanent and it, back-to-back, put money into Anglo Irish Bank. That is similar to what happened at Enron. Does the Minister understand that? Why is it his officials did not inform him about this? How could the Minister not have been aware of this given the systemic risk to Ireland's reputation were this information to come out?
- Financial Transactions (11 Feb 2009)
Joan Burton: There are now four inquiries into practices at Anglo Irish Bank, namely, Mr. FitzPatrick's loans, the directors' loans, the Quinn company and contracts for difference and, possibly most important, window dressing through Enron-style accounting of back-to-back transactions with another bank. Is the Minister aware of any other back-to-back transactionsââ