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Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: On the EU directive on combating money laundering, Ireland was meant to have signed up to that directive in November of 2007. We have been promised for some years a criminal justice (money laundering) Bill. As the Taoiseach is aware, and as he has referred to on several occasions, there are several thousand people in Ireland working in fund management and, because the anti-money laundering...

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: It is on the pink sheet but I have no confidence that we will see it. Why can that not be brought in? Fragile jobs in fund management are now very competitive world-wide. This is a small competitive disadvantage that the Government is imposing on jobs in the finance sector by simply failing to legislate for this. Why not bring it in next week? It is not difficult legislation.

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: There are jobs dependent on this where——

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: ——we are losing what is small competitive advantage.

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: I am actually offering a bipartisan approach to the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: He does not seem terribly capable——

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: ——of recognising bipartisanship——

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: ——when it is offered.

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: If the Minister accepts this amendment, he will have such powers.

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: He did not use them.

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: Nobody has that information.

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: This is where the Minister's strategy is so wrong.

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, before section 2, to insert the following new section: 2.—(1) The Minister may, and shall if required to do so pursuant to a resolution under this section passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, apply to the High Court for an order under the Companies Acts for the appointment of one or more inspectors to investigate the affairs of Anglo Irish Bank, having...

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: It was resubmitted.

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: I wish to share time with Deputies Rabbitte and Morgan.

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: When we came into the House today after the Christmas recess and all the dramatic events that have happened in banking not just in Ireland but also elsewhere, I had expected the Government to show a clear sense of action and purpose to address the key issues facing the banking sector. We are debating a Bill on the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank, but the Minister is missing the main...

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: ——our flow of credit and the jobs in this country. That is what this is about. Is the Minister satisfied that those in his Department are able to advise him properly on this? They managed to get almost all the forecasts wrong when the economy was doing well, and got them even more disastrously wrong when it was not doing well. The people in the Department of Finance have many fine...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (18 Dec 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to publish the Covert Surveillance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46736/08]

Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (18 Dec 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prisoners on temporary release from Mountjoy Women's Prison Dublin as a result of overcrowding; the steps being taken to deal with the overcrowding at the prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46737/08]

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (18 Dec 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 11 December 2008, the extent to which her Department is researching the possibility of the financial institutions accessing loan guarantees from the European Investment Fund that would enable them to expand their lending to small enterprises; and if she will make...