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Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: I understand that female politicians have to try to look our best, just as much as men, when they are working on behalf of the State. However, there is a very important principle. At the time, the Minister was earning a gross salary of €200,000.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: That is important to old age pensioners. Will the Minister bring in legislation on this issue?

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: On a point of order, that did not sound like a ringing vote of confidence——

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Will the Ceann Comhairle allow a special notice question in respect of the rules governing the payment of expenses and costs in a range of State agencies in order to ensure that personal costs, which ought to be covered by office holders' salaries and expense allowances, are met by them? This is important. Will the Ceann Comhairle allow a special notice——

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: This is a question for the Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: The question has already been submitted.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister for Finance make a detailed statement to the House in respect of Irish banks and the fact that there are foreign equity capitalists circling the banks, like vultures, poised to take them over? We have, in this House, no capacity to learn about this other than what we read in the newspapers.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: I understand that legislation——

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Will additional legislation or amendments to existing legislation——

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: ——be required in the event that co-investment, to which the Minister has just referred, by the National Pensions Reserve Fund and unknown foreign interests in Irish banks is to take place? I understand such co-investment is currently outside the terms of reference of the NPRF.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Will it require fresh legislation?

Written Answers — National Security: National Security (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Defence the action he has taken to develop a pro-active approach to cyber defence at national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42750/08]

Written Answers — National Security: National Security (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Defence the dialogue he has engaged in and the co-operation mechanism he has set up with other states facing the same cyber risks and threats as Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42749/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance the foreign countries with which the State has signed a double taxation treaty but the treaty is not yet ratified and in force, indicating, in respect of each such country, whether the delay in ratification and entry into force is on the part of the foreign country or the State or both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43013/08]

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 222: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to media comments to the effect that the home choice loan scheme could potentially require the State to become a lender to excessively risky home buyers; the steps he envisages taking to ensure that this does not become the case; the impact on commercial lending in certain...

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rationale for confining the home choice loan scheme purely to newly built homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38843/08]

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, with respect to the home choice loan scheme and its expected borrower profile, he envisages a bad debt provision which is superior to that in the standard mortgage market; if so, if the cost of this provision will be passed on to borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38822/08]

Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (Resumed) (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: I wish to share time with Deputy Eamon Gilmore. The Minister of State, Deputy McGuinness, will be making a grant available for the fairy tales of Enterprise Ireland. I congratulate my colleague Deputy Willie Penrose on putting forward such a positive motion which focuses on the need for small and medium sized businesses to get access to working capital. Last September, the European...

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: The Minister for Finance announced the appointment of four wise men to An Bord Snip Nua. Will this give rise to a need for legislation in the context of allowing people to transfer between the Civil Service and State bodies? Why are the appointees all men over 50——

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Joan Burton: ——with no women and no young people from the business world with a knowledge of IT?