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Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: It is a discretionary payment by the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Will the Tánaiste confirm it will be paid at the same rate and on time as previously? Given the doubt that has been cast, will she clarify this?

Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: The Tánaiste is a former Minister in the Department and she knows the arrangements for the scheme.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Will the Tánaiste take the opportunity to clarify this because people are worried about this discretionary payment?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will index the social welfare payments to inflation in Budget 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31346/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the changes she will make to the qualifying criteria for the back to school clothing and footwear allowance. [34863/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (21 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 431: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to clients of a rehabilitation facility (details supplied) who are on a disability payment when they are in the care of the facility but are not going to receive the back to education allowance because they were receiving a disability payment rather than being on jobseekers allowance; and if she will...

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: This is out of order. The Minister is giving a Second Stage speech rather than answering questions.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: We could all read the document the Minister has before him.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: If there was a referee here the Minister would be given a yellow card. He is time wasting.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Yet they were delivered in a short time.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Directors need equity to have power.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: Nobody other than the shareholders has power in a company.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: That is not what we seek.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: I share Deputy Bruton's frustration. We have faithfully attended the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service and put many of these questions to the Financial Regulator and the Governor of the Central Bank in great detail. In reply we have received polite, meaningless words. All they ever say is that the fundamentals are okay. Why should we take the Minister at his...

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: The date in question was the end of the financial year of the bank I mentioned. As far as I know, none of the Irish banks has the same financial year end date. Is that a significant factor? It seems to me that it may be. Auditors have to undertake valuations at the end of the financial year. The Minister's guarantee may have created a scenario which had obvious implications for the bank....

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: So it was done at the request of the Commission.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: I asked whether the Minister is considering the Paulson 1 formula, which involves parking distressed assets.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: I also asked about the role of the National Treasury Management Agency and the National Pensions Reserve Fund, if any, in that regard. Can the Minister outline his views on such matters?

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: I asked the Minister for his views on it.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Joan Burton: The Minister acknowledged that there has been no actuarial valuation of that risk. That is the difficulty.