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Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: It is a change from where the Minister was last year.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: I will accept change.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Oil is down €20 a barrel today.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: That is Fine Gael policy the Minister is adopting.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: This Minister took €10 million from broadband just weeks ago.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: His first act on taking over as Minister was to cut the grant.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: What of all the hollow block houses the Government allowed to be built in Dublin?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Who is stopping the Minister delivering but himself?

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: The Minister on the bike.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: The Minister wants everyone to live in the city.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Wishful thinking.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Some 2,300 have left this month alone.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: The budget contains nothing in respect of protecting and managing our heritage resource. It is part of our development and is linked with the tourism industry. When can we expect the national monuments Bill to come before the House? A huge number of controversies have crept into the system in this area since Deputy John Gormley took over the Environment, Heritage and Local Government...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Excise Duties (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (5 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: This is a crippling and unfair tax on motorists. After all the huffing and puffing of the Greens before and during the election campaign and again tonight the Minister did not get his fair share of the Government cake when it was being dished out and he has to impose this extra tax on our motorists. He is imposing the "Dublin knows best" mentality on people in rural Ireland, people who have...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Excise Duties (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (5 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: —— and who are stuck in traffic for hours on end. Shame on the Minister for the way he has behaved here tonight. I assure him and his party that in the next general election they will walk the plank in the same manner as the Progressive Democrats walked it after the last general election. The people are sick of its behaviour since it got into Government. Shame on the Minister for...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Excise Duties (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (5 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: We have a shortfall in funding for regional roads and local improvement schemes——

Financial Resolution No. 3: Excise Duties (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (5 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: On top of that we have seen the public crippled with petrol, diesel, insurance and other charges. Shame on the Minister.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Excise Duties (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (5 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: The Deputy should not be surprised.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Excise Duties (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (5 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: We have seen a worrying deterioration in local government under the Minister's regime.

Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: What about the abolition of the means test?