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Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: This should not continue. This is the craziest legislation I have seen in a long time. The figure quoted in the document is €8 million and there will be a CEO, staff and other cronies. I ask the Minister not to continue with this as it will not fly at a time when Commissioner Rehn is not long gone from our shores. He has left Ireland thinking there is no way the Government is accepting...

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: Language.

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: I remind Deputy Gogarty of where we are. Three years ago the national debt was €35 billion and by the end of this year it will be €95 billion, with an additional €50 billion in liability for the banks and another €40 billion to €50 billion in liability for NAMA, again resulting from the actions of banks. We have gone from approximately €35 billion to €180 billion in a matter...

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: That is where we are here and now. I poked some harmless fun at the Greens when they went into Government and I hoped it would be taken in good humour. I quoted Groucho Marx - not Karl Marx - in saying that the Greens would not worry about "those" principles as they had others. The Greens forgot about the Shell to Sea campaign, neutrality, the motorway going through the Tara Valley and...

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: I thought I was being a little funny but by God they found other issues. This legislation is an indulgence and trophy piece that is not required. Deputy Gogarty spoke about people acting in ways that would be distasteful to this House, setting out conditions that would be difficult. It would be impossible to implement those conditions because if we are to continue paying salaries to...

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: I will refer to other issues. We can talk about Deputies being out of touch. It has been mentioned that the mayor of Dublin could be a focal point in consideration of an Olympics bid. Olympics costs tens of millions of euro and this is a time when we face bankruptcy.

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: I do not want to be too critical of Deputy Gogarty but we in this Chamber must wake up and realise the reality facing the State. With regard to the cost of the mayor's office, we are considering paying the mayor more than the President of the United States at a time when-----

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: -----we could be facing reduction in the old-age pensions, children's allowance and public sector salaries. Those are the likely conditions that will be insisted upon by the European Stabilisation Fund, the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and others in order to ensure we continue to pay our State salaries. One aspect relating to postal voting should be considered. We...

Bank Guarantee Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: One of the things which stuck in my mind about the period in late September 2008 was the Fianna Fáil Deputies and Ministers who asked others to look at what they had done and said they had saved the whole system and that other jurisdictions would copy structures it put in place. We have found out that was incorrect. To follow on from Deputy Rabbitte, in June 2007 when I was elected to the...

Bank Guarantee Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: It ran out two and a half years ago.

Bank Guarantee Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: He is a distant relation of Genghis Khan.

Written Answers — Catchment Boundaries: Catchment Boundaries (16 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools she has changed from one catchment area to another in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42428/10]

Written Answers — Catchment Boundaries: Catchment Boundaries (16 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools she has changed from one catchment area to another in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42429/10]

Written Answers — Catchment Boundaries: Catchment Boundaries (16 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools she has changed from one catchment area to another in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42430/10]

EU Sugar Market Reform: Statements (11 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: One of the matters I want to inform the Minister about is that no decision was made at the stage that Carlow was closed down regarding the decision of the Commission. The reality is the former Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food said within a couple of days of her entering that Department that the decision on Carlow would have no impact on the closure of the industry. When Carlow...

EU Sugar Market Reform: Statements (11 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: She closed it down.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (11 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the two extra consultant radiologists for Tallaght hospital will be put in place; the way the total number of WTE consultant radiologists at the hospital compares to international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41930/10]

EU Sugar Market Reform: Statements (11 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: The then Minister made the decision for Greencore.

EU Sugar Market Reform: Statements (11 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: The then Minister fought for the money.

EU Sugar Market Reform: Statements (11 Nov 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: To the money for which the then Minister fought in respect of an exit from the industry.