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Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: No, this is relevant. Other speakers spoke at length about what caused the crisis. The Minister has proposed that developments in excess of 500 units, which in Dublin west in my constituency is a relatively small level of development, of which there are many in my area - in other areas there are bigger developments - be allowed to bypass the planning process of the local authorities....

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: I was here for 20 minutes.

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: I arrived here-----

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: It is the Government's responsibility to do that.

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: Do not get confused.

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: -----and massive poverty at a level which is utterly distressing. If those Deputies ever get an opportunity to visit such a country to see what happens they should take it. If people were honest about the development of IBRC and the deal with the promissory note, they would lay out what their alternative was. That €3 billion a year hung like a noose around the neck of the Irish...

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: The person who was closest to him is Deputy Cullinane's party leader, Deputy Adams.

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: I have not seen him being very forthcoming about a lot of the different elements of his life. So, while Deputy Cullinane was talking about honesty, perhaps he will have a chat with him if he was sufficiently brave enough.

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: To renegotiate the €3 billion promissory note was a significant achievement. Of course it had costs and did not come free, but I challenge the people who said they had alternatives to set them out and cost them. For example, they should identify the consequences for pensioners who rely on the State pension. On my part, it was five years' work to protect those social welfare payments...

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: We must not simply condemn out of hand everyone who works in banking.

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: Even in the perfect Trotskyist nirvana, someone would have to look after the money, or perhaps money would be abolished. We know that nobody would have to work so that is taken care of. However, the people would probably need a little bit of income to do some of the things they wanted to do.

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: The previous Government of Fianna Fáil took out a €30 billion mortgage, roughly speaking, in the name of Irish taxpayers which was to be repaid in a period of ten years. It included a very significant and high rate of interest. At the time, Fianna Fáil took a two-year holiday on the payments of the interest so that when a new Government was formed in 2011, every March,...

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: -----in this House without ever actually checking what that would mean.

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: Even in Argentina, which was held up as an example, it has only been in recent years - almost 20 years after their default - that they have begun to be able to sort their issues. On the subject of Anglo Irish Bank, I was somebody in the Dáil who pursued the issues which led to the banking collapse, in particular the wild and extravagant property tax breaks which were given to...

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: First of all, while you are here, a Cheann Comhairle, I wish to say that what happened earlier this morning was seriously regrettable. The Chief Whip or assistant Chief Whip should come to the Chamber and apologise to the House for what happened. Numerous people were here. In fairness to those from Fianna Fáil, they were here in significant numbers. Others were here as well. I waited...

Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: In the scheme of the enormous political pressures in the Arab world, particularly in Egypt, Ibrahim Halawa is just one young man caught up in conflict and change. He has now been incarcerated for three years and at this point and there is separation of powers in Egypt between the government and the courts. A large amount of work has been done by the Government, Ministers and diplomats in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: I want to ask about the context of current events, with the difficulties that a lot of Italian banks are experiencing and the difficulties we face in the context of Brexit. Will the Minister comment on where this kind of architecture fits into that?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: Maybe some of the officials will be familiar with this, but last weekend a lot of people commented, understandably very negatively, on a certain group of countries meeting. The real purpose of that meeting was the difficulties in the Italian banks. In that context, a number of the other member states involved in that meeting, which were leading, founding member states, indicated that they...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: I am not questioning that. It seemed a very exclusive kind of meeting, which a lot of people understandably criticised. One of the key purposes of the meeting was the enormous difficulties in a number of Italian banks. Unless that issue is addressed, it will have serious knock-on consequences for everybody else down the road. We are now in a more uncertain situation because of the Brexit...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: Will it be ready then? Most other countries have brought it in. Why are we behind?