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Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Work is ongoing on the scheme which is required under the Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009, which is being taken in the Seanad today. Liaison must be completed with the European authorities in Brussels before I am in a position to advise on a date on which it can be submitted to the House. It will be either later this session or early next session. No White Paper is...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Public consultation has been ongoing on the animal health and welfare Bill, and I understand the submissions are being examined. There is no date as yet for publication. The Fines Bill is in committee and it is a matter for the committee to order its business in conjunction with the Whips.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Yes.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It is proposed to take No. 25, Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009 - Report and Final Stages (resumed); No. a1, Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008 - amendments from the Seanad; No. 26, Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: They are not. The Deputy should read the reports.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: A debate on this subject is a matter for the Whips. Clearly, Members of the Opposition have to read the report before we can have a debate on it.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The IMF states that the Government's policies are the right ones.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer Deputies to paragraph 45 of the report which states that on the two fronts that matter most, the authorities have moved in the right direction.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The two priority areas referred to-----

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Deputies do not like it when it is pointed out to them. The two priority areas referred to are the banking systems and fiscal policy. Paragraph 3 of the report-----

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: -----states the Government has moved with resolve to counter the severe economic and fiscal shocks. The IMF supports the establishment of NAMA. In paragraph 21 it describes NAMA-----

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: -----as pivotal to the orderly restructuring of the financial sector and the limiting of long-term damage to the economy. According to paragraph 45, which Deputy Burton wishes me to read out-----

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: -----NAMA offers the prospect of extracting the stressed assets from the banks, a pre-condition for their return to healthy functionality. The IMF also agrees that NAMA can be self-financing if it is well managed.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The IMF supports the important steps to stabilise the financial system taken by the Government. I point out to Deputy Burton that the IMF states the Government is making the right choices in budgetary policy.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Paragraph 33 states that the basic approach and elements of the plan are appropriate.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Paragraph 51 of the report states that the initial reliance on increases in income tax in the October and April budgets were appropriate. The increases are described as "a necessary process of returning tax rates to more normal levels". That is in paragraph 33 of the report.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: What is needed now-----

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Clearly, the Deputies opposite have a lot of reading to do.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: This Bill was considered by the Select Committee on Justice, Equality and Law Reform in considerable detail. Report Stage was conducted last night and it is a matter of some urgency that we have the necessary powers to deal with criminal activity in the State. It is proposed to conclude the debate today. Question, "That the proposal for dealing with No. 25 be agreed to," put and declared...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Bill has passed through both Houses of the Oireachtas since last year and has seen extensive debate on its provisions.