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Bank Guarantee Scheme (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: I will give it in one sentence and the Minister can answer it then.

Bank Guarantee Scheme (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: I will take ten seconds.

Bank Guarantee Scheme (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: That is ridiculous. We got a guarantee earlier on - just as on every other thing around here.

Bank Guarantee Scheme (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: I accept that.

Bank Guarantee Scheme (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: I did and I-----

Bank Guarantee Scheme (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: No, because it did not happen today.

Bank Guarantee Scheme (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: Sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but I got a guarantee earlier that the question would be answered.

Bank Guarantee Scheme (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: Yes. I got a guarantee earlier that I could ask questions.

Banking Sector Regulation (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: Another point made at the committee in question was that providing professional business advice can also help businesses access credit. As many businesses find it difficult to produce, say, cashflow statements for future years, they need greater assistance from management accountants to prepare business plans before seeking loans from the banks. The State could have a role in providing such...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: I welcome the chance to say a few words in this debate. Deputy Sherlock has probably summarised much of what we feel on this side of the House. It is our age group that will suffer from all these decisions in the past two years culminating in this black Thursday or bleak Thursday or whatever one likes to call it. It will affect those aged under 45 or 50 with large mortgages and other...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: I am glad Deputy Mansergh does but he has not been a Minister for the past 14 years.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed) (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: Many of the Minister of State's colleagues are not in the real world or feel the pain of the people. The Minister for Finance spoke about how anger is anger and will not fix anything. People are angry because they believe the Government does not understand their pain. People whom we all think had money are now under serious pressure and attend social welfare offices and community welfare...

Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public servants that have been redeployed under the new redeployment scheme agreed in the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33926/10]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (30 Sep 2010)

Damien English: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance when his attention was first drawn to the fact that €15 million in cash held by Anglo Irish Bank as security against loans to a person (details supplied) has been moved to act as security against other loans owed by family members of that person; the steps he has taken to ensure that the taxpayers' interests were protected in these transactions;...

Written Answers — Earnings Data: Earnings Data (29 Sep 2010)

Damien English: Question 159: To ask the Taoiseach the average industrial wage for persons in the State for each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 with a breakdown for each year for male and female employees in tabular form. [32265/10]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (29 Sep 2010)

Damien English: Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education grant applications made to date by the students for 2010/2011; the number of applications that have been processed; the number of applications that have been successful; the number of applications that have been paid out to students; the number of outstanding applications to be processed;...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (29 Sep 2010)

Damien English: Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the level of broadband connectivity of schools in County Meath; the number of schools that have access to high speed broadband; the number of schools that have access to satellite connections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32024/10]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (29 Sep 2010)

Damien English: Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills to report on the progress on the provision of a secondary school for Enfield in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32047/10]

Written Answers — Third Level Sector: Third Level Sector (29 Sep 2010)

Damien English: Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide a third level education campus in County Meath in order to allow the people living there to advance their skills base for the knowledge society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32249/10]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (29 Sep 2010)

Damien English: Question 287: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application in respect of a grant for a Heathfield chair in respect of a child (details supplied), in County Meath; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33026/10]