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Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (17 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: It would raise €1.6 billion.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (17 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: It would raise €1.6 billion.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I welcome this opportunity to put forward the Sinn Féin proposals to the Minister. He has stated repeatedly that he does not want to take the measures his Government is about to take, namely, cutting dole, pensions, child benefit and front line services. Sinn Féin's proposals would raise sufficient funds for him to avoid being obliged to introduce any of those measures and we hope he is...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (17 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I, too, seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Education and Science to take immediate steps to resolve the difficulties in VECs and local authorities across the State whereby, due to the unprecedented number of student grant applications, the recruitment embargo placed on...

Order of Business (17 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: No. It is important that we have more time to address this critical budgetary issue. I ask not only for an extension of time to 12 midnight, if necessary, but also to extend the various segments for the Opposition party spokespersons to contribute substantially to this. It is important, in particular, that the Opposition parties would have an opportunity to reply to the Sinn Féin budget...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 8: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made with the approved funding of €10 million by the FÁS board to provide training for small and medium enterprise managers or supervisors under the strategic alliance programme, agreed in the Social Partnership Programme Towards 2016, which was to be rolled out more than two years ago;...

Written Answers — Export Credit Insurance: Export Credit Insurance (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to introduce an export focused short-term State supported credit insurance scheme to supplement the capacity of the existing commercial insurance market; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the lack of State supported export credit insurance is inhibiting business, especially small and...

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that he will not proceed with the amalgamation of small rural schools as proposed in the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programme. [41209/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: That is not much use to mortgage holders.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I support the Fine Gael amendment which will add significantly to the Bill. It will provide for a committee of these Houses to examine in more detail these appointees, which is to be welcomed. The list of qualifications really represents a list of the great and the good, including finance and economics, law, accountancy and auditing — with all due respect to my two colleagues present....

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: It is a pity he was not examining the legislation, he might have spotted this issue.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Is the Deputy acknowledging them?

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I am pleased the Green Party has been given an opportunity to catch up and make Second Stage speeches. I appreciate the majority of its Deputies missed the Second Stage debate.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: To some extent, sustainable planning hinges on the national spatial strategy. The strategy is explicit on the critical importance of some of the other matters referred to by Deputy Burton, including health care. Despite this, there has been a failure to have regard to these issues. I hope greater diligence will be shown in this respect in future. In the case of the Louth County Hospital in...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: ——including acute health services, accident and emergency services and intensive care. The party is not bothered about such matters now that it has joined the bigwigs and is enjoying the paraphernalia of power and swanning around the place. I hope the amendment will ensure the relevant policy will be implemented.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I share the concerns of Deputy Burton. The master SPV will operate on the sidelines and it is proposed that the board of NAMA will comprise much of the board of the master SPV, which we need to distinguish from all the small SPVs which are likely to appear. One would expect every member of the board of NAMA to be very involved in finance matters, so why is there a need for a finance...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: It might be worth remembering that the figures changed more often than the weather in an Irish summer. Sometimes the authorities did not know because the financial institutions did not tell them and sometimes it was to deliberately mislead us and to try to cause some confusion in the area. I support what Deputy Burton said. There are rumours and speculation about what is going on. It is...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: This is the essence of the Labour Party amendment moved on Committee and Report Stage. I commend Deputy Burton and the Labour Party on spotting this void in the Bill. I acknowledge the Minister's acceptance of this amendment. It is ironic that the Green Party missed what we are told is one of its core values. The Green Party has no interest in proper planning and sustainable development....

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Were my comments not factual?

Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: We are entitled to know.