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Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: -----where they will be helped to negotiate.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: I want to address-----

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: I want to address Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan's question. There are two ways of helping families at risk of becoming homeless. I think that there is agreement across this House that that is a major priority. The first is to increase supply, build houses-----

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: -----and get houses for lease or rent for families that need housing. We are doing that.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: Already this year, we have negotiated 4,500-----

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: -----rental arrangements funded by rent supplement.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: What I want to say to Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan is that people having to register as homeless should be the absolute last resort. It is extraordinarily and exceptionally difficult for families that move into temporary accommodation such as hotels to look after their children properly. We want families with children in homes that they can call their own and where they do not need to be in a...

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: I thank the Deputy for agreeing that the best outcomes for mothers and babies are the key objective. HIQA's Portlaoise hospital report makes eight recommendations, of which I want to pick out two. In terms of the recommendations to the Department of Health, the third is to develop a national maternity strategy. In terms of the recommendations to the HSE, the sixth is to develop a strong...

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: However, they do have a problem in relation to tracker mortgages and anyone who looks at the issue must consider all of the problems faced by the banks.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: Well, Timmy, you seem to be a bit of a Clare Bourbon. I do not know how much Deputy Dooley remembers and how much he has forgotten, but he certainly seems to have learned very little. Ireland needs a banking system that functions properly.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: When we came into office, we faced the depredations of Fianna Fáil which its representatives seem, like the Bourbons in France, to have forgotten completely.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: Deputy Dooley is the Clare version of it. Deputy Dooley said he wants a properly functioning banking system.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: I am not sure Fianna Fáil is converted to that idea yet, but it is absolutely critical.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: What we have in this country are banks with two particular portfolios of mortgages; tracker mortgages and variable rate mortgages.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: I hope some of the bankers are listening. I know Fianna Fáil invited them in when it was in government.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: The bankers were in there on the evenings the fatal decisions were made that wrecked the banks. That was Fianna Fáil's contribution to what happened. When it comes to the banks, I do not expect them to fetch up being grateful to the Irish people as they seem to have collective amnesia at times.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil arranged a mortgage called the promissory note of €30 billion for this country, which was to be paid within ten years.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: By the way, Fianna Fáil took an interest holiday on the first two years, which were the last two years of its Government, and left us to renegotiate that.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: When it comes to renegotiating better deals for our taxpayers in relation to banking, we have done so with the promissory notes. People from Fianna Fáil and other parties told us the changes would not work but they have ended up saving the country an enormous amount of money.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: As we resolve this issue with the banks, the people who are paying those rates will receive reductions. If they do not, there are other mechanisms. One of those is a levy, but there are others as well.