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Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: It is proposed to take No. 5, Finance Bill 2014 - Second Stage (resumed); No. 6, Social Welfare Bill 2014 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 34, Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014 - Second Stage (resumed). Tomorrow's fortnightly Friday business shall be No. 60, Social Welfare Appeals Bill 2013 and No. 19, report on the design and layout of ballot papers...

Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: I must confess that I am not up to speed on the situation at Newlands Cross. However, if the Deputy is referring to road traffic legislation, I understand it is due to be published next year. On the issue of congestion charges, does Fianna Fáil now have a new policy? Is it proposing the introduction of congestion charges and tolling for everyone coming into Dublin?

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: I do now know whether Deputy McDonald will get an opportunity to go on the trip; that was not clear.

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: All I said was that I saw that the indicative cost of the dinner was €500. In anybody's language that is a lot of money. The situation regarding pensioners, those on low incomes or those dependent on social welfare income was a cornerstone of the budget for the first time in a series of budgets. The past six years have been a period of great difficulty for this country which the...

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: -----the Deputy represents.

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: We have also made provision for a water conservation payment of €100 for each household.

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: Can I just say-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The people to whom the Deputy referred are precisely those about whom I am concerned.

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: Above all else, I want them, their children and the people whom all of us here have the honour to represent to have a chance to get a job in this country and prosper. That does not seem to feature in Sinn Féin's plans for country. That is the tragedy.

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: I am glad that the letters, I understand, are to be published formally this afternoon. I note they were in the media this morning.

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The letters concern my former constituency colleague, Brian Lenihan, and are very poignant in that context. People may remember that period. It was a very snowy winter and Brian, as we are all aware, was unfortunately ill with an illness to which he would succumb. It is very poignant to see the letter released. From a political perspective, all of this arose from a fatally flawed...

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: The Governor, Patrick Honohan, went on "Morning Ireland" the morning before and told the nation what was going to happen. I welcome the publication of the Trichet letter. The reference to the banking inquiry was that it is in the process of being established. Deputy Lynch is the chairperson and work is ongoing which he and other members are taking extremely seriously. They will be doing...

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: On the other hand, in terms of where-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: You supported it.

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: In terms of where the country is now, yesterday the CSO published independent data on the live register which has fallen to 11%, a level which is still too high. We have just had a budget which provides for the cuts and reductions in USC to which the Deputy referred. USC has been of major concern to most people and the budget is the beginning of the reform. It has also provided for...

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: On the transparency front, what Irish people want is clean, clear and healthy water.

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: When Deputy Dooley's party left government its legacy was that people in County Roscommon had been unable to drink their water for almost 12 years. After Christmas and in the new year, the people of Roscommon will be able to drink their water. I would have expected the Deputy to take a positive view of that. We have an ambitious programme of investment in Irish Water amounting to more...

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: -----which, in the history of that party in government, were used by the ESB and Bord Gáis, as publicly owned utilities, to bring forward desperately needed investment in the country's infrastructure. We are using the same model.

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: This approach makes business and economic sense and in terms of the recovery in which all of us are interested, it allows us to provide key investment in a resource that is incredibly important in the daily lives of everyone in this country, not to speak of its importance for agriculture, tourism, the pharmaceutical industry, international investment and local businesses.

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Joan Burton: A few weeks ago, if I recall our encounters correctly, Deputy McDonald and many members of her party were in favour of and indicated they would pay the water charges if they were in a household that was billed for them. Subsequently, as indicated by the Sinn Féin leader, Deputy Gerry Adams, in an RTE interview, the party obviously changed its mind.