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Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: A couple of separate issues have been raised by the Deputy. Deputy McGrath seems to have acknowledged that there will be significant savings to the State following the deal on the promissory note and he is asking for them to be applied in a certain way, but at the same time he is decrying the arrangement made. The Deputy's view is that we should simply default or walk away from it, as if...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: That awful decision was made and we have to live with the consequences of it but we have mitigated it to a large extent following last week.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy McGrath mentioned unsecured bondholders.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I will not be distracted by people who are trying to re-write history. However, in terms of unsecured bondholders-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Is there a joint leadership of McGraths now?

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Does every McGrath have a question?

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Let me answer the question on unsecured bondholders. The Deputy might be unaware, if he has not read into it all that well, that we have already burned unsecured bondholders to the tune of €15 billion in unsubordinated debt.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Despite all that was said, any observation by any unbiased person would see the best possible deal for this country was achieved last week. However, it is only one step in the path of recovery. I agree with the Deputy that there must be a social dividend from the incremental progress we are making because, in truth, the people have taken an enormous burden and it is to them the vast bulk of...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: A good deal.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Fianna Fáil's criticism of this Government's strategy is based on its denial that it brought this country to the brink of economic ruin.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: You were a member of the worst Government in the history of this State that wrecked our economy.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: All of Deputy Kelleher's finger-pointing and shouting cannot deny the fact that two years ago a new Government came in to pick up the pieces of the broken economy and is now well on the way, step by step, with the help of the people to fix the destruction Fianna Fáil left behind in its wake. We do need to broaden the tax base because Fianna Fáil left us in a situation where we...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Up to 30% of our tax base collapsed because Fianna Fáil had shrunk it. We need to broaden the tax base.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Part of that is to have a property-based tax that is analogous to every other developed country across the world.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The detail of the property tax will be brought through step by step-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy can shout me down all he likes. The tax will be debated in this House step by step. It will be done in as fair a way as we can in the circumstances Deputy Kelleher's party left this country.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputies opposite have no shame.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Extracts from the draft HSE report into the tragic death of Mrs. Savita Halappanavar in University College Hospital Galway last October were published in national newspapers yesterday and today and were commented upon in the media and now again. All our focus should be on the renewed distress that this has caused for the family of the late Savita Halappanavar and particularly her husband....

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister has conveyed his personal concerns to Praveen Halappanavar on this matter. He has made it clear that he is awaiting the final report of the independent assessor. He has reaffirmed his commitment to giving Praveen Halappanavar the final HSE report as soon as it comes into his possession. The normal procedure for people who are referenced in a report of this kind is that they...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Sinn Féin spokesperson at the time, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, told the House on 26 September that it was clear the Government's "so-called negotiating strategy on banking debt is in tatters."