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Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Since when?

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I would like to begin by thanking all those who contributed to this debate in the past two nights. However, it is regrettable that the Government should seek to reject this motion and replace it with what is fundamentally a deeply flawed amendment. It is an amendment that buries its head in the sand and repeats once again that the banking fundamentals are sound, when all statistical...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The real world knows that Irish banks are bust and have been bust for a long time.

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The banks have liabilities that are four to five times their asset base. That is a busted flush. There is no basis to the contention suggested last night that the 24 month accommodation will create any risk of unfavourable perceptions in the markets about Irish banking lending. Ultimately, the Government amendment is about being more concerned about its friends in the banks than the plight...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: In April 2006, I recall the then Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, coming on the six o'clock news and telling people to go out and buy their houses because their value would keep rising. The Government and its supporters were talking up the property market back then. It may have been beyond reasonable expectation to have expected this Government to accept what the Labour Party is proposing...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: It is fundamentally sound to say there will.

Written Answers — Programmes for Government: Programmes for Government (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the additional Exchequer cost arising from the Revised Programme for Government; if these additional costs are to be met through savings elsewhere; if he plans to introduce a €4 billion fiscal consolidation package in budget 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37675/09]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on 2009 gross national product and gross domestic product from a €4 billion fiscal consolidation package in budget 2010; the number of months such a €4 billion fiscal consolidation package would delay the return to growth of the economy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37676/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of local authorities which have implemented the new rateable valuation calculation; the procedure used for the new valuation process; the way it differs from the old; his views on the impact that the new rateable valuation will have on business costs; if he will continue the process; if he will confirm that the procedure has resulted...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37911/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made at the adolescent unit at Bessborough care centre, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38079/09]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 798: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if legislation will be required to effect the proposed changes to community development projects; if CDPs will continue to develop their work plans and service agreements; the way funding from sources other than his Department will be managed; the savings which are proposed by the transfer of the administrative...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 817: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will rectify the anomaly whereby a person who is in all other respects qualified for back-to-education allowance would be disqualified if the benefit runs out immediately prior to the course, for example, if the course starts on 1 September 2009 and benefit finishes on 2 September 2009 the person qualified, however if the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 819: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of households whose application for rent supplement was refused from August to September 2009; the number of households whose application for mortgage supplement was refused in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37912/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 928: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on facilitating a trade up process by which households, whose existing affordable home is inadequate, can move to more suitable accommodation from the unsold affordable housing stock without triggering the clawback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37970/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 932: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the commitment he has made to Cork County Council with regard to the refurbishment and regeneration of flats (details supplied) in County Cork; if costs have been identified; if a budget, a timeframe and a completion date have been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38082/09]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 938: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the international review of waste management strategy will be published; if he will confirm that the closing date for submissions and observations with regard to the review was mid-June 2009 and that meetings were held with some interested parties after this date to the exclusion of others; if a meeting...

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 993: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount that has been spent to date on all aspects of a project (details supplied) since its inception; the amount it is expected to overrun its original estimates; if the ESB has made compensation payments in connection with this project over the past ten years; if so, to whom and the amount; and if he...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I move: That Dáil Éireann: — notes the rapid rise in unemployment in the past 12 months and the resulting difficulties that many families are having in meeting mortgage payments; — notes that the number of families in mortgage arrears could be as high 35,000; — notes the irresponsible lending practices engaged in by many financial institutions that have contributed to the growing...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (3 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The Labour Party is calling this evening for a two year moratorium on family home repossessions by all banks covered by the NAMA scheme, the provision of a service to assist mortgage holders in difficulty in coming to an arrangement with lenders and to establish as a principle of public policy, where possible and subject to reasonable limits, that a family making a reasonable effort to meet...