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Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: I do not understand that. Second, if the Government refuses to do this and decides to hide behind a technicality of the Dáil to move an amendment to do it, could it please tell the House and tell the people whether these bonuses are to be taxed at the 2008 level, when taxes were lower and levies did not exist, or at the 2010 level? I would appreciate an answer to that question but what I...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: The Deputy is a great fellow.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: It certainly is not about courage where Deputy Gogarty is concerned.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: Is this a Pauline conversion on the road to Damascus?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: The Deputy should give us a date.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: What we just witnessed in this Chamber is probably one of the main reasons this country is in the mess it is in. The ability of people on the Government side to stand up and wax lyrical in support of an amendment and vote against it-----

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures she will take to implement the new policy of allowing all suitably qualified general practitioners offer services to general medical services patients; the date on which she intends to implement the policy; when all suitably qualified GP's will be entitled to offer their services to GMS patients; and if she will make a...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: I will respond to the comments the Tánaiste made after a note was passed to her by the Minister for Health and Children. I am proud of my record as a negotiator.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: The current Minister may not have been Minister for Health and Children at the time but I doubt she would have done any better in the negotiations given her propensity for lavish travel and painting her nails. We only need to consider her record, for example, her failure to implement redundancies, which costs the country €200 million per annum, and to address drugs reference pricing, which...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: The country could have done with a few real negotiators a couple of weeks ago when we were talking to the IMF.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: I oppose the taking of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill tomorrow in light of what today's newspapers reports concerning €40 million of bonuses to bankers. The definition of a bonus is an additional payment for some form of extra achievement. What in the name of God have the banks achieved in recent years? Would AIB have been able to pay bonuses if taxpayers...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: The Government could have prevented the outcome of the case.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: We still do not have clarity on the universal social charge. Will it apply to pensioners and medical card holders? We need an answer to that question. The Government has lost its moral compass. As I pointed out, blind people will no longer have the independence to go to the shop because they cannot afford to feed their dog, whereas bankers will be given bonuses to go to the Caribbean....

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: The Minister for Finance must stop using the law to protect bankers. He should use it to sort them out. I have a proposal for him. Let him show leadership by taxing at 99% the bankers' bonuses in the emergency legislation to come before the House tomorrow.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: I wish to inquire after a number of Bills. First, I wish to refer to the legislation coming before the House tomorrow. Given the savings that will be made from the reduction in the minimum wage amount to a mere €83 million in one year and that €40 million in bonuses are to be paid this year to bankers and €55 million was paid last year, which is an equivalent sum, will the Minister...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: This is a burning issue for the people of this country. They have realised the trouble we are in and how we got here, despite the Government spin, namely, through lack of regulation, political ill judgment and bankers being paid bonuses for achieving figures, not for achieving security for their bank or best outcomes for their clients. The Government has an opportunity to show some...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: Second, on the Order of Business, where stands the corporate donations legislation, the legislation on the lord mayor, which is going through the House at present, and the climate change Bill? These are all Bills which the Green Party, which is supporting the Government, is very keen to have passed and it is now making noises about delaying its promise of an election in January lest this...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: Will the Tánaiste tell us the date of the next general election, rather than talking about 2011? As we all know, that would mean 24 December 2011 if she had her way. The people need to know that, and they need to know the Greens will keep their word this time - that they are going to stay green and not turn yellow yet again.

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: I support the amendments also. They encourage more transparency, and protection for whistleblowers will be always welcome on this side of the House. Seanad amendment agreed to.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

James Reilly: This is not agreed. The Government is again using guillotines to shorten the debate on one of the most appalling Social Welfare Bills to come before the House. It wants to take money away from carers and blind people. We have calculated what would be saved by taking this money from 3,000 blind people.