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Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Regarding the ESB, we did make a reluctant decision in terms of privatisation because that was the commitment in the memorandum of understanding, which goes well beyond the quantum agreed in the programme for Government.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: We are seeking to have the agreement of the troika to use that for productive purposes so that it will be yet another vehicle available to us to bring the country from ruin where we found it to prosperity where we intend to leave it.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: That is rhetoric.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I continue to be impressed, as always, by Deputy Ó Caoláin's rhetoric, but it is completely empty.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: One should not treat either this House or the people as fools.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: They know, fundamentally.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: They do not want to hear.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The problem is that we have to pay an extraordinary debt, sovereign debt brought to this nation by the previous Government and voted in this House solemnly and supported by Deputy Ó Caoláin's party.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Sinn Féin voted on the night to guarantee the banks.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Ó Caoláin does not want to hear the truth. He cannot bear the truth.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Ó Caoláin cannot bear the truth but the truth is inescapable. He voted for that debt. He placed that burden on our backs.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The current finance spokesperson in Deputy Ó Caoláin's voted for it in the other House and stated, in doing so, he was donning the green jersey. We are faced with the reality. We are determined to hold strategic State assets in majority State ownership. We want to deleverage money that we cannot manufacture from thin air to create new jobs and bring hope to people.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: We are not caught in blind ideology but we are determined, as I say, to bring economic prosperity-----

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: -----so that when we leave office we will be on an upward trajectory, not a doom trajectory.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I am aware of the case. The family contacted me some years ago about this matter when I was justice spokesperson of my party. They also contacted the then leader of the Labour Party and we sent a letter jointly to the Garda ombudsman calling for an investigation and outlining some of the matters the Deputy has put. It is a worrying issue and on foot of the Deputy raising it I will ask my...

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Clearly, I am in no position to judge any of the facts and I have no wish to pre-empt any of the issues the Deputy has brought to the attention of the House. On behalf of the Government I have committed to ask my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, to review the papers and determine the next appropriate step to take.

Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: It is proposed to take No. a1, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judges' Remuneration) Bill 2011 - amendments from the Seanad; No. b11, motion re Statement for Information of Voters in relation to the Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judges' Remuneration) Bill 2011; and No. 5, National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011 - Order for Second Stage and Second...

Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy will know, the area of mortgage arrears has been a major focus of Government in recent months.

Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: An expert group is due to report to Government within the next two weeks.

Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy knows about the expert group. We have discussed it. It will discover a number of potential tranches of legislation, including the matter to which the Deputy has referred but also issues such as personal insolvency and so on. I imagine that within the next two weeks we will be in a position to have a clearer view of the range of activities required to address the real issue of...