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National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: I will begin where the last speaker finished. For us to buy into what the Government has suggested would be to buy into the last 12 years, which led us into this morass. NAMA has a number of problems. I have only asked for five minutes because it is important that I place my opposition on the record. The Government wants to pay over the odds for loans deliberately. Mr. Joseph Stiglitz, a...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: The Minister of State will get his answer in a moment.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: We will be paying even more over the odds than we realise in a falling market. There will be an opaque system with regard to who will manage the fund, how it is answerable to the Oireachtas and the opportunities for political interference and favours. Key to our economy will be to have lending available and NAMA does not guarantee this. What has been the experience to date? I see the...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: I am always very pleased to have the Acting Chairman's protection.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: I will return to the task at hand. The bottom line is there is no assurance that the banks will start lending again. The experience to date has shown that they hid the €7 billion they were given up their jerseys and it has not been made available to anyone. If they are given more money they are likely to do the same. There is no assurance that loans will be available to the people in...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: I will finish quickly. With interest rates at an historic low and bound to rise, there is a further risk of possibly another €10 billion. I will leave it to Deputy Barrett to explain to the House what the national recovery bank would do, how it would operate and how it would ensure that money flows to businesses, because such explanation will require some time and my time is finished....

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: Ciúnas le do thoil.

Water Quality. (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: I am pleased the Minister said he will clean the greens out of the water. I have been informed by Fingal County Council that it takes ten years to deliver a water treatment plant. How can the Minister stand over this unacceptably slow delivery of plants nationwide? In north County Dublin-----

Water Quality. (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: This is related to the Courtmacsherry question but it is a generalisation-----

Water Quality. (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: Will the Leas-Cheann Comhairle give me a little latitude? The people of Swords, Donabate, Rush and Lusk-----

Water Quality. (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: Our beaches have lost their blue flags.

Water Quality. (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: I have been told by health experts that if 10,000 people visit a north Dublin beach on a summer weekend, which is easily the case at Skerries, Donabate-----

Water Quality. (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: -----then 1,000 of them could fall ill if the water were contaminated.

Water Quality. (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: Water quality is dropping. What steps will the Minister take to address it?

Water Quality. (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: Is it not reasonable to ask what the Minister will do to address this deficiency in our local authorities? He is the Minister responsible for the environment.

Medical Practitioners (Professional Indemnity)(Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: I would say not.

Medical Practitioners (Professional Indemnity)(Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: Many issues have been raised and I wish to comment on them because they are important. Deputy Neville's statement on psychotherapy and counselling in particular is something I have been concerned about since my time on the health board with Deputy Durkan. As a GP, one refers people to a physiotherapist or another fellow professional who has a base qualification. In the area of counselling,...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the incinerator in Poolbeg; if he has received a response to his letter to the Dublin city manager; the action he will take to block the incinerator if he considers it anti-competitive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35984/09]

Medical Practitioners (Professional Indemnity)(Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (13 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time with Deputies Jimmy Deenihan, Seymour Crawford and Jim O'Keeffe.

Medical Practitioners (Professional Indemnity)(Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (13 Oct 2009)

James Reilly: The purpose of this legislation is to amend and extend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, to provide for mandatory professional insurance for certain medical practitioners and to provide for connected matters. The legislation is intended to protect patients and to help doctors. It is designed to regulate doctors in order that they have appropriate insurance to practise medicine in Ireland....