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Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: For the record, there have been a number of occasions on which comments were made in the House by previous officeholders which seriously jeopardised, if not totally prevented, prosecutions that might otherwise have been undertaken. It is important that the Deputy acknowledge that there is an independent justice system, an independent Judiciary and an independent prosecution system. With...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: Is Deputy Daly suggesting that this country should have defaulted and been plunged into totally penury? If that is her solution, it is not an opinion I share.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: It is proposed to take No. 19, Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed), to adjourn at 3 p.m. today if not previously concluded; and No. 4, Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2013 - Order for Second Stage, Second and Remaining Stages. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 5.45...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: I find Deputy Mary Lou McDonald's comments interesting. I recall discussing at length with her predecessor as finance spokesperson in this House the reasons the Labour Party was voting against the bank guarantee and advising him to consider doing the same. I do not know why he did not or would not do so. All I can say about the impact of banking issues on the lives of families who are...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: It has resiled from that position ever since. The record of the House shows what happened.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: We have to deal with the catastrophe visited on the country and its people. Those who voted for the bank guarantee, including Sinn Féin, handed us the responsibility, as citizens and as a country, to deal with the awful and irresponsible actions about which we hear on the tapes. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald referred to those involved as the men after the moolah. If there is responsibility...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The representatives of Sinn Féin are among those who have to take responsibility because they were leading lights in agreeing to the guarantee.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: Can I comment on what we have set out in relation to families?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: We have set up a process. Anyone who has ever been involved in debt resolution - I am speaking as an accountant - will appreciate that it is necessary to get the borrower and the lender to come together to reach an agreement that allows the borrower to recover and get back on his or her feet and also allows the lender to recover proportionate amounts of money that are recoverable. If one...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: I thank the Deputy.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: No.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: Is there a question?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: I doubt that any accountant in Ireland knows as much about banks and banking as certain elements of Sinn Féin.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: The knowledge any of the rest of us has pales by comparison with Sinn Féin's relationship with the banks and their moolah.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: It is unbecoming to let something that is so important to families degenerate-----

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: It is unworthy of Deputy Mary Lou McDonald.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: It is not her normal standard to make such comments.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked where it had all gone wrong. Unfortunately for the country, it went wrong on the night of the bank guarantee-----

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: -----when Sinn Féin and others decided to transfer the debt to the backs of the people.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Joan Burton: That is why it is so tragic and sad to listen to the tapes.