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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Health when it is planned to roll out a diabetic retinopathy screening programme; if screening will be provided in counties Cork and Kerry; the budget that has been assigned to the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25725/11]

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Adams is good at coups himself. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Michael McGrath should listen.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: What about the IMF? The Opposition need a few lessons on modern Irish history.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I will get my chance.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is like the change in the thinking of the Deputy and his party leader.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: At least the Labour Party has a candidate.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: That is a new word.

Written Answers — Financial Products: Financial Products (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consult with the Financial Regulator, in view of the protracted length of time it is taking to obtain a mortgage and negotiate the sale of a house, to examine if it is possible to oblige banks to extend beyond three months the period of validity of a mortgage offer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25277/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance if he accepts the claims by various banks that they are lending to a high proportion of applicants for loans and mortgages or alternatively that is he of the view that potential borrowers are being dissuaded, by bankers and brokers, from making formal applications to banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25278/11]

Written Answers — Credit Unions: Credit Unions (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any direction by the Financial Regulator precluding credit unions from freezing interest on loans, which if such a facility was available, would be a significant benefit to borrowers in distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25279/11]

Written Answers — Personal Debt: Personal Debt (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the protracted duration of the economic crisis, if he will consider, with consultation with the Financial Regulator, making provisions to compel financial institutions to offer distressed borrowers variation in agreements which last for a number of years rather than the current practice of variation agreements that lapse after six or 12...

Written Answers — Interest Rates: Interest Rates (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance if provision has been made for the large number of interest only loans and mortgages, many of which were taken on the assumption that it would be possible to sell properties at a profit within a few years, which are likely to mature over the next number of years and thereafter oblige borrowers to repay capital and interest; and if he will make a...

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: It is extraordinary that we are debating a Private Members motion from Sinn Féin, a party that stands for what? Every week we read their press releases and statements, and hear their pronouncements which show they are against everything and for nothing. While I welcome this debate, I challenge Sinn Féin Members to stand up and tell the people how we will recover from the recession we are in.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: They should tell the people honestly how we will pay for it. All we hear is that we must tax the rich and the developers, that we should not put money into the banks or sell State assets. What do they want to do? They claim to be committed to the people and to assisting in the economic recovery of the country, but the motion before us is an act of folly based on voodoo economics. I listen...

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: On the contrary, this morning the Taoiseach mentioned 3,000 jobs.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: As Deputy Ellis should know if he is listening to the people in his constituency, if we were not in Europe and did not have the EU-IMF deal we would be a basket case, but we take decisions and are responsible. My challenge to the Sinn Féin public representatives is to do as they did in the North of our country by assuming responsibility. They should be part of the democratic process here...

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: They should not be flying the flag with an eye to the local elections or the next general election. They should consider the people with no job and who would have no prospect of a job under the terms of this Private Members' motion.

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister and the Bill. The one point on which I agree with Deputy Clare Daly is that this is about economic development. We can pretend and live in the utopian world in which the Deputy lives or we can live in the real world, which many of us do. The reality is that Europe and the world is in a financial crisis which requires action and leadership, not grandstanding on a soap...

Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Ó Cuív said that last week.