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Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a statement by the European Commission on 15 November that an EU citizen with a recognised disability who decides to move to another country should be able to enjoy the same benefits as in his home country. [43774/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on whether it is acceptable to cut jobseeker's payments. [43772/10]

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: When I read some of the material the Government is putting out, it alarms me. The Minister said, "We have challenges but we have responded in a timely and appropriate manner to the challenges which have been presented". The answer to that is "Yes" if one says the challenges were to bail out corrupt bankers. That is all the Government has responded to. It has not done anything constructive...

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: It is the conversations behind the closed doors I would have liked to have heard because I suspect there was a wee bit of clapping on the hand, not a pat on the back despite the public platitudes to make it look like everyone is on playing the one role. They should not all be playing the one role. The ECB-----

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: The Minister will get no comfort here from Sinn Féin. Would the Minister agree that the ECB's role in the lead up to this economic crisis should be examined carefully? It was shovelling cheap finance into the Irish banks without any control, apparent oversight or inspection of what was going on. Would the Minister accept that it has a part to play in sorting this out? Would he accept...

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Is that Greenwich mean time?

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Of which there are many.

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Can the Minister provide Members with an indication of the level of contingency loan being considered? As the Minister is describing it as a contingency and he has stated that not all of it would be drawn down, can he at least provide Members with a percentage figure of what he envisages may be drawn down?

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: That will be after two or three years.

Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Sack them.

Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Ask the Taoiseach to leave.

Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: The Taoiseach interrupts me sometimes.

Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I am not out of breath.

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Deputy Noonan was correct the first time.

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: We had an episode in Government Buildings as well.

Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Get out of that.

Irish Banking: Statements (18 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: What are the parameters of the terms and conditions currently under negotiation? For example, do they include the selling off of State assets like the ESB, Coillte and An Post? Will the negotiations conclude before the budget or the publication of the four-year plan? Has the Minister set a deadline for their conclusion? What is the amount of funding under negotiation? Is the extent of...

Irish Banking: Statements (18 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Will it be next week?

Irish Banking: Statements (18 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: There is a proposal to construct a casino in County Tipperary, but I do not know if it is necessary because the biggest casino in the world is next door in Government Buildings. This Government is gambling not just with the entire economy of the State but also with the future of our people on this island. The Government even acknowledges it. Deputy Noonan quoted the Minister for...

Irish Banking: Statements (18 Nov 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Allied Irish Bank, yes. We also have the whole mortgage default crisis coming down the line at us. We need stability in the banking sector. Pouring out loans, stabilisation funds or whatever name the Minister wants to put on them - he is playing tricks with names - will not solve the banking crisis. We need to do the business correctly and nationalise AIB. Bank of Ireland is not going to...