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Supplementary Budget Statement 2009 (7 Apr 2009)

Joan Burton: ...of €3.2 billion announced today by the Minister, I reckon at least €500 million - but possibly up to €1 billion - will be used to meet the higher interest charges that must be paid by Ireland on the money it borrows internationally because of mismanagement by this Government. PAYE workers are paying €1.5 billion in extra taxes, much of which will go towards the extra interest...

Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Joan Burton: ..., warned that it is often the little things which trip one up. I say to the absent Minister for Finance, who is rather discourteous in not attending the opening of this debate, not to dream of coming into the House on 7 April if he has not sorted out the Fingleton affair. Mr. Fingleton is not a single bad apple; there is a barrel full of bad apples. The Minister has been incredibly slow...

Unemployment Levels: Motion (10 Mar 2009)

Willie Penrose: ...plan? Who is benefiting from it? It is not filtering down to the small businesses which are crucial to the economic well-being of the country and to many places especially throughout rural Ireland. The three, four and five jobs that such firms provide are of paramount importance to ensuring the sustainability and viability of a great many families in the country. Entrepreneurs with...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: ...and public sector employees. In terms of its policy making, it now seems set on driving a wedge between different categories of workers. In the example of a nurse married to a foreman on a building site, the nurse is the lesser being than the person in the private sector. From a social harmony perspective, that is a great mistake as we are facing into very difficult times as a country,...

Banking Sector Regulation. (18 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: ...failure? Will anybody on the regulatory board be brought to account for what has happened there? The Minister is aware that the reputational damage caused by the affairs of Anglo Irish Bank to Ireland is immense. What inquiries are being made in the counterparty banks to the activities in Anglo Irish Bank, namely, Irish Life & Permanent and Irish Nationwide Building Society, given that...

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Joan Burton: ...devastated by a burst property bubble with house and land prices tumbling and undermining the property-related assets and loan books of many Japanese banks. Rather than encouraging their banks to come clean on their balance sheets and write off their bad debts, the Japanese Government facilitated an asset quality cover-up whereby the bad debts were not written off. The result was that...

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jan 2009)

Joan Burton: ...of the bank. We all know the sad story. Apparently over an eight year period he warehoused his loans in another Irish institution, which the Minister also guaranteed, namely, Irish Nationwide Building Society. The figure was not small. These were loans that ranged between €87 million and over €120 million during the eight year period. First year accountancy or auditing students are...

Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Bill 2009: Second Stage (20 Jan 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

Joan Burton: When we came into the House today after the Christmas recess and all the dramatic events that have happened in banking not just in Ireland but also elsewhere, I had expected the Government to show a clear sense of action and purpose to address the key issues facing the banking sector. We are debating a Bill on the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank, but the Minister is missing the main...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (19 Dec 2008)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome the Minister. We need to begin the difficult work of rebuilding the Irish economy from the bottom up, and protecting and creating jobs. This Finance Bill does none of this. It puts short-term accountancy over long-term recovery. It puts balancing the books over rebalancing our economy. The budget was brought forward to give the impression of activity on behalf of the Government...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: It would be an understatement to claim we are facing one of the most economic challenging times ever. Solutions are not easy to come by. The problems we are experiencing have been festering away over the past ten years when wrong decisions were made because of expediency and to win political favour. We have stored up problems with which we must now deal. It will not be easy, which the...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (25 Nov 2008) See 1 other result from this debate

Richard Bruton: ...savings in the budget. The public was anxious to see that the cost of running the shop managed by the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance and their Cabinet colleagues would be lower. That did not come. What came instead were cuts of the most appalling nature. The Government need not look to this side of the House for criticism in this regard. Ample criticism was offered by Government...

Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008) See 1 other result from this debate

Joan Burton: ...has really been like a Hallowe'en B movie. For Fianna Fáil, it is really "Nightmare on Merrion Street" with mood music from the shower scene in "Psycho". This is a tough budget for middle-income and working families, just like the Government promised. Middle-class and working families have not just taken a hit, they have been mugged by the Minister. Whether we are referring to the...

Unemployment: Motion (7 Oct 2008)

Willie Penrose: ...for those who have lost their jobs; and calls on the Government to launch a major programme to counter the huge increase in unemployment that would have as its key elements: a major school building programme to take up to 40,000 children out of prefabs and to provide alternative employment for those who have lost their jobs as a result of the downturn in construction; a national insulation...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (1 Oct 2008)

Richard Bruton: ...that would act as a buffer to protect taxpayers. We want reassurance as to why this wider definition of what financial support can be given. We endorse amendment No. 12 in the name of Deputy Joan Burton and me. I admit she was author of the amendment. It is a good idea that there be a report to the Public Accounts Committee on the operation of the Bill. This would provide reassurance...

Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)

Joan Burton: We all know the international financial system is in chaos and that Ireland's economic woes are mounting — even Fianna Fáil is gradually conceding that. The Taoiseach and Minister for Finance surely must be refreshed, relaxed and ready to roll up their sleeves now that summer has been and gone. If they do not start to get real about our economy, there is a danger that the autumn Dáil...

National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2008)

Joan Burton: ...the former Minister for Finance, now Taoiseach, Deputy Brian Cowen, boosted pre-election spending in 2006 and 2007 to the point of reckless endangerment. He was the darling of the banks and the building industry who cheered him on to blow the bubble even bigger. Cheap credit and globalisation eased the path for the banks while Deputy Brian Cowen stuffed the building industry full of...

Irish Economy: Motion (Resumed) (14 May 2008)

Jan O'Sullivan: I commend my colleague, Deputy Joan Burton, for tabling this motion and giving us the opportunity to debate the economy at this crucial time, particularly in light of the information we have been getting on a downturn in the economy in recent years and in light of the fact we have a new Taoiseach. Sadly, despite what Deputy Kelly stated earlier, that one third of all the houses in Ireland...

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)

Joan Burton: I welcome the publication of this Bill as it is long overdue. Before becoming a full-time TD I was a senior lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology and I am declaring that interest. On the role of colleges of technology in education in Ireland, the country is at a crossroads in terms of the development of third level and fourth level education. Discussion around the Lisbon treaty...

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (6 Mar 2008)

Joan Burton: ...if the Minister had exercised some imagination and was not stuck on the Minister for Health and Children's ideologically driven, Progressive Democrat model which states that, at all costs, care in Ireland must be as privatised as possible even where people have terminal illnesses. My problem with this is that internationally the hospice movement has largely been a not-for-profit movement....

Finance Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2008)

Joan Burton: .... During the years Dublin West has had large numbers of industries with a lifespan of ten to 15 years, such as call centres, IT centres, various types of factories and employments which have come and gone as business has changed or been outsourced to other countries. 3Com was a very good employer in the Dublin 15 area. It departed because it was affected by the bursting of the IT...