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Tax take 1.2pc behind government targets News
03.06.2010 The country’s tax take is still behind target, although the Government now appears to have got public spending under control, the latest Exchequer figures released yesterday...Categories: Leadership -
FG calls for further Anglo bailout to be put on ice News
30.04.2010 Fine Gael is calling for government plans to put an additional €10bn into Anglo Irish Bank to be parked immediately.Categories: Leadership -
Ireland on way to most indebted EU country - Burton News
22.04.2010 From being one of the least indebted countries in Europe, Ireland is now well on its way to being one of the most indebted, Labour Party spokesperson on finance Joan Burton has...Categories: Leadership -
Opposition welcomes Brussels’ Anglo investigation News
01.04.2010 The main Opposition parties have welcomed the decision by the European Commission to begin an indepth investigation into all state aid received by Anglo Irish Bank and into the...Categories: Leadership -
More arrests expected in Anglo Irish probe News
19.03.2010 While the disgraced former head of Anglo Irish Bank Sean Fitzpatrick remains in Garda custody this morning facing further questioning over alleged financial irregularities at a...Categories: Leadership -
Taxpayers picking up tab for AIB execs - Labour News
09.03.2010 The Labour Party has slated revelations today that the former CEO of Allied Irish Banks (AIB) Eugene Sheehy earned almost €900,000 last year, saying it beggared belief that the...Categories: LeadershipTags: AIB, Joan Burton, -
Tax take down 17.8pc in Feb; AIB unlikely to pay tax News
03.03.2010 Exchequer returns for February released by the Department of Finance yesterday evening have revealed that the tax take is down 17.8pc, or €1bn, year-on-year.Categories: Leadership -
Eyes on BoI shares as Government takes 16pc stake News
22.02.2010 From today the State will own 16pc of Bank of Ireland (BoI) when 184 million shares are issued to it this morning. The bank’s investors will take stock of the move when the...Categories: Leadership -
BoI stake shows bank strategy ‘running aground’ News
22.02.2010 The Opposition parties have roundly criticised the non-payment of the €250m dividend due by Bank of Ireland to the State today, with the State taking a 16pc stake in the bank...Categories: Leadership -
Opposition says tax revenues now at 2003 levels News
03.02.2010 The Opposition parties have pointed to the latest Exchequer figures for January as evidence that the Government’s suggestion that the December Budget would prove a turning point...Categories: Leadership -
No assurance from Lenihan banks will not raise rates News
28.01.2010 There were robust exchanges in the Dail this morning over reports in the media today of possible interest rates rises which would affect thousands of residential mortgage holders.Categories: Leadership -
Life ‘one big bonanza’ for developers under FF - Labour News
22.01.2010 Life for property developers under a Fianna Fáil-led Government became “one big tax-break bonanza”, Labour’s Joan Burton has claimed.Categories: Leadership -
Govt trying to extend scope of public pay cuts - Labour News
21.01.2010 The Labour Party has accused the Government of attempting to extend the public-sector pay cuts announced in the December Budget by stealth.Categories: Leadership -
Labour publishes motion calling for bank inquiry News
15.01.2010 The Labour Party has today published the text of Private Members Motion that calls for the establishment of an inquiry into the banking crisis by a Dáil committee.Categories: LeadershipTags: Labour, Joan Burton, -
Opposition parties wish Lenihan a speedy recovery News
05.01.2010 The Opposition parties have wished Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan TD a full recovery following his announcement yesterday that he intends to remain on in his government...Categories: Leadership -
Opposition slams government action on economy News
06.01.2010 Despite the Department of Finance having reported a marginally better Exchequer deficit of €24.6bn for 2009 yesterday evening, the main Opposition parties have lost no time in...Categories: Leadership -
Lower pay cut for senior civil servants ‘immoral’ - Labour News
05.01.2010 The decision by the Government to apply a lower pay cut to certain senior civil servants in comparison to other public-sector workers is “immoral, unjust and legally dubious”...Categories: Leadership -
Fianna Fáil at centre of golden circle, says Labour News
22.12.2009 The Labour Party has called for clarity over disclosures contained in a Prime Time Investigates programme broadcast last night on RTE that a number of Fianna Fáil politicians...Categories: Leadership -
Exchequer deficit triple what it was in 2008 News
03.12.2009 The latest exchequer returns make for grim reading for the Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan TD as he readies Budget 2010, which he will present to the public next week.Categories: Leadership -
Tax refunds cost State €1.6bn so far in 2009 - Labour News
30.11.2009 Tax refunds have cost the Irish State €1.6bn so far in 2009, according to the Labour Party.Categories: Leadership