Damien English, TD

Fine Gael Dublin Fingal TD, Alan Farrell, has welcomed the announcement by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, that a deal has been reached regarding the Anglo Irish and Irish Nationwide promissory notes and that budgetary adjustment for 2014 and 2015 will be €1 billion less.

The Anglo promissory notes has delivered a significant boost to Ireland's economic future.

I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Deputies for their attendance at such short notice and at such a late hour

The deal agreed between the Government and the European Central Bank to ease the debt burden on the Irish people from the Anglo promissory notes has delivered a significant boost to Ireland’s economic future.

I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Deputies for their attendance at such short notice and at such a late hour

He was an outstanding Minister of State in terms of his own portfolios and as a support to everyone in the Department

He was an outstanding Minister of State in terms of his own portfolios and as a support to everyone in the Department

To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons expected to seek assistance from the Personal Insolvency Agency in 2013; the expected time frame in which the Personal Insolvency Agency will deal with individual cases and therefore an appropriate waiting time for persons to be dealt with once the process is underway; the order persons will be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons expected to seek assistance from the Personal Insolvency Agency in 2013; the expected time frame in which the Personal Insolvency Agency will deal with individual cases and therefore an appropriate waiting time for persons to be dealt with once the process is underway; the order persons will be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.