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MAKING COMMITTEES WORK IN THE 31ST DÁILStatement by Mr. Brendan Howlin, T.D., Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, 31 March 2011  We are at a critical juncture in our history, and in our democracy. The scale and depth of the crisis that was allowed to engulf our State has undermined confidence in our public institutions. The political culture that captured a previous government, and that allowed this crisis to happen – a culture of golden circles, of

  Minister for Finance Michael Noonan T.D.  Statement on Bank Reorganization Last Thursday, I announced the Government’s radical and wide-ranging plans to restructure the state supported banking sector.   When we published our plan the Government had a number of objectives:-  To restore confidence in the banking system and in the economy of the country To recapitalize and restructure the Banks To restore credit to the economy so that growth

Keynote Address by Mr. Michael Noonan, T.D., Minister for FinanceInstitute of International Finance Annual Meeting 2011 25th September 2011 IntroductionI would like to thank you for the invitation to address you today. Ireland’s current economic and financial situation has recently attracted some positive commentary. I hope I can update you further on our position. I will also take this opportunity to outline the actions that Ireland has taken to restructure our

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY  “Ireland in Europe”Address by Michael Noonan T.D., Minister for FinanceInstitute of International and European AffairsGresham Hotel, Dublin3 November 2011  Thank you, Brendan, for your warm introduction and thank you to everyone at the IIEA for organising today’s timely discussion.  I have for long been aware of the Institute’s excellent research work, while of course events like this bring people together and offer the