@blackcoffee: I agree with you totally! I have never had such little faith in a person to do the right thing for this country.

@David Rogers: and you do? Please “educate us”

@David Rogers: lol. I think you’re the one who is clueless baby. Do you really believe they are looking for advice from a serial failure whose only talent lies in selecting socks.

@blackcoffee: Probably pleading for May about the Backstop?

@David Rogers: nobody has, that’s the problem

@blackcoffee: At OUR expenses and who elects them. The reson the housing crisis is not being solved is because DAIL has no control over the MONEY NEEDED TO OD IT. How did this happen .

FF gave min for finance unfettered and indefinite power to pledge public fund for banks if in his opinion and govenor of central bank is was in the best interest of the state.

under it

1 Brian Lenihan sent p note to govenor of the central bank pledging 34 billion if Anglo failed to pay it borrowing. To TAKE OVER debt of Anglo Irish to foreign banks

AND

2 Signed a deal with EU and IMF for money to cap banks and pay public bills subject to condition of honouring p note and a programme affecting tax and use of public funds to cap banks if they fall below EU standards TERMS not laid before Dail for debate and approval or referral back via minister for a better deal for taxpayers.

Taxpayer carrying NTMA borrowing cost to purchase bonds of twenty five billion from central bank. Anglo Irish, INBS and IBRC loan books vest in the state. The banks borrowers owe money to the state. But govt thru liquidator sold to v funds. The central bank holds twelve billion euro of bonds.

The Minister in that deal made under that legislation took unto him cbi and eu commissions decisions on taxes raised and how they are used has been between minister and eu commission under terms of that deal ; Pension ages, Public pay, Carbon Tax Property Tax , water charges , budgets , estimates and housing policy and repossession proceedings.

The carbon Tax that not DAIL decision it is MIN AND EU COMMISSION alocated to osme joint committee but it the Commission and Min setting the rate COS CARBON TAX IS A TERMS OF DEAL ?

Dail is having no say at all but it was TDS and only TDS can gave DAIL control over budget to a min who gave it to commission on terms never laid before dail under art 29 5 2.

Can Min who signed the deal and got the money seek to change terms. E Kenny found out NO and in response liquidated IBRC. But DAIL can .

But TD have had no trouble at all abandoning DAIL power and duty over public fund to min for finance and EU Commission ? For as long a voter take it.

nOT THE govt tds.

@John Meade: how the EU’s position of not negotiating the backstop means there could be a hard border. May attempted to renegotiate and was told to take a hike, which pushed us closer to a hard border.

The UK parliament is a big problem in this, but the EU is stubborn too.

@John Meade: My apologies, I thought My analogy of Leo acting like a sycophantic puppy at his mistress’ feet would show I’m being tongue in cheek.
Even the most ardent fan of our Dear Leader couldn’t picture him standing up to any world leader. Let alone that one.

@Mushy Peas: you do realise that the backstop is there to prevent a hard border right?

@davey boy: He’s really not doing a good job. Coveney is doing a goob job with regards to Brexit. Furthermore, can you please explain how rising homelessness, rising rents, mishandling healthcare and security scandals, cutting funding to services because FG are incapable of budget oversight, etc. is considered doing “a good job“?

@Willy: Still waiting Willy.

On your headstone it’ll read: “any minute now….”

@Willy: But Jose Mourinho is driving the bus. Trust me, he’ll just park up for 3 years.

@Willy: and what’s worse is it is one of the newly privatised ones.

@Willy: As the City of London Banks in the UK means more than any Backstop?

@davey boy: you are either an escapee from a secure unit or a FG troll if you think Varadcar is doing a good job. He makes Enda look almost sensible.

@Dave O’Keeffe: Precisely its between the EU and UK incl N Ireland. Leo Varadker rolls over cos of deal between Min for Finance and EU/IMF under which min agreed that state taxpayer will .

1 Honour promissory note issued by B Lenihan for 34 billion and in effect pay of anglo debt to intnl banks

2 cap bank if the fall below EU standards plus a waft of measure in tax and pay and pensions to be implemented under EU Commission supervision as a condition for money.

Taxpayers owe EU 55 billion plus cost of NTMA borrowing cost to buy bnds issued to cbi and to pay of anglo Irish bank debt BUT terms of this not laid before DAIL ..

How can minister go back to the LENDER to change terms ?? Kenny thought he could and liquidated IBRC when he could not. Stll not working.

But DAIL CAN but TD willing to let EU Commission and Min negotiate on carbon tax ( terms of deal) the property tax ( term of deal) water charge ( terms of deal) nurses pay ( terms of the deal ) DAIIL saying NOTHING AT ALL cos terms not laid before Dail.

a change of government will not change that cos DEAL IS SIGNED AND MONEY DRAWN DOWN AND NOT LAID BEFORE DAIL .

NTMA has paid the central bank FIFTEEN BILLION EURO for bonds . Money borrowed by NTMA, may be from same bank that lent to anglo Irish bank, that taxpayer has to pay back while CBI take money out of circulations and merely cancel the bond.

That fifteen billion of tax payer money could build thre metro lines and DAIL had no say at all in that borrowin by NTMA cos TD chose not to insist on the terms being laid before dail . B Howlin did the same on the decision by govt to take another three biillion to pay of IMF last year.

TD will go on until voter tell them we gave u no mandate to give that power to one person?