SEGUE TEXTO ABAIXO COMENTADO….
RESUMO: QUEBRARAM, PEDIRAM SOCORRO, VÃO TER QUE VENDER O OPALÃO, E PAGAR JUROS ALTOS POR BOM TEMPO…
SÓ ESPERO QUE ELES NÃO PRETENDAM DAR CALOTE NOS PAPÉIS DOS BANCOS…. POIS, SE A MODA, PEGA, VAI SER DUREZA PARA BANCO EUROPEU LEVANTAR GRANA..
PROXIMA PARADA: LISBOA…..
ESTE NEGOCIO DARÁ UM ALIVIO MOMENTANEO, MAS NAO SE EMPOLGUE….
E DISSERAM QUE SÓ OS EUA QUEBRARAM NA CRISE…..
Government Statement
Announcement of joint EU – IMF Programme for Ireland
The Government today agreed in principle to the provision of €85 billion of
financial support to Ireland by Member States of the European Union through the
European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) and the European Financial Stability
Mechanism; bilateral loans from the UK, Sweden and Denmark; and the
International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF) on the basis
of specified conditions.
The State’s contribution to the €85 billion facility will be €17 1/2 billion,
which will come from the National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) and other
domestic cash resources. This means that the extent of the external assistance
will be reduced to €67 1/2 billion.
É UM POUCO MENOS DO QUE SE ESPERAVA, PORÉM SEGURA AS PONTAS POR UM BOM TEMPO…..
The purpose of the external financial support is to return our economy to
sustainable growth and to ensure that we have a properly functioning healthy
banking system.
The external support will be broken down as follows: €22 1/2 billion from the
European Financial Stability Mechanism (EFSM); €22 1/2 billion from the
International Monetary Fund (IMF); and €22 1/2 billion from the European Financial
Stability Fund (EFSF) and bilateral loans. The bilateral loans will be subject
to the same conditionality as provided by the programme.
The facility will include up to €35 billion to support the banking system; €10
billion for the immediate recapitalisation and the remaining €25 billion will
be provided on a contingency basis. Up to €50 billion to cover the financing
of the State. The funds in the facility will be drawn down as necessary,
although the amount will depend on the capital requirements of the financial
system and NTMA bond issuances during the programme period.
If drawn down in total today, the combined annual average interest rate would
be of the order of 5.8% per annum. The rate will vary according to the timing
of the drawdown and market conditions.
10 BI VAO SER UJSADOS PARA RECAPITALIZAR BANCOS NUM PRIMEIRO MOMENTO…
The assistance of our EU partners and the IMF has been required because of the
present high yields on Irish bonds, which have curtailed the State’s ability to
borrow. Without this external support, the State would not be able to raise
the funds required to pay for key public services for our citizens and to
provide a functioning banking system to support economic activity. This
support is also needed to safeguard financial stability in the euro area and
the EU as a whole.
Programme for Support
The Programme for Support has been agreed with the EU Commission and the
International Monetary Fund, in liaison with the European Central Bank. The
Programme builds on the bank rescue policies that have been implemented by the
Irish Government over the past two and a half years and on the recently
announced National Recovery Plan. Details of the measures are set out in the
accompanying Notes for Editors.
The Programme lays out a detailed timetable for the implementation of the
measures contained in the National Recovery Plan.
The conditions governing the Programme will be set out in the Memorandum of
Understanding and the Government will work closely with the various bodies to
ensure that these conditions are met. The funding will be provided in
quarterly tranches on the achievement of agreed quarterly targets.
The Programme has two parts – the first part deals with bank restructuring and
reorganisation and the second part deals with fiscal policy and structural
reform. The requirement for quarterly progress reports covers both parts of
the programme. When the documentation on the Programme is finalised, it will
be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas.
Bank Restructuring and Reorganisation
The Programme for the Recovery of the Banking System will be an intensification
of the measures already adopted by the Government. The programme provides for
a fundamental downsizing and reorganisation of the banking sector so it is
proportionate to the size of the economy. It will be capitalised to the
highest international standards, and in a position to return to normal market
sources of funding.
Fiscal Policy and Structural Reform
The Ecofin has acknowledged the EU Commission’s analysis that a further year
may be required to achieve the 3% deficit target. This analysis is based on a
more cautious growth outlook in 2011 and 2012 and the need to service the cost
of additional bank recapitalisations envisaged under the programme. The Council
has today extended the time frame by 1 year to 2015.
A IRLANDA TEM QUE BAIXAR DEFICIT DE 32% DO PIB PARA 3% EM 4 ANOS….
The Programme endorses the Irish Government’s budgetary adjustment Plan of €15
billion over the next four years, and the commitment for a substantial €6
billion frontloading of this plan in 2011. The details of the Programme
closely reflects the key objectives set out in the National Recovery Plan
published last week. The adjustment will be made up of €10 billion in
expenditure savings and €5 billion in taxes.
The Programme endorses the structural reforms contained in the Plan which will
underpin a return to sustainable economic growth over the coming years.
The Government welcomes the support shown to Ireland by our Eurozone partners
and in particular by the United Kingdom, Sweden and Denmark who have expressed
their willingness to offer bilateral assistance. The Government also welcomes
the assistance of the IMF.
As part of the Programme, Ireland will discontinue its financial assistance to
the Loan Facility to Greece. This commitment would have amounted to
approximately €1 billion up to the period to mid-2013.
28th November 2010
Programme Measures
Fiscal Measures in the Programme
Taxation
* Lowering of personal income tax bands and credits or equivalent measures
* A reduction in pension tax relief and pension related deductions
* A reduction in general tax expenditures
* Excise and other tax increases
* A reduction in private pension tax reliefs
* A reduction in general tax expenditures
* Site Valuation Tax to fund local services
* A reform of capital gains tax and acquisitions tax
* An increase in the carbon tax
Programme Expenditure
* Savings in Social Protection expenditure through enhanced control
measures, structural reform measures, a fall in the live register and if
necessary, further rate reductions.
* Increase the state pension age to 66 years in 2014, 67 in 2021 and 68 in
2028. VAO AUMENTAR IDADE MINIMA DE APOSENTADORIA PARA 66 ANOS…
* Nominal value of State pension will not be increased over the period of
the plan.
Public Service Costs
* Reduction of public service costs through a reduction in numbers and
reform of work practices as agreed in the Croke Park Agreement.
* A reduction of existing public service pensions on a progressive basis
averaging over 4% will be introduced.
* New public service entrants will also see a 10% pay reduction.
· Reform of Pension entitlements for new entrants to the public service
· including a review of accelerated retirement for certain categories of
public servants and an indexation of pensions to consumer prices.
1 Pensions will be based on career average earnings.
2 New entrants’ retirement age will also be linked to the state
pension retirement age.
Other
* Other programme expenditure and reductions in public capital investment
Structural fiscal reforms
* a Fiscal Responsibility Law will be introduced including a medium-term
expenditure framework with binding multi-annual ceilings on expenditure in each
area
* Additional unplanned revenues must be allocated to debt reduction.
* The government will establish a budgetary advisory council to provide an
independent assessment of the Government’s budgetary position and forecasts.
* the voluntary 15 day rule for prompt payments is extended to the health
service executive, local authorities and state agencies
* measures to be put in place to cap the contribution of the local
government sector to general government borrowing at an acceptable level.
Structural reforms in the Programme
Labour market adjustment
Minimum wage:
* Reduce national minimum wage by €1.00 per hour to foster job creation for
categories at higher risk of unemployment and to prevent distortions associated
with sectoral minimum wages >> VAO REDUZIR SALARIO MINIMO….
* Enlarge the scope for the “inability to pay clause”
* An independent review of the Registered Employment Agreements and
Employment Regulation Orders. Terms of Reference to be agreed with European
Commission Services.
* Reform of the unemployment benefit system to incentivise early exit from
unemployment.
* Steps to tackle unemployment and poverty traps including reducing
replacement rates for individuals receiving more than one type of benefit
(including housing allowance).
* Streamline administration of unemployment benefits, social assistance and
active labour market policies, to reduce the overlapping of competencies among
different departments;
* Enhanced conditionality on work and training availability;
* Reform of activation policies:
* improved job profiling and increased engagement;
* a more effective monitoring of jobseekers’ activities with regular
evidence-based reports;
* the application of sanction mechanisms for beneficiaries not complying
with job-search conditionality and recommendations for participation in labour
market programmes
Review of the personal debt regime:
* New legislation to be prepared which will balance the interests of both
creditors and debtors.
Competition
Removal of restrictions to competition in sheltered sectors including:
Legal profession:
* establish an independent regulator;
* implement the recommendations of the Legal Costs Working Group and
outstanding Competition Authority recommendations.
Medical Profession:
* eliminate restrictions on the number of GPs qualifying, remove
restrictions on GPs wishing to treat public patients and restrictions on
advertising.
Pharmacy Profession:
* ensure the recent elimination of the 50% mark-up paid for medicines under
the State’s Drugs Payments Scheme is enforced.
Enhanced competition in open markets
* empower judges to impose fines and other sanctions in competition cases in
order to generate more credible deterrence
* require the competition authorities to list restrictions in competition
law which exclude certain sectors from its scope and to identify processes to
address them.
* Examination of the impact of eliminating the cap on the size of retail
premises
Bank Recapitalisation and Restructuring Measures
The Programme for the recovery of the banking system will be an intensification
of the measures already adopted by the Government. The programme provides for
a recapitalisation, fundamental downsizing, restructuring and reorganisation of
the banking sector. The outcome will lead to a smaller banking system more
proportionate to the size of the economy, capitalised to the highest
international standards, with renewed access to normal market sources of
funding and focused on strongly supporting the recovery of the economy.
The proposed programme has been developed with the assistance of, and is
endorsed by, our international partners.
The main elements of the programme are as follows:-
Building on the results of the Central Bank of Ireland’s Prudential Capital
Assessment Review (PCAR) carried out earlier this year additional capital
requirements have been set.
The domestic banking system will benefit from a substantial and immediate
recapitalisation raising Core Tier 1 capital ratios to at least 12%.
VAO RECAPITALIZAR OS BANCOS COM PROBLEMAS…
This action, along with early measures to support deleveraging set out
below will result in an immediate injection of €10bn of fresh capital into the
banking system, above and beyond that already committed.
Further recapitalisations will take place in the first half of 2011 as
necessary based on the results of a detailed review and updating of the banks’
capital needs following a revised PCAR exercise undertaken by the Central Bank
of Ireland and involving stringent stress testing.
A Prudential Liquidity Assessment Review (PLAR) will be implemented by the
Central Bank of Ireland for the domestic banks to identify deleveraging actions
necessary to significantly reduce their reliance on short term funding.
A substantial downsizing of the banking system will be achieved through
early and decisive actions including:-
BANCOS VAO TER QUE DIMINUIR DE TAMANHO….
· Banks will be required to run down non-core assets, securitize and or sell
portfolios or divisions with credit enhancement provided by the State, if
needed.
· The NAMA Scheme will be extended to remove remaining vulnerable land and
development loans from Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Bank by end-Q1 2011
· This process will be carried out in a carefully balanced and controlled
manner with the benefit of the substantial resources available to the banks for
their funding and capital needs.
· Banks will be required to promptly and fully provide for all nonperforming
assets.
· The restructuring of Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building
Society will be swiftly completed and submitted for EU State aid approval.
A significant strengthening of the regulation and stability of the credit union
sector will be carried out by end-2011
· A special legislative regime to resolve distressed credit institutions
will be introduced early in 2011.
· Specific legislation to support immediate restructuring actions is in
preparation.
SAIRÃO MEDIDAS PARA RESTRUTURAÇÃO DOS BANCOS….
The credibility and implementation of the programme is underpinned by the
availability of a very substantial capital pool comprised of both national and
international resources.
The programme builds on and complements the broad set of actions taken by the
Government over the past two years to resolve the difficulties of the banking
sector including the provision of guarantees, recapitalisation of the banks and
NAMA.
The primary objective of this far-reaching programme is to rebuild
international market confidence in the Irish banking system to enable the banks
to revert to normal market funding in due course and reduce progressively their
reliance on funding from the Eurosystem and guarantees and other financial
support from the Exchequer.
The programme provides a strong foundation for a reformed and restructured
banking system. The programme is underpinned by the large commitment of
financial resources to recovery of the banking system and the support and
endorsement of the programme by the IMF and the EU.
This will be crucial to ensuring that the banks play a full and vital role in
underpinning economic recovery and the achievement of the Government’s
objectives detailed in the National Recovery Plan.
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