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DONEGAL, Ireland, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Ireland's government is likely to see its majority cut to two when the results of an election for a vacant parliamentary seat are released on Friday.But despite the expected rebuke from voters unhappy monclear down about cutbacks to qualify for an IMF/EU bailout, the government has said it is confident about being able to pass a budget due on Dec. 7.Failure to pass the 2011 budget would deepen the country's crisis and destabilise the euro zone. Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said in a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Dublin on Thursday he was confident the budget would go through."I am quite satisfied from my discussions both louboutin knockoffs with the parties in government and the various public representatives in Dail Eireann (parliament) that there is a majority for this budget and that it will pass," he said. The Fianna Fail-led government, which agreed this week to accept an IMF/EU bailout, expected to be be about 85 billion euros ($113.6 billion), is predicted by opinion polls to lose the Donegal seat to the nationalist anti-European buy north face Sinn Fein.That result, due on Friday afternoon, would leave it a majority of just two -- both independents who have said they might vote against the budget.Fianna Fail's junior coalition partners, the Green Party, said this week they would pull out after a vote on the budget, forcing an election early next year.The main opposition centre-right Fine Gael party has not said how it will vote on the fleece jackets budget.SENIOR BONDHOLDERSThe government unveiled a four-year plan of 15 billion euros in tax rises and spending cuts on Wednesday, but this has done nothing to reassure investors who are still waiting to find out details of the bailout, and jittery about Irish bank debt exposure. Fine Gael, which is likely to lead the next government, said it would not be bound by the terms of the four-year plan, although it has said it would stick with the main target of 15 billion euros in cuts.Fine Gael also said it would north face hoodie be prepared to make senior bondholders -- who rank on a par with depositors in banks -- to shoulder some of the burden of cleaning up the banking sector.Despite government assurances to the contrary, speculation persists that senior debt of Irish banks, which has so far been protected, may north face apex bionic be restructured as part of negotiations with the IMF and the EU for the bailout for Ireland and its banks. So-called third-party support companies supply maintenance and repairs-though not software upgrades-for a variety of business programs. The verdict Tuesday stemmed from the actions of a now-closed SAP unit called TomorrowNow that down parka supported Oracle products. Oracle has also sued another third-party maintenance company, Rimini Street Inc., and the possibility of other legal action in the field has become a hot topic. A European Commission spokesman said on Thursday the bailout talks, which are taking place in Dublin, would be wrapped up by north face pants the beginning of December. Markets expect an announcement on Sunday so that investors will have time to digest the terms of the deal before trading begins on Monday. The harsh measures, including a cut to the minimum wage, have fuelled complaints from Irish people that taxpayers are being punished to bail out bankers and property developers. (Writing by Carmel Crimmins; additional reporting by Lorraine Turner and Jodie Ginsberg; editing by Myra MacDonald) Support companies say the TomorrowNow lawsuit is raising questions among potential clients about whether other third-party support companies will be sued and about their risk of getting dragged into a legal battle-even though the case was about arcteryx jackets TomorrowNow's actions, not the business model's legitimacy.SA
