Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I asked the Taoiseach four questions but with all his bluster he forgot to answer them. Is he serious about closing the Dáil for six weeks during this very difficult period? When will we be told exactly what he intends to do about the banks? What cuts will be made to the health service, when will they be outlined to us and will we have an opportunity to debate them or is it his intention to reveal them when the House is closed down for six weeks? Finally, when will we see the economic recovery plan? There is no point in telling us about discussions with the social partners in regard to the plan. It is the Taoiseach's responsibility to produce it. Neither is there any point in telling us that negotiations have been entered into with the very same bankers who got us into the banking problem in the first place.

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