Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

What is the Taoiseach's estimate of the amount Ireland will contribute in the event Greece draws down the loans from the EU and the IMF? I understand the figures amount to €15 billion of EU money and €10 billion from the IMF. There is speculation in some newspapers that Ireland's contribution will be in the order of €250 million. Is that speculation accurate or close to the mark?

Regarding the quid pro quo Chancellor Merkel sought in return for the package from Greece - strengthened powers of supervision from the EU over the finances of member states - what is the view of the Taoiseach? Does he agree or is he opposed to it? My understanding is that as a country we were opposed to any such role for the European institutions in respect of the finances of individual member states.

Regarding the 2020 strategy, my understanding is that each member state must draw up a national programme to set out in detail the action taken to implement the strategy. The live register figures have just been published and are in excess of 435,000 for March, the tenth successive month in which the live register figure has been over 400,000 and it amounts to 65,000 more than this time last year. Apart from the European agreement on the matter, this is of some urgency. Of the Government members, who will be responsible for drawing up that programme and when is it likely to be presented?

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