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Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (25 Feb 2009)

Billy Timmins: Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to staff at a company (details supplied) who have requested that she meet with them over their situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7952/09]

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: A few of them are getting sense.

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: Saint Paul.

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: What about Deputy Finian McGrath's €250 million?

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: The Minister, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, is only announcing cutbacks, not schools.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: It is a dog's life.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: This is in order.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: That is true.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: I have a couple of questions for the Taoiseach. In an earlier reply, the Taoiseach extolled the virtues of the Government's progressive tax policy. If it is so progressive, why is he about to change it? Should it not be a populist tax policy, rather than a progressive tax policy?

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: On legislation and, with respect, I have been sitting here for the past two hours waiting to ask a question of the Taoiseach. While I do not see it on the list of Bills, are there proposals to bring forward legislation to permit the running of a second Lisbon referendum? Will the Taoiseach give Members an indication as to when they might see such legislation? With respect to the issue...

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: ——gives rise to confusion in respect of the issues at stake in this regard? Does he agree that if Ireland were to withdraw from the European Defence Agency——

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: ——it would result in Ireland paying more for equipment——

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: ——having a less efficient force and less influence on the armaments industry in Europe?

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: It is important that the Government should deal with the issue raised by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley. It was pure populism that creates——

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: ——difficulty for all those who wish to see the Lisbon treaty passed.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: Will the Taoiseach indicate when that might be?

Public Finances: Motion (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: May I share time with Deputies O'Mahony, Neville, Perry and Bannon?

Public Finances: Motion (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: It is important to point out that the Government is moving to take difficult decisions.

Public Finances: Motion (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: How much time have I lost?

Public Finances: Motion (4 Mar 2009)

Billy Timmins: I will start again with my time starting now. It is important to realise that the Government is lining up to take the hard decisions simply because it has no choice. While it did have choices in the past, it always took the road not less travelled, to paraphrase Robert Frost, and took the easy option. Over the past decade, Fine Gael outlined the many choices that were available and pointed...