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Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: In the past ten or 15 years, as the Taoiseach regularly reminds us, this country has made huge economic progress. The degree to which the economy has grown and incomes and living standards have improved in the past ten to 15 years has been absolutely phenomenal. That is unprecedented in this country and in most other countries and it has been extremely welcome. When one looks at...

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister denies that. He thinks it was twilight. The car was seen in twilight hours and he denies that he was the occupant.

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach has dealt with that because the Minister has since been asked to make his own transport arrangements.

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Does this infrastructure committee examine matters such as these traffic problems and the fact that such accidents stop traffic in Dublin? Is there a solution whereby the city need not close down every time there is an accident, such as when a truck jack-knifes? On the construction issue, we are aware there is a significant drop in residential construction activity. What is the Government's...

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Was it Deputy Donie Cassidy who was driving on the wrong side of the road?

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Picking up on that last point, the Taoiseach twice expressed a desire to be on the traffic committee of Dublin Corporation.

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: He is obviously planning a new future for himself. What exactly is he saying Dublin Corporation should be doing? Do I decode what he stated as a suggestion that Dublin Corporation should introduce a congestion charge, for example? Is that the import of what he stated? Second, the traffic problem in Dublin is not confined to one local authority area. At the time the M50 ground to a halt...

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: That is right. We just need more buses on them.

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: When will we have them? The Taoiseach has been in every position, from mayor of Dublin to Taoiseach. Why do we not have them?

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: No, we were not.

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: What about congestion charges?

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: What does the Taoiseach mean by that? I asked about congestion charges.

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I asked the Taoiseach to clarify whether that was what he meant.

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Such as.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I congratulate Deputy Kenny on succeeding in getting a Green Party Minister into the House.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It is the fastest response by the Government to a call from the Opposition that I have seen in a long time.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am sure, despite all the things that are on the Taoiseach's mind these days, it has not escaped his attention that tomorrow is Valentine's day. I recall that——

Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I recall that last October, when the Labour Party put its Civil Unions Bill before the House, the Government promised it would produce the heads of its own civil unions Bill in February. As it is now February and given the day that is in it tomorrow, perhaps the Taoiseach will indicate when we will see that legislation. The Ceann Comhairle wrote to me this morning, and I thank him for...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: No, but this is the whole point — it is interesting that the Taoiseach describes it as his own case. Yesterday, he told the House that this is all about parliamentary privilege and that a constitutional principle is involved.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: If it is, the Ceann Comhairle pointed out to me that the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts provide that the Dáil must authorise the commission if it wishes to become a notice party in legal proceedings. What I am trying to establish is whether the Government intends to bring such a motion to the House.