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Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Am I arguing with the Taoiseach?

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am not talking about that. The Taoiseach is rushing the fences. He should wait until we have something to argue about. I am agreeing with him. We are on the same side on this.

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The buffer zone is referred to in the programme for Government. I did not make that up as the programme for Government states there will be a buffer zone for local government officials and civil servants before they can take up appointments in the private sector that are related to the jobs they did in government.

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It could well be.

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: With Checkpoint Charlie, it depends on the direction one is going.

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I would not venture too far into the Taoiseach's past either.

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: If the Taoiseach wishes to talk about the past I will do so. There is much colour in all directions. We will have fun on that. The buffer zone——

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——is referred to in the programme for Government and the Taoiseach was involved directly in its negotiation so I presume he knows what it means. In respect of people who move out of local government service or the Civil Service, particularly at senior level where this applies, how long will the buffer zone be? Is it intended that there will be one general zone or will there be different...

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: A few months.

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Two matters arise from the Taoiseach's replies to these questions. On the buffer zone I was surprised to hear the Taoiseach say he was thinking in terms of a few months.

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: As Deputy Varadkar said, it can arise that a county manager, director of planning or senior public servant is involved in a particular public project, retires and then starts to work for a tenderer for that project. I understood that the idea of the buffer zone was to have a period of time to allow the kind of turnover that would take place in that kind of case. I was surprised to hear that...

Commemorative Events. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the commemorative events planned for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11366/08]

Commemorative Events. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he has plans to mark the 90th anniversary of the first meeting of Dáil Éireann which will fall in January 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16014/08]

Commemorative Events. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: My supplementary relates to the meeting of the First Dáil. The 90th anniversary of that event will take place next January. To a large extent that event has been overshadowed. Given its significance — it was the first convening of democratically elected representatives of the people to establish the State — will special attention be given to the commemoration of the 90th anniversary...

Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: This morning we really have the tale of two turkeys. No sooner has one turkey bitten the dust in Belgrade than another rises to try to drag the President into the referendum campaign. Having noted the comments the Taoiseach made last week about discipline on the Government side——

Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——will he say whether there is anything he can do with the former Independent Deputy, who now supports the Government——

Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——to exercise some——

Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I asked last week for a debate on the report of the Morris tribunal. The Tánaiste replied at the time that there were other reports pending and the Taoiseach indicated it would be published in mid-June. Can I have an assurance that the debate on the Morris tribunal will take place in this session of the Dáil, and not be postponed until after the summer recess?

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise three matters. The first is an issue that I raised yesterday during Leaders Questions, which relates to prices and the extent to which consumers are being ripped off. I understand that following my raising the matter with the Taoiseach yesterday he asked the Tánaiste to get a handle on the problem. I was a little surprised that after 11 years in Government neither the...

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am coming to it. The translation facilities were a little inadequate yesterday. Does the Tánaiste have a handle on it yet? When can we expect her to make a statement to the House on the prices issue?