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Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: There is a very simple problem here. Some 40,000 children go to school in pre-fab buildings, which is not acceptable to anybody. We all understand that a temporary situation can arise in any school which can be met by having a pre-fab for a year or two while an extension is being built or whatever. However, the problem is that many of these pre-fabs are in effect the permanent schools. We...

Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise three matters with the Taoiseach. First, the Government, in response to the Labour Party's Private Members' motion, which will be considered later, has offered to extend the Dáil sitting by a week, from 7 July to 11 July. Will there be Leaders' Questions and written and oral parliamentary questions during that week, as is normal practice? Yesterday, the Minister for the...

Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Cullen was in great humour in the Chamber last night but wherever he went afterwards, he is in foul humour this morning.

Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It also caught my eye that none of the three Green Party Ministers was in the Chamber last night for the division. Given the pressure the Government was under last night, should we read any significance into it?

Lisbon Treaty: Statements. (18 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to share time with Deputy Joan Burton.

Lisbon Treaty: Statements. (18 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Last Thursday a majority of Irish voters chose to reject the Lisbon treaty. That is the decision of the referendum. The Lisbon treaty has been rejected, and that decision must be respected. The Labour Party campaigned vigorously for a "Yes" vote because we believed the treaty was an important step forward in creating a progressive and democratic Europe that would better address the needs of...

Lisbon Treaty: Statements. (18 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I strongly supported the treaty and with my colleagues in the Labour Party, I stand over every statement we made about it. I believed there were substantial benefits for Ireland, and for Labour's vision of a social Europe, to be had from a "Yes" vote. We placed particular emphasis on the inclusion of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the European treaties and if I might make one comment...

Dáil Sittings: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank all Members who contributed to the debate tonight and last night. The motion proposed by the Labour Party is that this year, given the enormous problems into which the country is now facing, Dáil Éireann should not go into recess for three months but should continue to sit up to the end of July and resume again in early September. In response to the motion, the Government...

Dáil Sittings: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I compared this with the Green Party's manifesto which stated it would seek to double the number of Dáil sitting days. This would amount to approximately 180 sitting days per annum. By my calculations, at the rate of three days extra per year, the Green Party commitment would be met in or around 2038, by which time we should be carbon neutral.

Dáil Sittings: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party has long argued that the summer recess is far too long. Against the background of the current situation in which the country finds itself, namely, the economic challenges we face, the fact that unemployment has now reached more than 200,000, an 8% increase in food prices in the past year, record high prices for petrol and diesel and associated problems of fuel poverty, the...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (18 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent announcement of a large number of new houses and extensions to existing settlements near Jerusalem and its implications for the possibility of peace initiatives. [23520/08]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (18 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the timescale he envisages for the implementation of the proposals of the recent international conference on cluster munitions held in Dublin. [23521/08]

Written Answers — Food Prices: Food Prices (19 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the results of a number of surveys showing that reductions in the cost of goods imported from outside the euro area, which should have followed on from the increase in the value of the euro, particularly against sterling and the dollar, are not being passed on to consumers;...

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (19 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative or other measures she will take to uphold the right to collective bargaining and particularly the right of a trade union to represent its members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23922/08]

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach when he expects to receive the report from the OECD on reform of the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14621/08]

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach said he has established a task force to advance the recommendations. I understand that this task force is due to report by the end of the summer. Can the Taoiseach confirm if that is still the target date for the task force to report? Can he give some indications as to when we will have a report from the task force? He mentioned that there would be a process of consultation...

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I never said decentralisation was a bad idea. Decentralisation cannot be judged solely on whether there are staff who are willing to decentralise to certain offices and whether they are happy when they do so. I have no doubt they are. No doubt, there are staff who want to relocate to other locations and there are staff who are very happy when they do so. That is not the issue. The issue...

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: That is happening.

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: There was no smart comment.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach talks about managing the economy, yet he has been managing the economy as Minister for Finance since 2004. He has just led the country into a recession. What we need to establish now is what he proposes to do to lead us back out of that recession. There is no point saying it is due to global circumstances. Of all the OECD countries, none of the rest is in a recession, as...