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Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: On a point of order——

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am raising a point——

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am raising a point of order.

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am raising a point of order.

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: We will have to get to know each other a bit better, a Cheann Comhairle. The Ceann Comhairle said that personal statements made by Ministers are at their initiative. I am saying this Minister did something that was illegal last June.

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: If that is not——

Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: There is no innuendo.

Written Answers — Election Monitoring: Election Monitoring (9 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has been monitoring the preparations for the elections planned in Bangladesh for December 2008 at which it is planned to reintroduce a multi-party democracy; and if the EU has offered to supply election monitors or other assistance which may be of use in this context. [34194/08]

Leader's Questions (14 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: What all this amounts to is that the Taoiseach wants to take credit for the good times and no responsibility for the recession. The Taoiseach's and the Government's problem over the past several years is not, as they claim, that they did not see the recession coming, but they would not listen. As recently as July 2007, the Taoiseach's predecessor told a conference in Bundoran that he did...

Leader's Questions (14 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: We can all engage in that. It would be more becoming of the Taoiseach to take responsibility and offer a little bit of contrition to the people who will have to take the pain this evening.

Leader's Questions (14 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It is the Government's job to manage what is happening in the economy. We now have a very hard landing. It has not come entirely as a surprise because everybody has known that there was going to be a landing of some kind at some stage. For a number of years economists and commentators have been speculating on the prospect of whether we were going to have a soft landing. It was his...

Leader's Questions (14 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It was a party for a privileged circle many of whom were close to the Taoiseach's party, and at the end of the day it is the general public and taxpayer who will have to pay for it. The Taoiseach is not taking responsibility for what has happened. He is not taking responsibility for the consequences and for the people who must bear the pain and whose pockets will be rifled now to pay for...

Order of Business (14 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: On the bank bailout scheme, I understand from the Taoiseach the scheme was approved by the Cabinet this morning. First, can he tell us when the scheme will be circulated to the Opposition parties? It is two weeks since the legislation was introduced and we would like to know that. This is not something we can simply walk into on Friday without having had ample opportunity to consider it....

Order of Business (14 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach made several very interesting statements when replying earlier. He may have clarified it in his last reply, but I wish to be absolutely sure of it. Do I understand correctly that the Minister for Finance will respond to questions from Members of the House during the course of the debate on Friday? That is my first question. Second, this is a legislative Assembly in which...

Order of Business (14 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a matter for this legislative Assembly. I do not understand the constitutional basis for the Taoiseach's comment that as the Government has, in effect, concluded an agreement with the EU Commission on the guarantee scheme, it is not open to this sovereign Parliament to amend the scheme when it comes before this House on Friday. I would like the Taoiseach to respond to that point.

Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Once every five years.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Income Tax (14 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I think I understand why the Government has done this. The Government has capsized the economy and found itself in a position where it must increase tax. Having sold itself to the Irish people as a tax-cutting party and a tax-cutting Government, however, it cannot use the "T" word. Therefore, it is bringing in a new tax and calling it a levy. This is a new tax. It is a dishonest and a...

Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Which of the treacherous 30 cuts and charges that were introduced in yesterday's budget is the Taoiseach most embarrassed by? Is it the 1% tax on the widow who takes a part-time cleaning job to supplement her pension? Is it the taking away of the medical card from old age pensioners? Is it the €100 charge that the parent of a sick child will now have to pay to attend accident and...

Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Specifically, in respect of the withdrawal of the medical card from pensioners, I received a call this morning from a pensioner who was on VHI but qualified for the medical card when he turned 70 and stopped paying VHI. Can that pensioner get back into VHI now and, if so, what will it cost? What type of cover will the VHI provide to such a pensioner if he does manage to get back into it?

Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I asked the Taoiseach two questions, neither of which he has answered. The first was whether there was anything at all in the budget yesterday that caused him any embarrassment.