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Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise with the Taoiseach a particular set of decisions made in the budget relating to increases in a number of health charges. The charge for attending an accident and emergency department in a hospital was raised in the budget to €100, bringing it now to almost seven times what it cost in 1997, approximately €15. The charge for an overnight stay in a hospital has been raised...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: That answer shows how out of touch the Taoiseach is with the reality of people's lives and the difficulties they have in making ends meet. I do not know if the Taoiseach is aware but where one turns up with a child at a hospital without money to pay the charge, the hospital refers the debt to debt collectors.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Solicitors send letters to the people concerned. Does the Taoiseach believe it is fair or reasonable that a family on that level of income, of €500 or less a week, should pay the charge? They have a sick child, cannot get a doctor and even if they could, the call out charge for a doctor would be of that order anyway. The Taoiseach is right. They decide, as most parents would, faced...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I referred to people on small wages.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: What if they do not have €100?

Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: On the legislation to take medical cards from those aged over 70 years, will the Taoiseach be more specific about when it will be published and if it has been approved by Government? Will we have the normal arrangement, whereby there will be a two-week period between the taking of Second Stage and Committee Stage of the Bill? In July 2007, ethics legislation passed all Stages in the Seanad....

Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: When in the session will the Bill be taken?

Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Is the HSE out of order in sending means-testing forms to pensioners before the legislation has been introduced?

Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Under what legislation is the HSE acting in sending out such forms?

Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach wants to answer.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: When will the Bill come before the House?

Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government will introduce the Bill at the last minute, which it will rush and then guillotine. Is that what is hatching?

Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: We know what the Government is up to.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: That way we can all retire.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way the proposed tax on second homes will operate; if the money will be retained by the local authority in which the second home is situated. [38423/08]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest position in regard to sewerage schemes (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38424/08]

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: First, I wish to join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in congratulating Senator Obama on his election as President of the United States and to welcome the promise of a more multilateral approach towards foreign policy by the United States. It is interesting, as one looks across the Atlantic at the celebrations that have been taking place in cities and streets across the United States, what a...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Moreover, George Bush was only there for eight years.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: In just over ten minutes time, the Central Statistics Office will publish the latest unemployment figures. Last month, these figures showed that more than 240,000 people were on the live register, which constituted an increase of 80,000 over the figure for the same month the previous year. The latest available figures from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment state there were...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The figure of 252,000 unemployed is shocking. That is almost 100,000 more people out of work than this time last year. It is a shocking level of job losses. Two thousand jobs per week have been lost in the course of the past year. The Taoiseach's business as usual response, that FÁS courses will be provided and that he is continuing with the economic policies of the Government is the...