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Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: You cut that.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: You cut it in the budget.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: You cut the back to education allowance.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: You ought to be.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: No other country has lost that much employment.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Some 100,000 people are out of work in the past year.

Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his July 2008 visit to the United States. [29514/08]

Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his visit to the United States in July 2008. [30110/08]

Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach said he expects to visit Washington for St Patrick's Day. Has the traditional event in the White House and meeting with President Obama been confirmed? Are we still operating on the basis of hope? I expected the Taoiseach to be moving fast on this.

Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Does the Taoiseach have any plans to meet with President Obama in advance of that or does he plan to talk to him on the telephone in the next few days? There was talk during the election campaign in the United States about possible changes in the tax regime for American companies investing overseas. The Labour Party shares and will support the approach that I understand the Taoiseach...

Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am not straying. The issue relates to relations between Ireland and the United States and is, therefore, relevant.

Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I did not make any such suggestion.

Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: On the Taoiseach's final point, I acknowledge that the Government has sought such assurances in the past and has raised the issue of Guantanamo Bay with the US Administration. In terms of the new administration, is it envisaged to go beyond the type of assurances that have been sought in the past? Specifically, is it intended to establish a regime of inspections which press reports at the...

Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: When President-elect Obama gets off the back of the lorry or whatever is its US equivalent——

Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Nothing, it was great. When President-elect Obama finishes his celebrations, will the Taoiseach take an opportunity to place a telephone call to him? The questions relate to the future and the Taoiseach's visit to New York in July. I was a little puzzled as to the purpose of that visit, which was, I understand, his first visit abroad as Taoiseach. Despite this, he did not travel to the...

Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: In that case, I will summarise rather than quote the Taoiseach directly. On 17 or 18 July, he informed people in the United States that the Irish banks were very well capitalised and would not need Government support. He also indicated that he expected the economy to return to a growth rate of 3% to 4% after 2009.

Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I have the statement here but the Ceann Comhairle will not allow me to quote it. Does the Taoiseach still expect 3% to 4% growth after 2009?

Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: That is a long way from what Deputy Cuffe had to say.

Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: He would be the second Offaly man to tread the world stage.

Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Before agreeing to this proposal, I wish to ask the Taoiseach whether some arrangement will be made today for the Minister for Health and Children to come to the House to offer an explanation on two matters she spoke about yesterday. The first is her decision to cancel the vaccination programme for young girls against cervical cancer. The announcement of the cancellation of the vaccination...