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Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Cá bhfuil na leasuithe a bhí sé le moladh, i dtaobh caiteachais le linn na toghcháin áitiúla, ar an mBille Toghcháin (Leasú) 2008? Níl na leasuithe foilsithe aige. Has he gone completely AWOL or has he given up?

Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Does he accept there is a single-party Government?

Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: He promised amendments on the spending limits for the local elections.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Report Stage of that Bill is about to be taken but there is no sign of the amendments. Another issue in which the Minister had an interest and which I would like the Taoiseach to address is the civil unions Bill, which we were to have some time ago. When will that be published? When are we likely to see the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government making a——

Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——a guest appearance in the House?

Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am glad the Taoiseach can give the attendance record.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the problem. He was to have amendments for it but he does not have them.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Committee Stage is over.

European Council Meeting: Statements (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to share time with Deputy Costello.

European Council Meeting: Statements (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Last week's summit was critically important for Ireland and Europe because it considered a €200 billion recovery plan for the European economy and the urgent issue of climate change. These should have been the priorities for the European summit and today's discussion. Instead, as a consequence of last June's referendum, the first priority at the summit and for this House is the Lisbon...

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Walk the walk.

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: What is the Minister going to do?

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank Deputy Ciarán Lynch for proposing this motion, Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh for seconding it and the Sinn Féin Deputies for co-signing the motion with the Labour Party. I thank all the Deputies who have contributed to the debate this evening and yesterday. A couple of nights ago I watched on my television the appalling sight of children in Zimbabwe suffering and dying from cholera....

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It is the kind of thing one sees happening to emperors at the end of an empire. The Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, stated the motion before the House is ill-judged and accused the Labour Party, and myself in particular, of being hysterical, scaremongering and causing panic and unease. The point of the motion is to address the panic, unease, fear and in some cases hysteria among people...

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government indicated it would keep the mortgage market under review, having regard to the information available from the Financial Regulator and banking sector. Is this the same Financial Regulator and banking sector that provided the Government with information on the state of the banks over the past year? This is hardly comfort to people worried about losing their jobs. We can...

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——and more on the list because the figures have been doctored. Sticking with the official figure, even the 60,000 on the council waiting list is the highest number of people applying for council housing since 1964. That was a time which caused people to rise in Dublin and march on the streets and led to the establishment of the housing action committee. We have proposed a very simple...

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: He thinks this is some kind of assistance for developers. He has a blinkered view of it. This is not difficult. There are empty houses.

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: They are all over the country and cannot be sold.

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am delighted to see the Minister here this evening because we do not often see him.

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a real pleasure.