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- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I cannot rubbish something I have not seen.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: No, I have rubbished the Government for not producing it.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The Government has not done so.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Where is the evidence?
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party does not support the arrangements for this Bill, for two reasons. First, we are on the eve of a major debate on the economy and the Government has not yet informed the House as to what exactly it proposes. It will be somewhat absurd to have a major economic debate tomorrow without having heard what are the Government's proposals. Presumably by the time the Government...
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: It is another piece of legislation to plug a legislative hole that the Government created. We already had the experience last year whereby the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, appointed members of local authorities to the Private Residential Tenancies Board, for which he had no authority. We now have legislation which proposes that appointments...
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: It makes one wonder how many Green Ministers it takes to change a light bulb.
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: This has brought Government incompetence to a new level. I do not believe the House can be used week in, week out, month in, month out, as a means of correcting the incompetent mistakes of Ministers. The Labour Party does not agree to the arrangements proposed.
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I heard the Taoiseach in response to Deputy Kenny saying he seeks to build consensus. Is it the case that the Government has made no decision as of yet regarding the public finances?
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: It is not a debate. We have a series of statements and a stream of consciousness in which we will all engage for two days and we have no proposals from the Government. There is no document. It would appear from what the Taoiseach said that the Government has not yet made any decisions on these matters. Is that the position in advance of tomorrow's debate? Has the Government made...
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: It is not a hard question.
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: What is the answer?
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: There has not been any decision.
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I have not suggested that at all.
- Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Some people state we have nothing to say.
- Written Answers — Energy Security: Energy Security (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details of the recent meeting in Moscow between an EU delegation and Ukraine and Russia over gas supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter with particular reference to the need for Ireland to wean itself off the kind of energy vulnerability such stand-offs underline. [1945/09]
- Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has held discussions with the incoming Czech Presidency of the European Union with regard to the objectives held for this Presidency, particularly in view of recent statements from the Presidency. [1944/09]
- Written Answers — Fair Trade Scheme: Fair Trade Scheme (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 737: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has received a proposal to initiate a fair trade flag for schools, along the lines of the green flag scheme; the consideration he is giving to the idea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1199/09]
- Written Answers — Air Corps Recruitment: Air Corps Recruitment (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 1021: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the competition in respect of Air Corps cadetships has been cancelled in 2009 for the second successive year in view of the fact that the Air Corps have been giving career talks to leaving certificate students on becoming a cadet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1197/09]
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (27 Jan 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 1049: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the potential implications for planning and for public money of a court decision overturning a planning permission (details supplied); if he has raised the implications of the decision with the Dublin Dockland Development Authority; if his Department has undertaken an...