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Written Answers — Schools Building Programme: Schools Building Programme (27 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay to the proposed new buildings for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if this school will be on the list of school building projects for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1198/09]

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On 18 December 2008, several hours after the Dáil went into recess for Christmas, Mr. Seán FitzPatrick announced his intention to resign as chairman of Anglo Irish Bank following the disclosure that he had taken out loans of €87 million which, by shifting them periodically to another institution, he was able to conceal from the bank's shareholders over a period of eight years. We have...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: All that reply tells me is that it seems this Government is soft on corporate crime. The matter of the Financial Regulator investigating this matter is a joke in the present circumstances. The Financial Regulator has 380 staff and it was getting quarterly reports apparently about these loans, which included, we were told, information about the loans that Mr. FitzPatrick had taken out, and...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We are told in another newspaper today that information in relation to some of the activities in Anglo Irish Bank were made known to the Department of Finance at as the beginning of last year.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach was the Minister for Finance at that time. What did he know about what was going on in Anglo Irish Bank when he was Minister for Finance? Did he know about these loans Mr. FitzPatrick had taken out? What did the Financial Regulator bring to his attention while he was Minister for Finance about what was happening in Anglo Irish Bank?

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I did not suggest otherwise.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I said I had confidence in the Director of Corporate Enforcement.

Criminal Prosecutions. (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if it is intended that the reduction of 3% in payroll costs will apply to the Offices of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Chief State Solicitor; the number of jobs that are expected to be cut as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32375/08]

Criminal Prosecutions. (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the Director of Public Prosecutions that the imposition of cutbacks on his office may limit its capacity to prosecute cases, particularly in the District Court; the steps he is taking to ensure that the DPP has sufficient staff and resources to discharge his duties; and if he will make a statement...

Criminal Prosecutions. (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank Deputy Ó Caoláin for his courtesy. I do not wish to get into the area of "who said what" but it is on record that the Director of Public Prosecutions signalled that the 3% cut will create difficulties for him in terms of staffing and that there is a possibility he may have to ask gardaí to take cases that otherwise would be taken by his office. Can the Taoiseach assure the House...

Criminal Prosecutions. (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The difficulty lies in that reply. The problem is that the 3%-3.5% cut across the board is a very crude instrument. Whatever one might think of the measure, if it results — and it has been signalled to us in this instance that it will result — in the DPP having to ask the Garda to pursue cases in the District Court, that is not a good use of public resources. It will mean that gardaí...

Departmental Expenditure. (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the priorities for his Department in regard to its Estimate for 2009. [32380/08]

Departmental Expenditure. (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he expects to publish a Revised Estimate for his Department for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1003/09]

Departmental Expenditure. (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Does the Taoiseach expect to amend the Estimate for his Department shortly? By what amount does he anticipate the Estimate will be amended? With regard to the provision for the payment of staff, which I understand is in the order of €14 million——

Departmental Expenditure. (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There is approximately €14 million allocated for staff costs in the Department's Estimate. How much of that is in respect of the staff of the private and constituency offices of the Taoiseach and the Ministers of State attached to his Department? With regard to the provision in the Estimate for the Moriarty tribunal, we are told the tribunal is to hold a renewed round of public hearings....

Departmental Expenditure. (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Those three replies can be reduced as follows: the Taoiseach does not know the answer to one question, he will not provide the answer to the second question and he has not properly heard the third question. I wish to concentrate on the third question, because I find the matter somewhat strange. I recall the Taoiseach told us on a previous occasion, when I put questions concerning the...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: What we are about to undertake, or what the Taoiseach proposes we undertake, today and tomorrow is one of the greatest abuses of the Dáil we have seen in recent times. However, it is not just an abuse of the Dáil and not just an insult to the Members of the House who have been elected. It is also, I believe, an even bigger insult to the public. For the past six or seven weeks we have been...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ——and nobody prepared to say anything to anybody or utter anything in front of a microphone. Great discussion, great consideration, great deliberation is being done by Government about the financial affairs of the State and now that we come to this point where we will debate it in the Dáil there are no proposals from the Government, no announcement of what decisions have been made, and...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ——and we are going to have a series of statements. The series of statements will be a joke and a waste of energy and time. We are talking in a vacuum. We on this side of the House, who were elected to represent the people, cannot meaningfully——

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ——engage in this kind of discussion in the absence of information that the Government has or in the absence of knowledge of what decisions the Government has made without telling us or is about to make. We will all need to reply to the Taoiseach's opening statement today. No doubt it will be wordy and we will all say what must be said generally about the economy.