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Departmental Procurement Policies. (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Has it achieved a 50% reduction?

Departmental Procurement Policies. (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Are we almost out of time?

Departmental Procurement Policies. (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Arising from the 3 February announcement on the reductions in the range of professional fees in Departments, has a change been made in the Government procurement requirements?

Olympic Games. (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister is well grounded.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Do I understand correctly from what the Taoiseach stated that the revenues for this year will be €34 billion or €35 billion, as opposed to the €37 billion, of which he previously spoke? He says the Government has taken decisions and that all of this will be addressed by the end of the month. By what means does the Government intend to address the issue by the end of the month? Is it...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Do I understand from the Taoiseach's reply that the Government and the Minister for Education and Science will not change position? I have read what the Minister has written about it, his response and his view that there is an educational case for moving the children concerned into mainstream classes. With the greatest of respect, their parents disagree. The children are in special needs...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: They will have to move schools.

Order of Business (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I want to raise two matters. Arising from the publication, about 20 minutes ago, of the Exchequer returns for the end of February, which show a drop in tax revenue of about €1.8 billion and an increase in the Exchequer deficit from approximately €124 million this time last year to more than €2 billion now, and arising from the Taoiseach's earlier statement that it is the Government's...

Order of Business (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: First, arising from Dáil business, and I am sticking strictly with Dáil business, the Taoiseach, in response to my first question, said that decisions would be made this month which, as I understood from what he said, would be a combination of revenue raising and expenditure cuts. In respect of Dáil business and specifically in regard to revenue raising, is it therefore intended that a...

Order of Business (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I appreciate that but the Taoiseach has said that this would be done by way of a finance (No. 2) Bill in the normal way. This is not normal. Will a new budget be introduced to the House and if there is to be a finance (No. 2) Bill, when will that be presented?

Written Answers — Sports Participation: Sports Participation (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the latest ESRI-Irish Sports Council's report, Irish Sports Monitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8517/09]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress on the drafting of the new Bill for the heritage fund; when he expects this legislation to be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8530/09]

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach should not seek to minimise the impact of the job loss situation by relying on percentages. It is no comfort to people in Bausch & Lomb to feel that when they lose their jobs they represent a lower percentage of unemployment now than they would have in the 1980s. We have never had in excess of 350,000 unemployed. It is the highest number of people out of work in the State...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That answers half of the question I asked. Some 450,000-plus unemployed is a really shocking prospect. What we have to do is not just address the problems in the public finances but address very urgently what can be done to get people back to work and, second, what can be done to provide education, training and meaningful occupation for people who are coming out of work. The prospect that...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It would be helpful if we knew how many weeks the Taoiseach had in mind. We should be told when the supplementary budget will be introduced. The Taoiseach should stop dancing around this. One of the issues about which I am concerned is the extent to which the Taoiseach and the Government are on top of this. On the public finances, the Government has now had five different attempts at it....

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That leaves us all with a sense that the Taoiseach is not on top of this. The extent to which information is being presented to us on a piecemeal basis is contributing to that degree of uncertainty. We have finally managed to extract from the Taoiseach the admission the Government will be introducing a supplementary budget. He has now told the House that in effect unemployment will be over...

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place within his Department for providing assistance to certain independent Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3150/09]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the costs accruing to date to his Department arising from the work of the Moriarty tribunal; if an estimate is available of the expected final costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3151/09]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the costs accruing to his Department arising from the Moriarty tribunal at latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7462/09]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the action he will take arising from the Comptroller and Auditor General's Special Report No. 63 on tribunal costs in relation to those tribunals for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7463/09]