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Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is and I will explain why it has to do with the business of the House.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I expect the circular and its implications will give rise to parliamentary questions. The problem is that the circular expressly states that individual Departments no longer have discretion in this matter and that any exemption from the embargo must have the approval of the Minister for Finance. In asking this question, I seek guidance from the Ceann Comhairle. If we table questions to a...

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We said they should be taxed, not tagged.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Ceann Comhairle heard the Taoiseach's reply to my earlier question in connection with the recruitment embargo. He stated that all exceptions to the recruitment embargo would require the approval of the Minister for Finance. Do I take it, therefore, that as these issues arise, for example, there are nurses on short-term contracts which must be renewed, and where parliamentary questions...

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am sorry to labour the point, but I have seen the circular sent by the Department of Finance to every Department. It is manifestly clear from the circular that the line Departments have no discretion whatever on this matter.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Practical issues are coming up all the time. Some of these short-term contracts are expiring. Our attention has already been drawn to instances where services are being affected as a consequence of the contract not being renewed, whether for a nurse or a care worker. The issue of whether it will be renewed arises. The Taoiseach told us, the circular from the Department of Finance...

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Let us suppose I wish to table a question — the Taoiseach should bear with me as we still have some parliamentary rights — to a Minister asking if he or she will grant an exemption for, let us say, a contract nurse or a contract care worker or whatever in a given hospital or a given part of the service. There is no point in my addressing that question to the Minister for Health and...

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ——something to say on it. There is no point asking a Minister if that Minister cannot decide. Should all such questions now go to the Minister for Finance?

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach replied that only the Minister for Finance can decide this matter. If I ask the Minister whether he will, for example, approve the renewal of certain contracts in the health service, will the Ceann Comhairle allow the question?

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The line Minister has no responsibility.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It sounds like a lot of paperwork.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: At a lot of extra cost.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contacts she has with industrial development agencies with a view to securing alternative employment for the 300 workers who are due to lose their jobs at a company (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13346/09]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (1 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to warnings (details supplied) that some 55,000 construction jobs could be lost by the end of 2010; her views on the accuracy of the forecast; the steps she will take to prevent such job losses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13347/09]

Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise two matters. First, members of the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland are protesting outside the House this morning in connection with the failure of the Government to honour a commitment given that a unit would be provided for sufferers of cystic fibrosis at St. Vincent's Hospital. The promise was that the unit would be provided in 2010, but the Government has reneged...

Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I was talking about the legislation for the protection of children.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I want to know when we can expect the legislation that is to take place instead of the referendum, as recommended by the committee.

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (2 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by the Dublin Airport Authority on proposals to postpone the development of a second runway at Dublin Airport and to apply for permission for a longer second runway; his views on these proposals; his further views on proposals for the development of new airport facilities including in the midlands and west Dublin; and if...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (2 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will liaise with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the National Consumer Agency to review and address the escalating number of extra charges that are being imposed upon airline passengers when they buy an air ticket and for travelling by air; if he will introduce legislation if necessary to strengthen the consumer...

Leaders' Questions (7 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is fair to say that this afternoon the mind of the country is on the announcement from the Minister for Finance, Deputy Lenihan, of the second budget for 2009. This will be announced in an hour's time and no doubt it will have implications for the pay packets of people all over the country with regard to taxes and levies, and so on. That is probably what most people will be discussing...