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Cabinet Committees. (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Does no committee deal with banking?

Cabinet Committees. (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Do I take it from the Taoiseach's reply that the NTMA is exempt from the provisions of the recruitment embargo? What is the anticipated level of staffing required by NAMA? I think, for example, of the work a local authority must do if it wants to buy back a council house. It must send out a valuer and, probably, an architect to check its condition. There is a considerable amount of...

Cabinet Committees. (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes. Absolutely.

Cabinet Committees. (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am a bit surprised by the Taoiseach's reply. I am looking for a ballpark figure from the Taoiseach. Is he seriously telling the House that the Government gave no consideration to the likely level of staff that the agency would need to engage? We have a situation where one cannot renew-----

Cabinet Committees. (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----a temporary contract. Hospitals all over the country have six-month contracts for nursing staff, for example. In areas of the health service, the contracts of caring staff cannot be renewed. Services will need to be curtailed as a result. The Government has decided on an absolute embargo on recruitment, promotion, acting up and the renewal of short-term contracts because of the...

Cabinet Committees. (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: And no idea about the staff numbers that will be required.

Cabinet Committees. (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach is telling me that it is very good.

Cabinet Committees. (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: No. I am following what the Taoiseach has said.

Appointment of Ministers of State (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: First, I join with Deputy Bruton in congratulating Deputies Áine Brady and Calleary on their appointment as Ministers of State. It is a proud day for them and I wholeheartedly congratulate them. I also congratulate all the Ministers of State who survived and commiserate with those who were not reappointed. While it is a disappointing day for them, to some extent that is the way of...

Order of Business (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I submitted a standard question to the Taoiseach for oral reply on the constitutional referenda that the Government plans to hold for the remainder of 2009. It has been answered many times in the past, on 13 occasions since 2005. On this occasion it was transferred by the Taoiseach to the Minister for Health and Children and the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Why is the Taoiseach...

Order of Business (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Chief Whip stated: "I would like to confirm that the Government intends to run the by-election for Dublin South on the same day [as the local and European elections]". There is no ambiguity about that.

Order of Business (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach's reply is much more ambivalent. My question is simple. The period of time within which the writ can be moved for the holding of that by-election on 5 June is very narrow. There is a short timeframe. Will the Government proceed on that basis? Will the by-election for Dublin South be on 5 June? While answering that, the Taoiseach can tell us the Government's intention with...

Order of Business (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He is into it.

Order of Business (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach has been here a good while.

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the information available to the Garda authorities regarding the extent of the threat posed by so-called dissident republican paramilitary groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14250/09]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the stage of the garda investigation into the robbery of €7.6 million from a bank (details supplied) on 27 February 2009 in a so-called tiger robbery; the amount of the money recovered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14248/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 717: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for his delay in proceeding to architectural planning for the proposed refurbishment of a school building and the construction of a new gym at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15724/09]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 734: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements he has made to provide for school accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford which is due to lose its rented accommodation on 20 April 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15874/09]

Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: What is being proposed here is an arrangement for the presentation of Revised Estimates and their consideration by the respective committees of the Houses. In normal circumstances, the House would agree to this but these are not normal circumstances. The changes being made in departmental Estimates are fundamental. There are major changes being made in this regard and we need to debate in...

Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to return to the reply the Tánaiste gave to Deputy Bruton about the legislation for the establishment of "an bord bail out", also known as the NAMA. When Deputy Burton asked about this legislation yesterday the Taoiseach clearly stated - Deputy Burton drew attention to the fact - that the legislation to establish this agency was not on the A list and was down somewhere on the C list....