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Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I read in one newspaper this morning that spokespersons for the Government clarified the matter at some stage during the course of yesterday evening indicating that it was the Government's intention to hold the Dublin South by-election on the same day as the local and European Parliament elections, but not to hold the Dublin Central by-election on that date. I ask the Tánaiste for a clear...

Corporate Governance (Codes of Practice) Bill 2009: First Stage (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the drawing up by the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland and the approval by the Minister for Finance of codes of practice in relation to good corporate governance for companies admitted to trading on the official list of the Irish Stock Exchange; to provide for the enforcement of those...

Corporate Governance (Codes of Practice) Bill 2009: First Stage (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: In concluding the debate, I thank all Members who contributed to the debate on this Labour Party motion. I thank especially Deputy Shortall for introducing the motion to the House. In a way the Christmas bonus is a bit of a misnomer. It is not a bonus, it is a payment that pensioners, people on disability payments, and people who are on social welfare payments have now come to expect will...

Written Answers — Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the practical steps that can be taken in the context of Euromed to ensure the safety of trafficked people at sea. [15387/09]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Georgia. [15388/09]

Written Answers — Constitutional Amendments: Constitutional Amendments (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the constitutional referenda the Government plans to hold during the remainder of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15592/09]

Commemorative Events. (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the commemorative events his Department plans to fund during 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10888/09]

Commemorative Events. (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Is the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union among the events which will be supported by his Department this year? A statement in the programme for Government states that the Taoiseach's Department has responsibility for commemorations, especially to organise a programme of commemoration activities to celebrate the key historical events in our...

Commemorative Events. (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Is there any reason the committee which was established to consider the commemoration of 1916 has met on only one occasion since its formation in 2006? Are there any plans for it to meet?

Public Service Reform. (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date by the implementation group on the Task Force on Public Sector Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14323/09]

Public Service Reform. (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach listed some of the many groups that have been established to examine various aspects of public service reform. I confess that I lost track of the various groups as the Taoiseach went through them. I would like to focus on one group, in particular. The programme office that has been established in the Department of the Taoiseach seems to be pretty substantial. I understand...

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I welcome that the industrial action of unofficial stoppage in Dublin Bus has ended. I echo the statement issued yesterday by the Labour Party spokesperson on transport, Deputy Broughan, who promptly called for a return to work and I hope there will not be a repetition of the kind of unofficial action we have seen which has caused so much disruption to commuters and people in Dublin. This...

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He says he has no confidence in the Fianna Fáil Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan.

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He says she is not up to the job. He says, "she is not equipped to deal with the complex issues facing her Department and neither is her Department". When the Tánaiste issued a statement denying he had said he had no confidence in her, in a further statement Deputy McGuinness claimed he said to her face at a meeting on 11 March that he had no confidence in her. He went on to say, "she has...

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I remind the Taoiseach that these criticisms come not from the Opposition but from his own side of the House. As far as I and the Labour Party are concerned the Tánaiste has our support in the work she is doing today. We want her mission abroad to succeed. These are comments that have come from a Minister of State appointed originally by the Taoiseach's predecessor and reappointed by the...

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach gave a very half-hearted reply. If either Deputy Kenny or I made those types of criticisms about the Tánaiste or about any of his other Ministers, he would be fit to be tied to his seat in terms of the response he would give us.

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I can only contrast that with the response he has given today which is muted and half-hearted, particularly by the Taoiseach's own standards.

Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is important that the House and members of the public are kept informed by the Minister for Health and Children of up-to-date information on the spread of the swine flu, as it is known. There is considerable public worry about this issue. People get information about developments on matters of this nature through the media and on international websites, blogs and so on. It is very...

Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It would not have happened under the previous regime.