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- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: It would not have happened under Deputy Hanafin.
- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: It is like the Ardagh chalice.
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (28 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 3 March 2009, the number of schools and sports clubs which made joint applications under the Sports Capital Programme 2008; the number which were successful; the amount granted to these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16350/09]
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach began both his replies to Deputy Bruton with the words "I do not accept".
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: He did not accept it last week either when the IMF told us that the bank bailout in this State would be more expensive for Irish taxpayers than for those anywhere else. The Taoiseach told us in so many words that the IMF had its figures wrong. The IMF later clarified the position and stood over its figures. Today we have an ESRI report telling us that the economic recession in Ireland is...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: That is a fine bit of theory. Of course getting people back to work depends on economic growth but the Taoiseach's strategy is not designed to grow the economy.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: It will shrink the economy and take more money out of it. The dithering approach of the Government, with one policy this week and another in two weeks' time, is adding to the decline in confidence in the Irish economy, both domestically and internationally. People are losing their jobs, businesses are declining and there is a huge drop in consumer activity. Much of this is due to the lack...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Nothing in the budget will generate employment, support employment activity or encourage employers to take on new employees. There are no measures in place. The State agencies have not been re-geared to deal with the immediate problems facing people who are losing employment or are self-employed and cannot get assistance. In some cases, self-employed people cannot even get income...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach can talk all he likes or as loudly as he likes but that is the reality. The proof is in the declining employment figures we see month after month. There are now almost 400,000 people unemployed and the ESRI report states the unemployment rate will reach 17%, almost one in five people, by the end of next year. That is a disgraceful record. It is not good enough. It is no...
- Departmental Programmes. (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach on which cross-departmental or interdepartmental committees or teams his Department is represented; the role of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16600/09]
- Departmental Staff. (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if guidelines have been issued to those working in the Government information service or the Government press office in regard to the circumstances and manner in which they contact RTE; if they have issues in regard to a particular programme or item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14322/09]
- Departmental Staff. (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to alter the role or remit of the communications unit within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16601/09]
- Departmental Staff. (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: What guidelines are in place and what is the manner in which the Government press secretary and the Government press office deal with complaints, especially to RTE? I note from a reply to a written question from Deputy Varadkar on 1 April that two complaints have been made by the Government press secretary to RTE since May 2008. One was in June of last year and the other in March of this...
- Departmental Staff. (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I can understand what the Taoiseach is saying in terms of formal guidelines but there is a relationship between Government and RTE as the State broadcasting service. The Government appoints its authority and Government is primarily responsible for the introduction of legislation under which it operates. Government is responsible for the issue of the licence fee and the level of it. This is...
- Departmental Staff. (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I do not have the time to watch television.
- Departmental Staff. (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I do not know what goes on at all. I only hear reports. People tell me what was on the "Late Late Show" and I read about it in the papers the next day.
- Departmental Staff. (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Is the communications unit subject to the recruitment embargo? Did members of the communications unit see last Friday night's "Late Late Show" and did they report to the Taoiseach on that?
- Departmental Staff. (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: They are not doing their job.
- Departmental Staff. (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: It is just as well. There must be people who know that. It must be well known.
- Departmental Staff. (29 Apr 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach is a real disappointment. I thought the discipline would be very strong.