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Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The canvassers are badly misinformed.

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the claims made at the recent conference of an association (details supplied) that paramilitary prisoners in Portlaoise maximum security prison enjoy a relaxed regime in which they can hold military style parades, have murals on the wall, and order in food from outside; the reason these...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (27 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the report from the Garda Commissioner on inquiries being carried out by an assistant commissioner into serious matters regarding a person (details supplied). [21475/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (27 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if a VAT registered company is eligible for a VAT refund on services or goods purchased, which are entirely covered by their insurer, and for which they will be reimbursed; the party which is liable to pay VAT on services provided when the cost incurred by a VAT registered company is covered by their insurer, the VAT registered purchaser of the...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to the emergency response fund to human disasters and to the humanitarian relief fund. [21829/09]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the aid that has been given in recent times to the Karamojo area of northern Uganda. [21831/09]

Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Arising from that, will the Taoiseach clarify whether it is the Government's intention to have the legislation dealing with a second referendum on the Lisbon treaty taken in July, assuming that agreement is reached at the European summit later this month?

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I join Deputy Kenny and the Taoiseach in welcoming Deputies George Lee and Maureen O'Sullivan to the House and wish them well for their time here. Last Friday something happened that I never thought I would see in this country. The number of people out of work exceeded 400,000 for the first time ever. Those people have paid for the Government's mistakes with their jobs. The people who...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: With the greatest respect, the Taoiseach is wrong. There is no comparison between what happened last Friday and what he claimed happened in 1985 and 1991. First, the scale of the rejection of the Government last Friday-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----far outweighed the scale of any mid-term downturn in the fortunes of a Government in 1985 and 1991.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Second, those elections were primarily about local issues. I accept the popularity of the Government was a factor in them. The Taoiseach may not be aware, because he was not in touch with people during the course of the recent election campaign, that the elections on Friday were not about local or European issues, they were about the state of the economy and the Government's mismanagement...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach asserted that what the people want him to do is to carry on, but that is the last thing they want. The people want rid of him and his Government. That is the message from last Friday. The decision the Taoiseach will have to make, and make shortly, is whether he is going to defy the will of the Irish people and continue in Government-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----not in the interests of recovery of the country, but in the hope that during the course of time, his party and colleagues in Government will recover their political fortunes-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ------through getting under the hatches and carrying on in the hope that people will forget about their mismanagement of the economy.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: One of the greatest privileges and honours in any democracy is the privilege of being elected to one's national Parliament. It is an honour every Member of the House has had, sometimes on successive occasions. It is an honour and a privilege shared today by Deputies Lee and O'Sullivan who have joined the House. Each of us as a Member of Dáil Éireann is elected to represent our...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that all ramps and dished footpaths constructed by the Railway Procurement Agency along both Luas lines have been constructed following best practice guidelines; if these ramps and dishings conform to guidelines published by the Dublin Transportation Office, the National Disability Authority and the United Nations; and if he...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has not been relocated to alternative premises as was intended nearly ten months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22111/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 647: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provisions being made to ensure that a unit in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be operational by September 2009 and that sufficient funding is being made available to fund the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22337/09]

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Last Friday week, 29 May, the Friday of the bank holiday weekend and the day after the House adjourned for the break for the elections, and at a time when the country was preoccupied with another matter much in the public domain, the Government decided to put €4 billion into Anglo Irish Bank. The day after, we heard that Anglo Irish Bank was looking for another €3.5 billion on top of...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This reply does not answer any of the questions I asked. I suggest the Taoiseach try again with regard to the staff. How many senior staff have loans from this bank? How much are these loans and for what purpose were they to be used? The House is entitled to know this information. If senior managers, who presumably were the people making decisions on a day to day basis about loans and the...