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Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I cannot imagine a Minister for Finance in any other country who, having received such a damning report on the economic and financial performance of a Government of which he has been part for the past 12 years, would say he welcomed it-----

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----that it had nothing to do with him, that he really was not part of of the Government at all, that he was some kind of distant supporter of the Government.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This report on the economy is very serious. It is quite at variance with the Government's take on the economy. Only a month ago, admittedly before the elections, the Taoiseach told a meeting in Slane in County Meath that the economy would return to rapid growth as early as 2010.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Does the Government still believe the economy will return to rapid growth in 2010?

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: These are issues-----

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is my point. I appreciate that I will not have the opportunity of ventilating these matters to the extent to which they should be ventilated in this session today. That is why I am looking for a debate, why I ask the Government what type of arrangements it will allow for us to debate and discuss these issues. The take adopted by the IMF and the OECD on the state of our economy is...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There are three matters I wish to raise. In response to my earlier question on the need for a debate in the House on the IMF and OECD reports, the Minister said he would leave it to the Whips to arrange. Can I take it from this reply that the Government is, therefore, agreeing there will be a debate on those reports in the House prior to the summer recess and that it is now left to the...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: To clarity the first matter, the Government organises the schedule of the House and orders the business that is to be taken therein. The Whips will make arrangements on the timing of a debate but they must do so within the context of the business ordered by the Government. Will the Minister state whether the Government is ordering a debate on the IMF and OECD reports? There is no point in...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We have had two very serious reports on the economy.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: People are hurting.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not want us to play word games with this.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: These are two very serious reports. The economy is in a serious state. A total of 400,000 people are out of work. There are huge problems about which we all know. There are two sitting weeks left for the Dáil before it rises. The Taoiseach confirmed to me yesterday that it will rise on 10 July. We must debate the two reports that have been published as part of a serious debate on the...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I need a commitment from the Minister for Finance.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He welcomed the report this morning and said he had nothing to do with the Government.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister has just told us that he is not in a position to make a commitment as to whether we will have a debate. May I respectfully suggest to him that he is in a position to do that.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He is the Minister leading for the Government on the Order of Business this morning.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government orders the business of the House. That is why we have a session called the Order of Business to discuss what business the House will do.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: No. We want a commitment.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We want a commitment.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: If the House was going to be meeting for the next month or six weeks we could accept that but there are only two weeks left. The Government proposes to cram a lot of business into those two weeks. I want a commitment from the Minister that there will be a debate and the Government will provide time for that.