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- Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister is in a position to do that because he is leading for the Government this morning and will be leading that debate.
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Finance seems to think that no matter what he says, provided he says it sweetly enough everybody will accept it.
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Foreign Affairs should do a bit of work.
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I am sure the Deputy will be happy to give way to me.
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The simple solution to the difficulty we have is for the Minister for Finance to promise a debate on the IMF and OECD reports. While I would be happy to have the arrangements for such a debate agreed among the Whips, we must have a definitive answer from the Minister indicating a debate will take place and the Government will provide time for it. If we receive such a commitment, we can...
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Lest I appear ungracious, I thank the Minister for agreeing to a debate.
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to improve pension security for members of defined benefit schemes in the private sector. [23294/09]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide the latest information on the number of pension schemes that currently fail the funding standard and the extent to which they fail. [23295/09]
- Job Creation (30 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a response to a letter he sent to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on 20 May 2009 in which he proposed the use of social welfare funds to pay for a new jobs initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21498/09]
- Job Creation (30 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I have looked at the document the Government has placed in the Oireachtas Library that sets out the proposals it has made to the social partners and I would like to ask some questions about the proposed temporary employment subsidy scheme. Has agreement been reached with the social partners on the establishment of the scheme? Is the â¬250 million for the full duration of the scheme, which...
- Job Creation (30 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: As the Taoiseach is aware, the Labour Party has been arguing for some time for labour market measures, particularly ones utilising money that would otherwise be spent on social welfare payments, in an effort to protect and save jobs. We consider this initiative to be a first step in this direction. Whether it is sufficient is another question, but I welcome it as far as it goes. My...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Today is the last day in existence of the Combat Poverty Agency. Whatever reason the Government had to abolish this agency, it is not because it has put an end to poverty. Last Wednesday I raised with the Taoiseach the problems faced by poor people in my constituency â people who have recently been hit by poverty â in accessing the emergency social welfare service operated by the...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I am glad to hear that the local problem is being resolved, but it should not have required me to raise it here twice before that happened. This type of emergency service should not break down anywhere and I hope we do not see a repetition of the problem elsewhere. My second question was to ask the Taoiseach whether he would give an assurance to pensioners and others that there will not be a...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: This is not an industrial relations issue.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: That is a different matter.
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: This is the first of eight guillotines the Government intends to use on business this week, which is not the way to conduct business or have legislation passed. Over the years, we have had many examples of Bills that were rushed in the final couple of weeks of the parliamentary session ending up being bad legislation. Time and again, problems have arisen in the courts as a result of...
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I support Deputy Kenny's pursuit of the issues raised in the joint Fine Gael-Labour motion. This matter will have to be inquired into. It would be better if the Government agreed to the proposal we have made, which is modest and should not divide the House. I ask the Taoiseach to reconsider the Government's position, which would appear to be to amend the proposal before the House.
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I have two matters concerning reports, the first of which is the report of what is called an bord snip nua. When will that report be received by the Government and when will it be published? Will the House have an opportunity to consider it before we break for the summer? I have asked before about the report of the Dublin archdiocese commission of investigation into clerical sex abuse....
- Written Answers — Farm Advisory Services: Farm Advisory Services (30 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is assisting farming groups with regard to the establishment of advice clinics for farming families currently under financial pressure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26051/09]
- Written Answers — Sheep Identification Scheme: Sheep Identification Scheme (30 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the estimated cost of the electronic tagging system proposed for Irish ewes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26052/09]