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Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I was interested to hear the Taoiseach say that unemployment was rising but rising more slowly. That is the equivalent of saying we are sinking but sinking more slowly. We are sinking nevertheless. A total of 413,000 people out of work is a record, and the number has risen by about 200,000 since this time last year. We hear a lot of talk these days about cuts in public spending and...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----so I presume he has some idea of when unemployment is likely to peak and at what level. Can he tell us this? What is his answer to the comments made by the head of the Construction Industry Federation this morning that an additional 100,000 building workers were expected to lose their jobs as a result of the decline in the capital programme?

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The problem is that the Government is not giving sufficient priority to employment and to dealing with the problem of unemployment. What the Taoiseach seems to be saying is that if we sort out the banks and the public finances, a recovery in employment will happen as a consequence. There are a couple of things wrong with that argument. First, we are pumping large amounts of borrowed money...

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the promised timetable for the review of the programme for Government; the format the review will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25665/09]

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to go back to the earlier part of the Taoiseach's reply with regard to the programme for Government. Did I hear him correctly as saying that the Government will publish a revised programme for Government before we come back in the autumn? Perhaps he will clarify that for us. Who will be a party to the revision of the programme? Will there be a bilateral discussion between Fianna...

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Will this be a total revision of the programme for Government? I noticed that the Taoiseach was talking about revising the economic assumptions which underlay the programme, including the assumption of 4.5% growth which was the basis of the programme. Therefore will there be a total revision or does it only concern those aspects of the programme that arise from the changed economic...

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach said that a revised programme for Government would be in place before we return in the autumn.

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Will it be published? When we previously had questions on the programme for Government in the House we pointed out that the economic circumstances had changed and the assumptions which underlaid the programme for Government had also changed. The existing programme for Government is a work of fiction in these circumstances. When was the decision taken to review the programme?

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That would mean a revised programme for Government.

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Following on from the issue Deputy Kenny raised, when Deputy Kenny and I asked the Taoiseach earlier this morning about the live register figures, the answer he gave us was for the seasonally adjusted figure.

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The answers he gave on all previous occasions he was asked this question were for the actual live register figure. The Taoiseach should take the opportunity to correct the record. The difference is that for the seasonally adjusted figure the month-on-month increase in the number unemployed is 11,400. However, for the actual live register figure the month-on-month increase is 21,721. On the...

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He did not use this ploy before. This is the first time he has used it.

Order of Business (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach's reply to Deputies Kenny and Burton is unsatisfactory. It is now three months since the Government announced its intention to establish NAMA. We were informed through the budget statement at the time that legislation would be introduced as a matter of urgency. We are still no clearer in regard to when this legislation will appear. The Taoiseach's answer today is vague in...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the contract for the cancer control programme's cervical screening testing, currently held by a company (details supplied) will be re-advertised; the criteria which will be used; if it is intended to award the contract to a single operator; if there is an indication that Irish laboratories will be eligible to tender; and if she...

Written Answers — Health Service Funding: Health Service Funding (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the measures in place to ensure that funding for new developments in the health services are spent on the purposes for which they have been approved; the areas in which such funding has been released; the areas in which it is withheld; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26315/09]

Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, arising from his public statement of 26 May 2009, he has received a response to his call to the religious congregations to articulate their willingness to make a further substantial voluntary contribution arising from the Ryan report; if a meeting has been arranged with representatives of the congregations; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the matters discussed at his meeting on 4 June 2009 with representatives of the religious orders that ran institutions identified in the Ryan report in which children were abused; if the question of additional payments by the orders was discussed; if he plans further meetings with these orders; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the matters discussed at his meeting on 3 June 2009 with eight groups representing victims of child abuse in institutions run by religious orders; if he plans to meet this group again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22967/09]

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I also object to this proposal. The Order of Business presented by the Tánaiste is ludicrous. Yesterday we had one and three quarter hours allocated for the debate on the Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 to which there were 84 amendments on Report Stage. Three and a half hours were allocated for the debate on the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006, to which...

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I ask the Tánaiste to reverse the order of the Bills in the sensible manner I have suggested. I also draw attention to the arrangements for next week. By my count, there are 12 proposals involving a guillotine. Four of the items of legislation the House is being asked to deal with next week are entirely new and have not appeared before the House thus far. Two of the Bills have yet to be...