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Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I will not repeat what I said previously other than to say that the Government is taking a contemptuous attitude to the House in the way it is ordering business and insisting on guillotines.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There is a report in today's Irish Examiner that over 70,000 people who have lost their jobs are waiting for their welfare payments to be processed. Will the Government ensure that there will be prompt processing of those welfare claims?

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Can I ask about the report by what is known as an bord snip nua? We had been led to understand that the report would be presented to the Government before the end of June. Presumably, the Government would have been in a position to inform the House about the report and possibly publish it before the summer recess. It would appear that the report will not be available to the Government....

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Can I just comment on that?

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I will be very brief. I now understand from the Tánaiste that this will be presented to the Minister for Finance next week, and will be considered by the Government thereafter. Will it be considered by the Government before it breaks for its own holidays? Can the Tánaiste indicate to us when that will be? When will that document be laid before the House?

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Highly likely?

Agreements with Members. (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the level of support provided by his Department to Independent Deputies who have committed to support the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26209/09]

Northern Ireland Issues. (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Gordon Brown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25733/09]

Northern Ireland Issues. (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with political parties in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25734/09]

Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: What steps is the Government taking, if any, to bring about a resolution of the dispute? This is a serious dispute because of the number of electricians involved and the number of sites and places of employment directly affected by it. It is also serious because of the potential knock-on effect on the wider economy. As the Taoiseach said, there is a voluntary system of industrial...

Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I accept that the Government and the Minister should not intervene in every industrial relations dispute that arises. It is a question of judgment when the intervention should take place. Where there is a dispute and an employer is involved, the approach outlined by the Taoiseach is appropriate. In this particular case, because of the extent of the dispute, the degree to which it involves...

Order of Business (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We have had a number of weeks during which the Government has used a guillotine to pass legislation. As Deputy Kenny stated, there are nine guillotines on the schedule this week with which we were presented and in addition I understand another four guillotines are on the way in respect of one piece of legislation due to be taken this week. This would bring us to 13 guillotines this week....

Order of Business (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I appreciate and understand the requirement for discretion in regard to the two GOAL workers who have been abducted. The Labour Party supports the efforts the Government is making to secure their early release. I know Deputy Michael D. Higgins has been in contact with the Minister, Deputy Martin, in connection with this issue. It is obviously a very troubling time for their families and...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons working on temporary contracts, and the number of such contracts that are due to expire by the end of 2009 in respect of her Department and each of the State agencies or boards for which she has responsibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27429/09]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 408: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the delay in the completion of a deed of covenant which would enable work to proceed on the re-development of a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 18, for which funding has been provided and all other preparations have been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27767/09]

Written Answers — Dormant Account Funds: Dormant Account Funds (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received an update from the interdepartmental committee on the Dormant Accounts Fund suicide prevention measure; the position regarding this funding measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27274/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the delay in the completion of a deed of covenant which would enable work to proceed on the re-development of a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 18, for which funding has been provided and all other preparations have been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27769/09]

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On this the last day that the Taoiseach will be answering questions here before September, at the earliest, he has told us that the Government has three economic objectives, to improve competitiveness, to sort out the banks and to restore order to the public finances. Before we rise on Friday and the Dáil breaks for the summer I want to know what that means. The public is entitled to know...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We had a somewhat similar exchange at exactly this time last year when I, on behalf of the Labour Party, asked the Taoiseach not to put the Dáil into recess because of the deteriorating economic situation. I proposed a motion at the time in which I said that the live register figures had gone through the 200,000 barrier and that the economic situation was deteriorating. At the time the...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach is still behaving like this despite the economic difficulties which people have, with the number of unemployed twice what it was last year. There was a report yesterday from the city and county development boards showing that half the businesses with which they have been in contact are finding it more difficult now to get credit from financial institutions than they did six...