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Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This is not the Taoiseach's own business or a matter for private discussion by the Government. It is public business.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The state of the economy is public business and the Taoiseach is withholding from the public. It is not about courtesy to the House, although that may come into it as well. That is not what the issue primarily concerns. The Taoiseach is withholding the McCarthy report; there is some nonsense about it not being delivered or that we will get it later in the week and discuss it then.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach knows what is in the McCarthy report.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He has it and is simply delaying the receipt of it so he will not have to publish it or answer for it here in the course of debate. If that is to be the basis of how the Government is to deal with public expenditure and the delivery of public services for the rest of this year into 2010, we must see what is in the report. He should put it on the table before the House breaks for the summer.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There is uncertainty in banking and it is three months since the announcement of the NAMA strategy for dealing with the issue. The Taoiseach is addressing the legislation as if it is some obscure amendment to an old statute where the Parliamentary Counsel or Minister has not got around to preparing the heads of the appropriate Bill. On the day of the supplementary budget the Minister for...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That was right.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It will cost the taxpayer a fortune.

Government and Church Dialogue. (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 7 June 2009 with the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and the Archbishop of Dublin. [24932/09]

Government and Church Dialogue. (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the progress of the structured church State dialogue initiated by his predecessor. [24933/09]

Government and Church Dialogue. (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am surprised by the Government's reluctance to take up Archbishop Martin's invitation to the effect that the State should engage with the Catholic church in respect of the patronage of schools. The Archbishop specifically proposed that a national education forum, at which the patronage of schools could be discussed by all interested parties, should be established. I note what the...

Government and Church Dialogue. (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: To pursue this issue further, both Archbishop Martin and the Taoiseach have acknowledged that 93% of primary schools are under the patronage of the Catholic church. In practice, the manner in which this operates is that in large parts of the country, the only available primary school within walking, cycling or reasonable travel distance in a locality is a school that is under Catholic...

Constitutional Amendments. (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the constitutional referendums he proposes to hold before the end of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25735/09]

Constitutional Amendments. (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Taoiseach for informing the House that the date of the Lisbon referendum will be October 2. It is important that we have clarity on this as soon as possible. In many ways, one referendum this year is as much as can be handled. Do I understand correctly from what the Taoiseach stated that a referendum on children's rights will not take place until 2010 at the earliest? I...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government proposes to guillotine the Defamation Bill after a 60-minute debate. Four guillotines, in effect, are being proposed on the Order of Business today. Arguably, there is no need for a guillotine on the Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009, which could be passed without the use of the guillotine. I do not see the necessity for the guillotine...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I was quite disappointed yesterday evening when the Minister for Education and Science announced that the Government is opposing the Second Stage of the Labour Party Private Members' Bill, the Institutional Child Abuse Bill 2009. I ask if the Government might reconsider its position on the Bill before Private Members' time this evening. It is not a partisan piece of legislation and it...

(8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank my colleague, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, for bringing this Bill before the House and enabling it to debate follow-up legislation to the all-party motion which was agreed several weeks ago. The report of the Ryan commission made shocking reading. The systematic long-term abuse of children in institutions over a long period is a stain on the history and reputation of our country. No amount...

Written Answers — Economic Outlook: Economic Outlook (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance his most up to date forecast budget deficit for the year to 31 December 2009, including projected capital injections into the banking system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27967/09]

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party will not agree to any proposal relating to today's business until we have an assurance from the Tánaiste that the report from the McCarthy group will be published and until she is in a position to tell us when it will be published. The weekend before last, almost every newspaper carried the story that the McCarthy report would be available to Government last week. I assume...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to question the Tánaiste further on "process". She told us there is a process for the McCarthy report. I interpret from what she has said and the Taoiseach's comments yesterday that it will not be published at all.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is what I understand.