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Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am glad to hear that; it is news. If indeed it is to be published, when will it be published?

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: If the Cabinet is considering it next week, can we take it that it will be published following the Cabinet consideration. Will the Tánaiste clarify that? Continuing on the subject of process, when will the NAMA legislation be published? I agree with Deputy Kenny on the undesirability, to put it mildly, of the continued use of the guillotine in respect of all the legislation being forced...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party has given very careful consideration to the proposal from the Government that the House should adjourn until 16 September. I appreciate that the Government is tired, exhausted, bruised, battered and beaten.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: If the Government needs a break from the exertions of governing they can be facilitated with a break for much longer than nine weeks.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is exactly what we are planning on giving you. Putting the House into suspension for nine weeks when there is unfinished business and business that is being finished too quickly is not the way to do it. When the House reconvened in September of last year it was to debate the Government's approach to the banking system. That is not finished business. We still do not have the NAMA...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----to get a political reputation for himself for dealing with gangland crime he is now in danger of leaving those very gangland people at liberty by rushing legislation which is now in danger of being tied up for a long time in the courts.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We could consider-----

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a long time since November. Where has the Minister been since November? We could have been dealing with this issue?

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: His problem is that in his haste to get a political reputation-----

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The danger now is that you are leaving them at liberty.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: You have a reputation for being a tough Minister-----

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Now we know what the legislation is for. The legislation is designed more to enhance the Minister's reputation than it is to get the-----

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I join Deputy Kenny in wishing the Ceann Comhairle and all of the Members of the House, the staff of the Houses and the press who report on our business here a happy summer holiday. I hope to see them all back here again as the leaves begin to turn brown. While we are waiting for the leaves to turn brown-----

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The only thing we have seen shooting from Greens here is shooting out the door as fast as they can.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Obviously, there is much business that the Government must consider between now and when we have an opportunity of holding it to account again in September. How many meetings of the Cabinet are scheduled between now and 16 September?

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Tánaiste might answer it anyway.

Suspension of Member (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: May I raise a point of order?

Suspension of Member (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On a point of order-----

Suspension of Member (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There are many people at home watching the proceedings of this House this afternoon and they are doing so because they are hurting. They are hurting due to people losing jobs, businesses going to the wall and all of the bad news that is being inflicted upon them as a result of all we have seen. This House has been closed down for long enough this summer and it is about time that we got on...

Order of Business (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I, too, on behalf of the Labour Party oppose the Order of Business presented by the Government. The Bill before us, the National Asset Management Agency Bill, is the most important economic legislation that has come before the House since Independence. Not only today's taxpayers but future generations of taxpayers - our children and even our grandchildren - may pay for decades to come for...