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Order of Business (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On behalf of the Labour Party, I too oppose this proposal. In doing so, I take issue with the patronising remarks of the Taoiseach in responding to the words of opposition that were expressed on the previous proposal. He rather patronisingly referred to his willingness to listen to constructive proposals and ideas. He and the Minister for Finance have been getting constructive proposals in...

Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I seek the Ceann Comhairle's indulgence before I ask my Leaders' question. I understand there has been a bad crash on O'Connell Street, Dublin, between a Luas tram and a bus. I wonder if the Minister for Transport might take an opportunity during the afternoon to report to the House on it and perhaps to exchange views with transport spokespersons. The Taoiseach is asking the people to bear...

Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach did not understand the question I asked him or has deliberately decided to avoid answering it. I did not ask the Taoiseach to give his opinion on the waste of public money; I am taking that for granted. None of us stands over the waste of public money. I asked the Taoiseach if he accepted his Government's responsibility for that waste and if he would apologise to the people...

Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It was a waste of money.

Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Did the Taoiseach waste money?

Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That was the Taoiseach's job.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I really do not believe the Ceann Comhairle should pursue this.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Ceann Comhairle should not pursue this.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He should listen to us more often.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We are getting to the bottom of it now.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Not so.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We were not.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the Minister outline the risks?

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Nothing will change.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It would be better than the Minister's contribution.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (16 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 561: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that plans by Drogheda Port Authority for a new deep water port at Bremore have been made available for inspection only in the superintendent's office at Drogheda Garda station, that plans can only be inspected in the presence of members of the Garda and that no copying or photocopying of these plans...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach in his speech this morning said that there are three steps to economic recovery. He is wrong; there are four. He always keeps forgetting about and omitting the fourth. It is jobs, getting people back to work and addressing, through labour market measures, the needs of the people who have lost their jobs and who will lose jobs in the economy. The Labour Party agrees that we...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We can all agree on a number of points in this debate. First, that there is a banking crisis, and that it needs to be addressed urgently. A modern economy needs a functioning banking system, and the large retail banks are part of the nervous system of the Irish economy. We need these banks in particular to be capable of normal lending – to families and businesses across the country. It...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Can the Minister continue indefinitely to call on the valuation panel to reconsider unless and until it comes up with an answer that suits him or her? In setting up NAMA, the Government has sought to vest it with some of the authority of the NTMA. The Governor of the Central Bank is also mentioned in dispatches. It is clear from reading the Bill that NAMA will have very little real contact...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Sep 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is going to extraordinary lengths to avoid public ownership in what it claims is the national interest. The argument for temporary nationalisation is well established and clear. It avoids the risks involved in the valuation of loans and affords taxpayers the prospect of sharing in the benefits of a revived banking system. The Minister knows this. There have been many attempts to...