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EU Summits. (14 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There are three areas in which I want to ask supplementary questions of the Taoiseach. I share the Taoiseach's welcome of the decision in the recent referendum on the Lisbon treaty and join with him in expressing the appreciation of the Labour Party, particularly to the many civil society groups which participated in the referendum campaign. What is the Taoiseach's current understanding of...

Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Is it intended to bring the revised programme for Government before the House for approval? The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government made a commitment, which the Taoiseach repeated, to hold an election next summer for a mayor of Dublin. We do not yet know what will be the functions of that office or how it will relate to the existing local authorities. Legislation is...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (14 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if under the leasing initiative a lease or rent review is part of each agreement; if a review can be down as well as up; if houses acquired under the leasing initiative are required to meet a particular building energy rating standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35819/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (14 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if houses acquired under the leasing initiative will be distributed for social housing [i]en bloc[/i] or in dispersed mode; if consideration been given to private purchasers who bought properties on the understanding that they would be living in an estate which would have 20% social housing under the Part V...

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise two matters with the Tánaiste. Yesterday, the Minister for Health and Children said that the decision to grant the chief executive of the HSE a bonus was a matter for the HSE board. This is not strictly correct because the Minister has the power under section 10 of the Health Act 2004 to give direction to the HSE in respect of any matter. Any such direction is then laid...

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On a point of order, when we completed Second Stage of the NAMA legislation yesterday evening, Deputy Burton raised the issue about the lack of time for the preparation of Committee Stage amendments. This Department of Finance document regarding the NAMA business plan has no author or status attached to it. It was circulated by the Minister for Finance at 6.55 p.m. last night, five minutes...

Discussions with Social Partners. (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach when he next plans to meet the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30234/09]

Discussions with Social Partners. (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the position regarding the social partnership process. [30662/09]

Discussions with Social Partners. (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding correspondence sent to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on 20 May 2009 relating to a proposed new jobs initiative; if he has received a definitive response from the social partners to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30663/09]

Discussions with Social Partners. (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach makes it sound as though the social partnership process is alive and well. What is remarkable about the meeting this week with the social partners is that it appears to be the exception. What is on the agenda for that meeting? I appreciate that he cannot be specific, but can the Taoiseach broadly indicate what the Government will be putting to the social partners at the...

Discussions with Social Partners. (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Does the Government intend to put a position to the social partners in respect of pay? The first issue that has to be addressed is pay in the public sector. Will the Government put an actual proposal in that regard to the social partners? Does the Government have a policy on the second issue that has to be addressed, which is pay in the private sector? The Taoiseach referred to disputes...

Discussions with Social Partners. (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There are two matters on which I want clarification. First, in respect of the adjustment in the public finances, the figure of €4 billion has been the accepted wisdom so far. I understand it was the figure sent by the Government to the European Commission and it was also the figure referred to by the Minister for Finance in the supplementary budget last April. Is that still the...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: In the past year or so, we have spent a great deal of time discussing the banks. Time and again, the Government has come into the House to ask us to stump up taxpayers' money to help out the banks. The State guarantee scheme, which was introduced in September 2008, was followed shortly afterwards by the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank and the €7 billion recapitalisation of some other...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach talked about changes being made at the top of the banks. There is little or no evidence for them. Let me outline the position regarding the main covered institutions since the guarantee was introduced. All ten of the directors of AIB who were in place at the time the guarantee was made are still in place. Eleven of the 13 directors of Bank of Ireland who were in place at...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I join with both Deputy Kenny and the Taoiseach in paying tribute to Nuala Fennell, and in welcoming her husband Brian, who is here with us today, her children Jacqueline, Garrett and Amanda and their families. I join the Taoiseach in sympathising with Deputy Kenny and the Fine Gael Party on the loss of a former Member of this House. We are paying tribute to a former Deputy, Senator and...

Order of Business (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Before we agree the proposals, I would like clarification from the Taoiseach on the arrangements being made for Committee Stage of the National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009. As I understand from the Schedule-----

Order of Business (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: How the Taoiseach responds will determine my attitude to the first proposal. We had requested that Committee Stage of the NAMA Bill be taken in the House, by which we meant a meeting of the House in Committee Stage with normal business being conducted on the respective days. As I understand it, the Government is now proposing that the House will not meet in normal session this Thursday and...

Order of Business (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I join Deputy Kenny and the Taoiseach in welcoming the release of Sharon Commins and her colleague. I express my admiration for the courage they showed throughout their ordeal and acknowledge the good work done by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the country's diplomatic staff in securing her release. I hope there will be good news in the not too distant future about Fr. Sinnott. The...

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: A report in today's Irish Independent states that the number of children on hospital waiting lists is increasing and that the number of children who have been waiting for six months or more for procedures has gone up from 1,709 last December to 1,830. Everyone is agreed that there is a shortage of public hospital beds. There is disagreement as to how they are to be provided and some...

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I appreciate that the Taoiseach did not have advance notice of my question, but this subject should be familiar to him. One of the central issues in the last general election was that of hospital beds. There was a debate about the number of beds required. The country was full of posters giving the respective figures. There was also a debate about how they were to be provided. The...