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Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (3 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent Economic and Social Research Institute report which indicated that some 200,000 households, or one in three mortgages, could be in negative equity by end 2010; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the true number in negative equity could be far higher if house prices have fallen by 50% or more from their peak...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (3 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when redundancy payments will be awarded to the two staff members who lost their jobs as a result of the decision of FÁS to close down the Carrick-on-Suir Jobs Club, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38825/09]

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: No matter how the Taoiseach juggles the figures, the number of people out of work in this country is at a record high, at more than 400,000. There are huge consequences for the people who are out of work, including loss of confidence and self esteem and the sense of hopelessness when one cannot access employment. There are also practical consequences. They must try to survive on the...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach did not answer the question I asked. I do not disagree with the assertion that the budgetary position must be stabilised. However, there are choices to be made.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: One of the choices the Government appears to have already made - the Minister for Finance referred to it - is to rule out any tax increases for the super rich. The Government is not applying the same principle to reducing the incomes of the people who are at the lowest end of the scale. I refer here to those who are on subsistence incomes. Due to the fact that they cannot survive on those...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government had no difficulty in coming forward with a formula to deal with the banks under which it is paying more for the bad debts of those institutions than those debts are worth.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: However, people who are on pensions, those from whom the Christmas bonus has been taken and individuals who have lost their jobs and who are trying to survive on minimum incomes that they are going to be obliged to carry the can for what has happened.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is unfair and it is not the way to proceed. The approach being taken will divide society in such a way that it may take decades for it to recover.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government is responsible for that deficit.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The poor must pay.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the cost accrued to date by his Department arising from the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30240/09]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: When will the tribunal, which has been ongoing for some time, report? What is the Taoiseach's estimate of the final cost of the Moriarty tribunal? Does he know if the tribunal will hold further public hearings? On the last occasion the Taoiseach answered questions on this matter, it was suggested further public hearings might be held. Perhaps the Taoiseach will set out the position in...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am glad to hear the Taoiseach say that the report of the tribunal will be published at the beginning of next year. Obviously, the report will be interesting given the matters under investigation by the tribunal. The Taoiseach has acknowledged that the 8% reduction in professional fees has been applied. Are legal counsel still being paid and at what rate are they paid? There must be...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach has informed us the report is expected to be published in January. We know from reports of all these inquiries, tribunals and so on that once the report is imminent, there is often an attempt to have the report delayed, not published or to have matters excised from it, as we saw in the case of some of the inquiries into abuse. Has there been any indication to Government from...

Commemorative Events. (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach his plans for official commemorations for the remainder of 2009 and for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39134/09]

Commemorative Events. (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The committee to which Deputy Ó Caoláin referred was an all-party committee established following the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. That arose from concern expressed at the time that the Government's handling of the commemoration was somewhat partisan and that it would be more appropriate that the commemoration be of an all-party nature to reflect the genuinely national nature of...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On behalf of the Labour Party and my own behalf, I join Deputy Kenny and the Taoiseach in expressing our sympathy on the death of Joe Doyle, a former colleague in the Dáil, a former Member of the Seanad, a former Lord Mayor of Dublin and a former city councillor. I want, in particular, to extend our sympathy to Peggy, his widow, his sons, David and Michael, his daughter, Róisín, their...

Order of Business. (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Civil Partnership Bill was published in June but has not yet been brought before the House. Is it still intended, as was announced, that this Bill will be brought before the House and debated before Christmas?

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to share my time with Deputy Ciarán Lynch, who I also wish to compliment and congratulate on bringing this motion before the House. This is not an issue of scaremongering. The Minister for Finance in his very minimal contribution to this debate should not have introduced that note to what was otherwise a very reasoned discussion on all sides of the House. He should have been...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This is a very reasonable motion put forward by the Labour Party. The Government is missing an opportunity, first, to accept a reasonable proposal that is put from the Opposition benches, and, second, to deal with a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually. There is a fundamental contradiction in the Government's response to the motion. On the one hand, it says there were only 20...