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Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government is doing nothing to prevent it happening. It is now presenting an Order of Business which is tacitly accepting that it is going to happen.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party is not agreeing to this Order of Business because of the Government's ineptitude in handling this issue and because of its failure to do anything to try to avert this dispute.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On the proposal, that there would be no Adjournment debate on Tuesday, this is not an issue as to whether Ministers or Ministers of State can come into the House and give an answer without a script. We know they cannot.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The problem is-----

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We only ask for the script to see how challenged the Minister is at reading. Adjournment debates are about the kind of problems we all come across in the course of our work as public representatives. If there is closure of an enterprise, a problem in a hospital or some area of the public service we want to come to the House and get some answers and accountability.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The problem is that the staff who would normally respond to this will be on strike. Staff in Departments right up to and including the grade of principal officer will be on strike. The difficulty is that today is Thursday and the strike is not due to take place until Tuesday but the Government has already thrown in the towel on this dispute and has accepted that it will take place. The...

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Any responsible Government would do its damnedest to try to avert that strike on Tuesday.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government has already decided it is a big laugh and it will not do anything to avert it.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We have already abandoned the idea of having an Adjournment debate on Tuesday.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We all share the disappointment at the result of last night's match and a certain amount of anger and frustration at the unfair way it came about. The one thing we all feel is enormous pride in the team that played for Ireland last night.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We can be proud in defeat, even in circumstances where the defeat is unfairly inflicted. It strikes me that the referee, Martin Hansson, might have a future. There are people trawling the world at present looking for those who might be able to help the banking sector. It struck me that he might have a future as a banking regulator, turning the blind eye and deaf ear to complaints. He has...

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On the subject of the legislation the Minister for Finance has been promising for some time, in an interview with the Financial Times on 17 March, he said that Ireland is planning to introduce tough legislation to clamp down on crony capitalism and excess bank lending in the wake of the property bubble. He said the measures would include a ban on cross-directorships and on chief executives...

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I thought the Tánaiste is responsible for company legislation.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence if members of the Irish Army are in receipt of supplementary welfare allowance in order to maintain their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42175/09]

Written Answers — Courts of Inquiry: Courts of Inquiry (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Defence if the court of inquiry established to investigate the incident at Kilworth Camp, County Cork, when a young officer was seriously injured in a training incident in June 2009 has concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42176/09]

Written Answers — Debt Relief: Debt Relief (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the five objectives of a campaign (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42424/09]

Decentralisation Programme. (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff, broken down by grade, who have applied for relocation under the decentralisation programme; the number of such staff who have actually transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32529/09]

Decentralisation Programme. (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach said the number of people who had applied for decentralisation from his Department was 28. That is exactly the number who had applied for decentralisation in March. I take it from his reply that nobody has been decentralised from his Department since March. When was the last occasion on which there was a successful applicant for decentralisation? In other words, when was...

Decentralisation Programme. (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: If someone had been accepted for decentralisation in March or last October and the person had started the process of moving, is this move to be completed? Since that announcement in October, are no applications now being entertained for decentralisation? Is that the current position?

Decentralisation Programme. (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Is decentralisation still a cornerstone of Government policy on delivering public services? A report in one of the newspapers at the weekend suggested the Government is considering reducing the number of local authorities to 22. The Taoiseach will recall that his party lost the local elections. I presume he will not do a Robert Mugabe on local government. How does he reconcile reducing...