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Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (26 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when new grant aid schemes will be introduced that were announced on 8 July 2009. [43628/09]

Proposed Legislation. (1 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for the remainder of the 30th Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32533/09]

Financial Services Sector. (1 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach his role in development and monitoring of the financial services sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37270/09]

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That reply confirms what the problem is and has been, that is, that senior figures in the Catholic Church failed and, in respect of the note, appear to fail now to grasp the urgency of what was at stake. What was at stake was the widespread abuse of children over a long period. Every time this arises, the outcome is similar. Parents and others who went to priests and bishops to say...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach did not respond to the question I put to him on whether he would agree to have the remit of the Murphy commission extended to examine allegations in other dioceses, and I invite him to answer that part of the question. In respect of his response about the patronage of schools, it comes as news to me that the patronage of our schools operates on such an ex officio, almost...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I agree with Deputy Kenny on the appointment of the Committee of the Regions because the Labour Party also has considerably increased representation in local government which would justify increased representation on the Committee of the Regions. As a result of the referendum in 1999, there is now a constitutional protection of local government. I hope therefore that the Government will...

Report by Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (1 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This is the second time within the space of a just a few months that we have come into the House to debate a report which outlines an appalling story of the abuse of young children; the second time within a few months that the public has been shocked to its core by what has emerged. In the case of the Ryan report, it was a shocking and sordid saga of the systematic abuse and neglect of...

Higher Education Grants. (1 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This case concerns a mature student who is now in her late 20s. She is originally from my constituency and is now in the second year of a degree course in a university outside Dublin. She started her course in 2008 and applied for a higher education grant to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council as a mature student. She was refused the grant on the grounds that she did not satisfy the...

Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I welcome the fact that there will not be a strike tomorrow. Some of the strident voices that appear to wish for conflict are not helping the situation. As the Taoiseach will be aware, the Labour Party has been arguing for quite some months that the reductions in the public service pay bill should be achieved by way of a negotiated agreement which would involve significant public service...

Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That appears to be a very muddled strategy, if it can be called a strategy at all.

Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: First of all, the Taoiseach is telling us that he still wants to achieve €1.3 billion in the budget. He does not know whether he will get an agreement with the trade unions between now and budget day on 9 December because he has left the negotiations far too late. Second, he has not been able to tell me what will happen if he secures an agreement on paper before budget day, but that...

Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Clearly, if there is backed-up unpaid leave going into 2011 and 2012, it will impact on the Taoiseach's ability to achieve reforms in those years with the consequential effect that will have on the budgets for those years. I would like to get some clarity on this because this day week, presumably, we will hear from the Minister for Finance that there is a reduction in the public sector pay...

Departmental Programmes. (2 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the role of the social policy unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32534/09]

Departmental Programmes. (2 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Has the social policy unit produced any assessments of the proposals that have been floating around in respect of the social welfare measures that might be taken in the budget? Has it, for example, done an assessment on the proposal I understand the Government intends to proceed with, namely, to cut in some form or other the levels of child benefit? Did it carry out any assessment of the...

Departmental Programmes. (2 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: An increase of 7,000.

Departmental Programmes. (2 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is very disappointing to hear again that there is an increase in the level of unemployment. Last month's figures suggested that there might be some bottoming out in the unemployment level and job losses. Now we are hearing again of an increase - 1,100 on last month - and we have had announcements of job losses in recent weeks. It is a story of continuing economic difficulties here,...

Departmental Programmes. (2 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It means that more people are out of work than was the case last month.

Departmental Programmes. (2 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: In his reply to me earlier, the Taoiseach sought to put a gloss on the live register figures by representing them as though they were an improvement. I have the new figures released just a few minutes ago. The seasonally adjusted figure for the numbers on the live register for November 2009 stands at 423,400. That is the highest November figure ever. It is 236,000 more than were on the...

Departmental Programmes. (2 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is not unrelated. What is the social policy unit to do if it cannot deal with unemployment?

Public Relations Contracts. (2 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the work of the committee in his Department charged with overseeing the awarding of public relations contracts by Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37271/09]