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Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It reminds me of the New Testament quote, "A house divided against itself falls." This morning there was a good report by the education editor of the Irish Independent, John Walshe, which draws attention to the unfairness of the student grant scheme. For example, a bar manager may not qualify for a student grant because his income is PAYE while the bar owner may qualify, if he organises his...

Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is what he is doing.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (27 Jan 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: On behalf of the Labour Party I wish to pay tribute to the late former Deputy, Billy Kenneally, to sympathise with his family on his passing, to sympathise with the Fianna Fáil Party on the loss of one of its great servants and especially to sympathise with our colleague, Deputy Brendan Kenneally. I did not have the privilege of knowing Billy Kenneally as he was here before my time, but...

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (27 Jan 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the investment schemes for conversion of poultry house, pig welfare, dairy hygiene and sheep fencing will be introduced. [3862/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Jan 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has a co-ordinating role with the Department of Social and Family Affairs regarding family income supplement. [3863/10]

Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: On behalf of the Labour Party, I too oppose the Order of Business. The Order of Business proposed by the Minister for Finance is "politics as usual". However, householders and families were told by the newspapers this morning that another increase in mortgage interest rates is on the way. This is after several months in which one could not turn on a radio or open a newspaper without having...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Ceann Comhairle is trying to determine whether we are going to agree the Order of Business this morning.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: We are not debating it.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am trying to clarify a matter. When Deputy Kenny and I asked the Minister for Finance to clarify the news this morning that mortgages interest rates are to increase the Minister replied stating that this applied only in respect of Permanent TSB and implied to us that it is an exception because Permanent TSB had not received any capital from the State.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Is the Minister for Finance telling mortgage holders in this country, other than those who have mortgages with Permanent TSB, that their mortgages will not increase? The expectation is that once Permanent TSB increases its interest rates the other institutions will follow suit.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The cost of mortgages is increasing, that is the bottom line.

Referral of Papers to Joint Committee on Health and Children: Motion (28 Jan 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the Minister clarify, or perhaps correct, something the Tánaiste told us yesterday? When I asked her about this yesterday, she effectively said that the inclusion of the bonus as part of salary was recommended by the review body on higher level remuneration. She told us the review body on higher level remuneration indicated that the bonus was indicatively part of the salary and,...

Social Partnership. (2 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to meet the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48419/09]

Social Partnership. (2 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent work of the National Economic and Social Forum and its work programme for the coming year. [48420/09]

Social Partnership. (2 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I have been listening to the Taoiseach's replies to Deputy Ó Caoláin and Deputy Kenny. To be honest, they sound like replies from some time in the dim and distant past. The game has changed, the Taoiseach changed it when he sent the public service trade unions away from the bargaining table in his Department the week before the budget. There is now no social partnership. The Taoiseach...

Social Partnership. (2 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I asked the Taoiseach about the details of the variation for the senior public servants. I appreciate that he will forward me the information on cost. I wish to ask him about the numbers affected. The two figures mentioned are wide apart. One was 160 while the other was 600. Which of these two figures is the closest to the mark? We do not currently have a social partnership arrangement...

Social Partnership. (2 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: There is no national agreement and, therefore, there is nothing to stop any group of workers serving a pay claim. How will those issues be dealt with between now and when the Taoiseach's wish for a national agreement comes home, if it ever does? Will a system of arbitration be put in place and how will individual disputes be resolved? Will we continue to see a free-for-all in industrial...

Social Partnership. (2 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is 600.

Social Partnership. (2 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: What is the approximate cost?

Social Partnership. (2 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Would the Taoiseach make a stab at it?