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Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand from the replies given by the Taoiseach during Question Time that it is intended the Minister for Defence will make a statement later this evening on this issue. I also understand that it is not intended that there would be any opportunity for questions to be put to the Minister for Defence or for any statements to be made in response to his statement to the House. That is not...

Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am not talking about the statement, a Cheann Comhairle. I have not heard the statement and I do not intend to talk about it until I have heard it. What I am talking about is the Order of Business the Taoiseach has put before us for today. I am explaining to you why I am opposing the Order of Business the Taoiseach has put before us. The reason I am opposing it is because there is a...

Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: On that occasion the Government proposed a formula to the House. It was part of the Order of Business. The formula proposed was that a personal statement would be made by the then Minister for Foreign Affairs, which would not exceed 20 minutes, "after which the Minister shall take questions". Then there was a provision by which the questions would be brought to a conclusion.

Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The case I am making is that the Taoiseach should make a similar provision on today's Order of Business. There should be a proposal that the Minister for Defence makes a statement and takes questions for a time. Perhaps, having heard all of that, we might not have any need for the motion the Ceann Comhairle is inviting us all to table about the Minister.

Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: We might not be disposed at all to table a motion about him but we would like to hear what he has to say and to have the opportunity of putting questions to him. The House should be given that opportunity but an arrangement whereby the Minister comes in at some hour later tonight, makes a statement and then disappears without question or comment from anybody is not an acceptable way of...

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Is the Ceann Comhairle not giving us an opportunity?

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Ceann Comhairle is way ahead of himself.

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I agree with Deputy Kenny that an opportunity should be provided in the House to discuss the financial situation in Europe with particular reference to the difficulties in Greece. When my colleague, Deputy Burton, asked the Tánaiste about this on Thursday, she indicated that while normally there are not statements after an informal EU summit, perhaps on this occasion, given the gravity of...

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Is that the Year of the Tiger?

Order of Business (Resumed) (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: We have seen the back end of the Celtic tiger and we will see the back end of the Year of the Tiger for the holding of the by-elections.

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding in Darfur where the recent International Criminal Court decision to charge a person (details supplied) which may lead to a charge of genocide. [7143/10]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the Goldstone report on the conduct of the Gaza war. [7142/10]

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach always has an excuse. There is always a reason it cannot be done.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: As President Clinton once said in a different context, when it comes to jobs I am afraid the Government never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity. There was no contract last August when this company started talking to the Government. There was no contract last April when the staff of SRT had a plan to develop that business and to create jobs. There is a contract now. I wonder who...

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----with a 24 months notice clause. This is not just about SRT, and it is not just about Michael O'Leary.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: This is about jobs, and the fact that the Government is not addressing the jobs crisis. The Taoiseach said he cannot act unlawfully. The problem is he is not acting at all. Before SRT he did nothing to save the jobs in Waterford. We have probably-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government did nothing. The jobs were lost in Waterford Glass.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The jobs were lost in Waterford Glass and if we had back-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----the €60 million Deputy Cullen wasted on electronic voting machines it could have been used to keep jobs in Waterford and keep an iconic brand in this country.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: You did not deliver. He did not save the jobs in Waterford. It is the same all over. It is the same in this case.