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Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is not appropriate for Private Members' time. We do not want to deal with it that way. I do not want to labour the point but it should be dealt with by the committee.

Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: When will the Taoiseach announce the Cabinet reshuffle to the House? Will he confirm that he has plans for a very wide-ranging redrawing and reconfiguration of Departments? It would be welcome as it an area in which we need to see something happening. There is a very difficult industrial relations situation at Green Isle Foods in Naas. Tomorrow will be the 14th day of a hunger strike by...

Written Answers — Bio-Fuels Industry: Bio-Fuels Industry (2 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the European led sustainability criteria in relation to bio-fuels; the way he envisages same being implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10125/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10413/10]

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: In reply to Deputy Kenny, the Taoiseach stated that if the Government did not recapitalise Anglo Irish Bank, there would be a bill to the taxpayer of €65 billion.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is probably right but that is because a guarantee was given to Anglo Irish Bank on 30 September 2008 when he should have done something different to the bank at that stage.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The reason Anglo Irish Bank would have cost €65 billion is because of the guarantee. It is interesting that when we proposed an inquiry into what happened in the system, the Taoiseach would not agree to it.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: When he set up some kind of half-baked investigation, he took care to exclude from that investigation the decisions made by the Government to provide the guarantee to Anglo Irish Bank because he wants to cover the close relationship that he and his party had with the bankers and developers who caused the economic crisis in this country.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The consequences are the figures provided to us for the live register. Although the Taoiseach has not told us the figure, the January statistic was in the order of 436,000 and he has indicated the current figure is around the same. The Taoiseach has said the matter has stabilised. I will tell him how stable it is for somebody who has lost a job. Some 340 people on average have lost their...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the official figure and does not include immigrants who have returned to their country of origin or young people who have given up hope in this country and gone to Australia or somewhere else in the hope of finding a job and economic future for themselves. There is no stability in being unemployed, especially when people cannot get a social welfare payment or a reply from the social...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the current position because the Government has become dysfunctional not only as regards the economy and the provision of employment but even now in the administration of normal public services. We have read in the newspapers that there is a concern in the Government about jobs, which is correct. The Greens are concerned about jobs - their own jobs - but that is not what the people...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach is thinking about reshuffling his Cabinet and juggling the jobs in Government. We have read that there will be major changes in the composition of the Government.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I will ask one straight question because we are talking about employment and jobs. Will the Taoiseach, as part of that reshuffle, appoint a Minister with a dedicated responsibility for employment? Will he establish a new Department of Employment that will function and drive some employment strategy? The Labour Party made a proposal before the budget for the establishment of a jobs fund and...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: We can only judge the Government's performance by results. Under the stewardship of the Taoiseach, this country was the first into the recession and will be the last out of it. We are now in the third calendar year of a recession. Let us look at where the Government's policies have got us. Its banking policy is not working. Credit is not being extended to businesses and they are closing...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Young people who are graduating this year will be in their thirties before they see any of those jobs. The Taoiseach keeps forgetting that he has support across the House for addressing the issue of public finances and reforming the public service.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Stop muttering. If the shoe was on the other foot, I know exactly the response we would have got. We supported the objectives of the Government to get the deficit down. Both the Labour Party and Fine Gael produced detailed pre-budget proposals. The Taoiseach chose not to run with them, but he should not come back and say that we have not produced constructive proposals, because we have....

Public Procurement Policy. (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the corporate procurement plan in place in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8818/10]

Public Procurement Policy. (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: During Leaders' Questions the Taoiseach challenged me and Deputy Kenny to name one measure on which we support the Government. I wish to start with public procurement. The Labour Party supports the recommendations that are contained in the McCarthy report on public procurement. Those recommendations are not insignificant. The McCarthy report proposes that there could be a reduction of...

Public Procurement Policy. (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: With respect, one of the questions I asked was about reports that were to have been brought to Government by a number of Departments by the end of 2009. To the best of my knowledge the Minister of State with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works does not attend Cabinet meetings so I am asking the Taoiseach whether those reports on public procurement recommended by the...

Public Procurement Policy. (3 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is great for the Taoiseach to issue challenges in a fit of bluster, and to challenge Deputy Kenny-----