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Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: On behalf of the Labour Party, I also want to oppose the Order of Business. These two motions are being taken together. As a general principle, that should not be done. I agree with Deputy Kenny that the core issue today is that the Government is relying on a make-believe investigation into what occurred in banking. Last session, it rejected proposals by the Labour Party that there should...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Noting what the Taoiseach said that it is intended to hold the election for the Lord Mayor of Dublin some time in 2010 and given that the people of Dublin South would be going to the polls some time in 2010 anyway, does he agree the logical date to have the Dublin South by-election would be on the same day as the election for the Lord Mayor of Dublin? If he is going to have one by-election...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and it was based on this Bill. The problem is that this Bill has disappeared from the legislative programme. Does that mean the Minister is not going to do whatever he intended to do about the incinerator in Ringsend because the Bill is gone? Will the Taoiseach tell us what has happened to the Bill?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions he has had with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding a faster transfer of applicants from rent supplement to the rental accommodation scheme. [15373/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the future of a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she will make a commitment that the hospital will not be closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14696/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the serious threat to service provision at the Roselee Unit in Castlerea, County Roscommon, due to severe psychiatric nurse staff shortages; and if she will make a commitment that funding will be approved for staffing of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14697/10]

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Many people have an income of €55,000 a year or less. Many of those people already have lost their jobs or businesses and those who have not have had their pay reduced. All those people this morning picked up their newspapers and read that Mr. Fingleton paid himself €55,000 a month for the first four months of 2009, after he had got the bank guarantee. On top of this, he paid himself...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am finding this a little difficult to understand. The Taoiseach stated that he had certain exchanges with the building society in the run up to the legislation, but reports of the Ombudsman, for example, drew attention to some of the practices going on in Irish Nationwide. At the time, they were described by the Ombudsman as being illegal. I believe that was the term used. They were...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach paints a picture in which he was closeted in his office, he had no idea whatever about what was occurring, he was entirely at the mercy of what the regulator might or might not have told him and he was not told anything. I find it difficult to understand how, as Minister for Finance over a four-year period, the Taoiseach did not encounter the kind of talk that was going on...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The legislation was tailor-made so as that those at the top of the building society would be the greatest beneficiaries of the demutualisation. The legislation was highly favourable to Mr. Fingleton and some of his close friends in the society.

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is all very well to say that we will have some kind of an investigation or inquiry and that we will examine the regulatory system and so on, but the Taoiseach needs to be much franker with the Dáil and the public about the state of his knowledge of Irish Nationwide's conduct over the period during which he was Minister for Finance. It is not credible to suggest that he heard and saw nothing.

Northern Ireland Issues. (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the talks involving the British and Irish Governments and parties in Northern Ireland. [7858/10]

Northern Ireland Issues. (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the decision of the Northern Ireland Assembly on 9 March 2010 to approve the devolution of policing and justice powers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12488/10]

Northern Ireland Issues. (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Which questions are being taken together?

Northern Ireland Issues. (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Those questions deal with the situation in Northern Ireland. I wanted to clarify the position. I join the Taoiseach in welcoming the devolution of justice and policing powers to the Northern Ireland Administration. I also welcome the appointment of Mr. David Ford, MLA, as Northern Ireland Minister for Justice. I wish Mr. Ford well in his new portfolio. The explosions that took place at...

Northern Ireland Issues. (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. He is correct that these dissident republican groupings do not enjoy any significant level of support. As he stated, only a small number of people are involved. However, we have been here before. At earlier stages of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, it was from just such a point that difficulties began to emerge. There have been indications that...

Official Engagements. (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his visit to the United States over the St. Patrick's Day period. [12486/10]

Official Engagements. (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his contacts with political leaders during his visit to the United States over the St. Patrick's day period. [12487/10]

Official Engagements. (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply and for setting out the details of what was clearly a full and successful programme during his visit to the US. I welcome the appointment of Mr. Gabriel Byrne as Ireland's cultural ambassador, but can the Taoiseach tell the House a bit more about what this appointment means? What exactly will he do and what supports are being provided to him? Are staff,...

Order of Business (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The first question Deputy Kenny asked related to the referendum on children. Deputy Mary O'Rourke chaired the all-party committee which recommended that a referendum be held and did an excellent job as Chairman. She has the admiration and support of the entire House for the work she did. Yesterday, she said the Government should now deliver on that referendum. The committee has delivered...