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Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That does not address the issue at all. The winter fuel allowance which normally operates from October to April will expire; it is a standard fuel allowance which is available throughout the winter. Many families and, in particular, elderly people, who are more prone to the cold than others, will know that the end of April is not the appropriate time to end the scheme. If we have the kind...

Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Community welfare officers are snowed under. They are overwhelmed.

Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach has not even given this a second thought just because they are poor families and poor households.

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Central Bank and the Financial Regulator today published a consultation paper on corporate governance in which they propose a number of reforms in the ways in which companies are governed through boards of directors and chief executive officers, chairmen and so on. I recall that the Minister for Finance promised on St. Patrick's Day 2009 in an interview he gave to the Financial Times...

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: When does the Taoiseach anticipate the Central Bank (No. 2) Bill will be published?

Strategic Investment Bank: Motion. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to share time with Deputies Penrose and Morgan.

Strategic Investment Bank: Motion. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: noting that: — the Irish economy is experiencing one of the worst recessions of any developed country; — unemployment, which stood at less than 5% in 2008, is forecast to reach nearly 14% by the end of 2010, with the live register currently at more than 435,000; — some 100,000 people are expected to leave Ireland in a two year period; — there remains a...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the co-firing targets including the three peat burning stations in the midlands and the likelihood of reaching the 30% target set out by him by 2015; if he will give assurances that house material, such as woodchip, would be sourced for these stations indigenously rather than being...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money allocated for home insulation grants and the greener home schemes in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in tabular form; the amount allocated in grants under each heading; the number of applicants who applied for and availed of these grants in each year; the amount of...

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I have been asking the Taoiseach about his knowledge of various malpractices and cronyism in the banking system that led to the problems currently being experienced by our banking sector and economy. In response, he has been telling me he did not hear of or know about any of these practices when he was Minister for Finance. As a result of parliamentary questions tabled by Deputy Joan Burton...

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach would have the House believe that he had nothing to do with the past.

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: He is the past, and certainly so as far as this is concerned because he was the Minister for Finance. He brought in bankers to draft legislation on banking, to write their own rules. This is what that committee was about. He gave them a brief. He now says that light touch regulation was something in the past, but he gave them a brief to prepare light touch regulation. The problem is that...

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: My question was about whether it was approved.

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the current or proposed work programme of the National Economic and Social Council and the National Economic and Social Development Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13686/10]

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: First there was one body, the NESC, which was, as the Taoiseach said, set up in 1973 and has produced a large number of reports over the years. Then there was the NESF, which has done great work, and then the partnership body, the NCPP. The National Economic and Social Development Office was then set up to co-ordinate these three bodies and provide shared services for them. Next, the...

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It was about the presence of five Secretaries General on the council of NESC, one of the roles of which is to consider and evaluate the performance of Departments. Does the Taoiseach feel that the presence of such a large number of Secretaries General compromises the organisation in carrying out critical evaluation of the way in which the State sector is delivering services and programmes?

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is a surprise.

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I accept that.

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I refer the Taoiseach to the last report of NESC, which issued in October. Among the observations made in that report on the state of the economy was that Ireland's tax burden remains significantly below the European Union average and that an increase in the tax share of GNP from 2009 levels will be needed to provide satisfactory public services and welfare benefits. That recommendation...

Cabinet Committees. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will list the Cabinet sub-committees on which he serves or is represented. [12490/10]