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Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: First, I join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in paying tribute to Gordon Brown and thanking him for the work, in particular, that he has done in regard to this country and Northern Ireland. I wish Mr. Cameron and Mr. Clegg well as they embark on the leadership of the Government of Britain. Relations between Britain and Ireland greatly improved under the outgoing Labour Government,...

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach will recall that, when we heard some weeks ago that Anglo Irish Bank had increased the salaries of some of its staff, both Deputy Kenny and I asked him about that in the House. He told us there was nothing he could do about it because it was all a matter for Anglo Irish Bank and its board and that the Government would not or could not intervene or interfere in the matter. Yet,...

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for reminding me.

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: My question to the Taoiseach is, first, whether he can confirm that the Department of Finance did in fact draft a less negative letter to go with the annual report of the bank in 2008. Second, can he justify why the Government was encouraging and directing that bank to, in effect, issue false information about the state of its finances and its requirement for additional funding?

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: This is no small matter. We are now told that it will cost €22 billion-----

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes, and more, to put this bank right. The cost of winding it up would cost huge amounts of money.

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: While the Government had intended that somehow the cost would be at arm's length from the State's own finances and budgets, that cannot now be the case due to what we heard from EUROSTAT. Therefore this is a very major issue. The Minister for Finance only told this House the full extent of the requirement for finance of this bank in April this year. What was the state of the Government's...

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Were they?

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Constitution that have been implemented to date; his plans for the implementation of outstanding recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13814/10]

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government does not seem to give issues relating to child protection a high priority. The Ombudsman for Children pointed out in yesterday's report that the HSE has failed to properly implement child safety guidelines over the past decade, leaving children at risk of abuse. The first of the reports to which the Taoiseach refers, which was published in September 2008, recommended...

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I will stick with the issue of the referendum. We have the report from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children, which contains a proposed wording for the constitutional amendment. In these matters, the wording is the most difficult aspect, and much time and effort was put into this on an all-party basis. The legislation to allow for a referendum is...

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Has the Government considered this at all yet? The report was published in February. When a referendum is being considered, there are normally just a couple of opportunities in the year for it to be held. One of those is the beginning of June, which is what I expected. I got the Dáil schedule from the Whips office earlier in the year and noticed there was a week at the beginning of June...

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach can do a bit of that himself.

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: How much time is left on Taoiseach's questions?

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I was anxious to move on to one or two other matters.

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I was anxious to move on to one or two other matters on which Government has promised constitutional change. Before I do so, I want to ask the Taoiseach about the children's referendum. I am not clear, from the answers he has been giving to us today, whether it is the case that the Government has yet to consider Deputy O'Rourke's report on the holding on a referendum or whether the...

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: These questions relate not just to the children's referendum but to other constitutional issues as well. I have only one or two brief questions on it.

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That clears it up. It is quite clear that the Government has not yet discussed the matter and the Attorney General has not yet been even asked for his opinion on it. That tells us plenty about where the Government is at on the holding of this referendum. There were commitments in the programme for Government about possible constitutional changes. There was a commitment in the programme for...

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Which Minister has responsibility for bringing forward that proposal?

Order of Business. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I note a new social welfare Bill in the list of legislation. In that context I ask the Taoiseach about the plight of people who have lost their jobs and who are waiting for redundancy payments from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation. A person came to see me last week who lost his job in the first week of January of this year. He is now being told he will not receive his...