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Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: After what he has done to this country, to stand here on the day he comes back with a lousy deal and try to spin it as he has done is shameful. Let me tell the Taoiseach about the National Pensions Reserve Fund. What the Labour Party did propose was that we might have used it to provide the hospital places the Fianna Fáil Government never provided.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Would it not have been a better use of the fund to fund hospital places-----

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----rather than to fill the hole in the banks - a hole, incidentally, the Government created?

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach comes in here and tells us he has a bargain for us.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: In anybody's language, 5.8% is more than 5.2%, and it is far more than is being required of other member states. It is that high because of the economic problems the Government and the banks have created. The money that is in the NPRF, which could be usefully spent-----

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----on providing jobs and economic growth and a bank that might actually lend to businesses, will now be used on top of the money that has already gone into the banks.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach has come in here and told us the deal that was negotiated last week was a good one. Yes, we have gone to our family; that is true. However, our family has a problem too, and we were in a better bargaining position than the Taoiseach's weak, end-of-days Government allowed for. A better deal could have been negotiated for us.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: My question remains the question that the Taoiseach did not answer: will he put the deal to the House? The Constitution states, in Article 29.5.2°, "The State shall not be bound by any international agreement involving a charge upon public funds unless the terms of the agreement shall have been approved by Dáil Éireann." Will the Taoiseach put the lousy deal he negotiated last Sunday...

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is why I am asking the question.

Introduction of New Member (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Thar chionn Páirtí an Lucht Oibre ba mhaith liom cur leis an fáilte roimh an Teachta Piaras Ó Dochartaigh. Ar ndóigh, is lá bródúil é dó féin, dá chlann, dá pháirtí agus dá lucht tacaíochta é a bheith tofa mar Theachta Dála. On behalf of the Labour Party I welcome Deputy Pearse Doherty and congratulate him on winning the Donegal South-West by-election. I have a feeling...

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party objects to today's arrangements. The agreement negotiated with the EU and the IMF is the product of a process the Government denied existed until the very last minute. The Taoiseach denied he was entering into these discussions or that any discussions were taking place and then announced them last Sunday week. These discussions were undertaken without any prior discussion...

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party is opposed to the proposal and I set out the reasons for this during Leaders' Questions and when I spoke on the proposal for the late sitting. I do not propose to repeat those reasons.

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I have one question for the Taoiseach. It relates to the Government's intention to cut the national minimum wage by €1 per hour. As I understand it, this cannot be done by way of ministerial order in the absence of a Labour Court recommendation or a national agreement to that effect. Primary legislation will be required if the Government wants to proceed with its intention to cut the...

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: If the cut is to be proceeded with, I understand it will require legislation. Does the Government intend to introduce such legislation and when will that be?

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is different.

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is rubbish.

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The minimum wage applies to people who have a relatively small-----

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: May I ask about-----

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am asking about legislation, but the Taoiseach did not answer as to when the Government intends to introduce this legislation. Primary legislation is required. It is a mean attempt by the Government in any attempt.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Do not blame the Opposition.