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Social Partnership Issues (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: On the interview by the Minister for Finance, the Taoiseach has stated that the Minister was referring to those increases in public expenditure that arose from social partnership agreements. Will the Taoiseach confirm that any such increases in public expenditure were agreed by the Government and, therefore, the reference by the Minister for Finance to the effect that social partnership did...

Social Partnership Issues (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Are there any plans for another meeting?

Social Partnership Issues (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It should be done better.

Social Partnership Issues (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach should tell us what he said himself.

Social Partnership Issues (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: He should tell us what he said about the bank guarantee.

EU Summits (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I was interested to hear the Taoiseach say that the wording of the proposed amendment has not yet been finalised. A draft wording has been reported in the newspapers. Is that not to be the wording that is to be presented to the European Council meeting? In the event, when does the Taoiseach expect the wording to be finalised and publicly available?

Tribunals of Inquiry (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Has clarification been sought from the tribunal on whether public hearings have concluded? We understood that following evidence from the last witness who appeared before the tribunal public hearings would conclude. Has it been confirmed that public hearings are concluded and that it is now only a matter of the tribunal considering the evidence and preparing and bringing forth its report to...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party does not agree to the arrangements proposed by Government for dealing with this important matter. This is a motion from the Government asking the Dáil to approve the terms of the EU-IMF deal and all of the contents of the programme documents, which were circulated after the deal was negotiated and concluded. There are a number of reasons we are opposing this arrangement....

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: We did not get the programme documents until the end of that debate.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: On a point of order, Deputy Burton was repeatedly interrupted during her contribution.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Not once-----

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Not once, a Cheann Comhairle, did you call order to allow Deputy Burton to make her point.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is true.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is true. Check the record.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am making a point of order.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am making a point of order. You are right in saying, a Cheann Comhairle, that when people make points on the Order of Business, they are required to be brief.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Burton would have been brief if she had been allowed to make her comment, but you did not-----

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, you did not provide her with the protection from the Chair to which she was entitled.

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Earlier today, the Taoiseach said this motion is on the agenda today because of a political imperative. It is political. It is a cynical exercise in Fianna Fáil tribalism. In two hours, and with less than 24 hours notice of the wording, the Dáil is expected to debate and vote on the EU/IMF deal. We are doing so, not because the Government has suddenly woken up to the requirements of...

Defence Forces Personnel (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Defence the outcome of the investigation being carried out by the Defence Forces into allegations that members may have been working for private security firms in the Seychelles and possibly involved in the purchase of arms; if any new changes in regulations have been introduced as a result of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....