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- Official Engagements (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: When I asked the Taoiseach yesterday about President Sarkozy's statement that Ireland cannot benefit from the EU's financial aid package while maintaining its low corporate tax rate and the lack of a response from the Government, he told me that the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy Roche, had responded to the statement on behalf of the Government. I cannot find...
- Official Engagements (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach said he will make available whatever response the Minister of State, Deputy Roche, made to President Sarkozy's statement. I am not disputing that President Sarkozy is aware of Ireland's position in respect of the rate of corporation tax. That has been well trawled and was stated at the time of the Lisbon referenda. The significance of President Sarkozy's statement is that he...
- Official Engagements (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: I appreciate that the Taoiseach does not have the text in front of him but I am surprised that he does not recall the change that was made in the text because according to the press reports which appeared after the Council meeting that change in the text was made arising from requests - some news reports described them as "demands" - by the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who wanted to...
- Official Engagements (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Yes.
- Official Engagements (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: That will get the Taoiseach another couple of weeks.
- Official Engagements (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Anything at all.
- Official Engagements (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Any excuse.
- Official Engagements (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: There is no heat coming on me at all.
- Official Engagements (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach need not worry; there is plenty of juice.
- Order of Business. (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: No, the Labour Party will not agree the Order of Business today. The Taoiseach told us earlier today and yesterday that the Government does not intend to provide time to debate the Labour Party's motion of no confidence in the Government. That is the first time Government has refused to provide Government time to debate a motion of no confidence. That, of course, is the Government's...
- Order of Business. (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: -----and certainly in circumstances where the overwhelming majority of the people want this Government removed from office. I believe it is the duty of the Opposition to put that question to the test and, in circumstances where the Government is not prepared to respond to that test, the Labour Party will not accept the Order of Business today.
- Order of Business. (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: That is the Taoiseach's business.
- Order of Business. (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach informed us this morning of the resignation of Deputy Micheál Martin as Minister for Foreign Affairs and told us he was assigning the Department of Foreign Affairs to himself. Is that a temporary little arrangement or is it intended to be for the remaining life of the Government?
- Order of Business. (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Has the Taoiseach received offers of resignation from any other Minister or Minister of State?
- Order of Business. (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: The second half of the question - has the Taoiseach received offers of resignation from any other Minister or Minister of State?
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding the implementation of the report of the task force on innovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45952/10]
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: A Cheann Comhairle, what is happening here this morning is disrespectful of the people of this country.
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: We heard on the news last night that the Minister for Health and Children has resigned. We then heard that three other Ministers - the Minister for Defence, the Minister for Justice and Law Reform and the Minister for Transport - have resigned. There is speculation that another Minister is about to resign. It has always been the case that when Ministers of the Government resign a statement...
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: -----grubby exercise in last-minute jobbery being hatched by this Government which we are not being told about, and we are not being told who has Government responsibility for various issues.
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Can the Tánaiste tell us who has resigned or who is about to resign? Can the full list of resignees be told to us?