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Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Can we be told to whom are the Departments responsible? If the Garda Commissioner or the Chief of Staff of the Army has a serious issue of security or of crime to deal with this morning, to whom do they report? There is a clear issue of reporting required in those cases.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I am sorry to-----

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Eamon Gilmore: I am sorry to keep you-----

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Eamon Gilmore: I am sorry if I am keeping you from your coffee and "biccies" but these are serious matters which require to be addressed. This started out as a matter of survival of the Taoiseach, Deputy Brian Cowen, and now survival of Fianna Fáil, and that is Fianna Fáil's business, but the problem now is that it is seriously impacting on the way in which the country is not being run. Deputy Kenny is...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Let us have some real answers about what is going on.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: A Cheann Comhairle, we have a Constitution and it is very clear that the appointment of members of the Government has to be approved by the Dáil. First, will the Tánaiste indicate if the Taoiseach intends to come in here at some stage today and propose the appointment of new members of the Government for the approval of the Dáil? Second, until that happens, can she tell us who is in...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Health, of course.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Who is in charge of the Department of Health and Children? Is it true, as we have been hearing, that the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation is resigning? That is what we were being tweeted with from Government sources earlier this morning.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The constitutional requirements to which the Tánaiste refers are not matters that can be dealt with whenever the Taoiseach feels he can get around to doing so. They must be complied with now and they must be complied with here. Five ministries were vacant, one of which has been reassigned. Four are currently vacant, that we know of, to which no Cabinet Minister has been assigned. The...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Did the Deputy say can we not wait a few hours?

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the swansong of this Government. It should be titled, "Can't you wait a few hours for the Constitution" It is like saying, "Can't the people who are lying on trolleys wait a few days before they get a bed" and "Can't the people who are out of work wait a few months, or even a few years, before they get back to work". We can wait no longer.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I support Deputy Kenny in this. The sitting should be suspended until the Taoiseach is in a position to inform the House of the resignations and the arrangements for the transfer of the responsibilities of the Ministers who have resigned. When the Taoiseach accepted the resignations, I presume he transferred the responsibilities. We should be told to whom they have been transferred. We...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Constitution is very clear in this regard. Article 13.1.3° states "The President shall, on the advice of the Taoiseach, accept the resignation or terminate the appointment of any member of the Government." Has or has not the Taoiseach advised the President to accept the resignations of the Ministers who announced their own resignations last night? Second, as the Dáil's business is a...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the Government accept this proposal?

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to support the request that has been made by Deputy Kenny that the House be suspended until we hear from the Taoiseach. There is no option or alternative to that. The Constitution is very clear as to what happens when Ministers resign. Clearly, from our earlier exchanges, the Tánaiste, at best, does not seem to know what is happening. A number of Ministers have announced that they...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister told the nation this morning that these discussions with the Taoiseach had been ongoing since before Christmas, which would suggest that a carefully orchestrated plan was hatched whereby Ministers would resign and new Ministers would be appointed, which is one of the most cynical and grubby exercises-----

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----in last minute jobbery by Fianna Fáil before the holding of a general election. All of these are matters in regard to which we need to be absolutely clear. People in this country and others who this morning may be considering investing in it and creating jobs here need to know if we have a Government and if so, if it is functioning.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The fundamental question that arises for anyone outside of this country who may be considering investing in or creating jobs here is, having watched during the past hour what has been going on in this House, "Is there a Government?"

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We need to-----

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: This is extraordinary business. In my 20 years as a Member of this House I have seen some fairly significant changes in Government in dramatic days. However, I have never been here in circumstances in which I do not know whether we have a Government, who are the members of that Government and who holds responsibility for particular portfolios and the Taoiseach is not in the House to tell is...