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Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We are talking about people who have lost their jobs and seen their family incomes turned upside down. We are talking about young people who have not yet had an opportunity to get into work. These people are trying to cope with such real problems and difficulties around the kitchen table.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I have set out the fact that economic recovery is the Government's priority because it will enable people to return to work. Every action and decision of the Government since it came into office has been taken with that in view.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Equally, every decision we will take from now on will be aimed at getting people back into employment.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We will work at that every day.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy McDonald has suggested that we are not doing enough. I agree that it will never be enough until we get every one of those 448,000 people back to work.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: That is our objective.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: It is an individual objective.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: It is not about meeting this target or meeting that target. It is about getting people into employment and getting business moving again. It is a huge problem. We inherited an economy that was broken. We are working to fix it. We are having success. We will continue to do what we are doing.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I appreciate that advance notice of the issue to be raised is not given on Leaders' Questions. If I had received advance notice of this issue, I would have prepared a response on it. My sympathies are with the families and individuals who have been burned in this escapade. If Deputy Higgins gives me details of the cases he has raised, I will arrange to have the issue examined by my...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I will not be tempted into responding to the second matter that was referred to by the Deputy, which is unrelated to the main issue he raised.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I will not talk about next week's budget.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: If I were to comply with the request made by Deputy Higgins, would he come in here next week to support the budget? On the matter that was initially raised, I assure the House that the Government will deal sympathetically with families that find themselves in financial difficulties. That is the policy and the approach of this Government. To be honest, Deputy Higgins could have raised this...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. a11c, motion re sittings and business of the Dáil; No. 11c, motion re leave to introduce Supplementary Estimates [Votes 19, 20 and 22]; No. 11d, motion re referral of Supplementary Estimates [Votes 19, 20 and 22] to select committee; No. 12, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the draft scheme entitled Credit Institutions (Eligible...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I understood the timing for this debate had been agreed by the Whips.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I also remind the Deputies of both parties opposite that when the original blanket-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy McGrath voted for it as well.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: When both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin supported the blanket bank guarantee, the amount-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Doherty is tortured by the memory of the enthusiastic welcome he gave for the blanket bank guarantee when it was introduced.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: He has been searching around the Dáil record ever since to see if he can wish away his own words, which are imprinted in black and white.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: He is coming in here with transcripts of the Dáil record underlined in green to do anything.