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Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I remind Deputy Doherty that what he voted for was a guarantee of €400 billion. As a result of the Government's management of this issue, it is now down to about a quarter of that-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and I cannot see why he is opposing an extension of a guarantee for the ordinary saver and deposit holder in our banking system.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I accept what Deputies Ó Snodaigh and Catherine Murphy have said. If they state that they objected to these proposals at the meeting of the Whips, then I fully accept that.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: What we are doing next week is new.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: It is.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We will have the Estimates announced in the House. All year, the Opposition has been complaining about announcements being made outside the House.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: This announcement will be made in the House and there will be an opportunity for each of the parties or groups in opposition to respond to the Minister's announcement. Each party, individually, will have the same length of time as the Minister has for making the announcement.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I remind Deputy Ó Cuív that what happened in the lifetime of the Government of which he was a member was that the Budget Statement was announced in the House and meanwhile individual Ministers went out and held press conferences about the various cuts in expenditure, etc.-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and it all was done outside the House. This is being done-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----in the House.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Plenty of time is being given for responses from the Opposition parties and plenty of time next week-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----as we have already agreed arrangements which clear questions and other matters. This will maximise the amount of time next week for debate on the budget in its totality.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I have made clear in answer to previous questions my deep concern about the residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq, in light of the serious violence which took place in the camp last April and the Iraqi Government's clear insistence that it wishes the camp to be closed by the end of 2011. Ireland and its EU partners are determined to seek a long-term and peaceful solution to the predicament of the...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Passports Act, 2008 provides, inter alia, that the Minister for Foreign Affairs shall be satisfied as to the identity of each applicant for before a passport is issued to him/her. Proofs of identity are required in respect of all passport applications. These requirements, which are outlined both in the passport application form notes that accompany each application form and on the...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I move: (1) THAT for the purposes of the tax charged by virtue of section 95 of the Finance Act 1999 (No. 2 of 1999), that Act be amended, with effect as on and from 7 December 2011— (a) in section 96(1B) (inserted by section 64(1)(f) of the Finance Act 2010 (No. 5 of 2010)), by substituting "A is the amount to be charged per tonne of CO2 emitted, being €20 in the case of petrol, aviation...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: One of the standard questions often asked of Opposition parties - those currently in Opposition are no exception - is that if additional tax will not be placed on working people, as this Government has chosen-----

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: There have been no income tax increases-----

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----on working people in this budget.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Opposition is constantly asked where it would get the tax. The answer is always a carbon tax.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: In the national recovery plan, Fianna Fáil-----