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Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Sinn Féin is closer to him than anyone in the Government.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The residents in this estate have a significant problem that needs to be addressed. There is a court action which is related to it which must take its own course. In the meantime, the Minister of State with responsibility for housing and planning, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, is dealing with this issue. She has met with the residents of Priory Hall and will do so again. She is in touch with...

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: No, that is not the case.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy McDonald seems to be more interested in what the Minister is doing than she is in the residents.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government is interested in getting the residents of this estate back into their homes as quickly as possible. The Minister of State for housing and planning is dealing with that.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I have no difficulty-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I have no difficulty in discharging my responsibilities but Deputy Higgins has a bit of responsibility himself.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: He spent years going around this city to encourage people not to pay their charges to Dublin City Council and the other local authorities.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I will repeat it for the Deputy.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy spent years encouraging people not to pay their bin charges to Dublin City Council and other local authorities and as a consequence undermined the viability of the service being provided by the local authorities.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Consequently the service ended up being privatised.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I have always been amazed that when Deputy Higgins was going around the city with his mates to encourage people not to pay their charges to the city council and council charges I never heard him arguing they should not pay their charges to the private collectors who were competing with the local authorities.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: He did more to undermine the public service that was being provided by the public authorities in Dublin than anybody else.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: He should not be surprised now if the consequence of his actions is that Dublin City Council and the other local authorities ended up privatising their services. In respect of this privatisation and the transfer of services to a private company, there have been big problems in the transition. I have already stated that 18,000 householders are experiencing difficulties with their waste...

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This is February 2012 and 18,000 householders in this city are having difficulty having their refuse collected. A problem has arisen following the arrangements made by the management of Dublin City Council. That is the problem that needs to be resolved. Deputy Higgins should take his head out of the archives and get real about-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----the problems people have in the here and now. There is a problem in Dublin city in the here and now, and that is the problem the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is dealing with.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the problem the Government is dealing with. We have stated the approach we are taking and that is what we will concentrate on getting resolved so that the people in this city can have their waste collected with a reasonable arrangement in place for the collection of the charges that apply to it.

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 5, Finance Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed) and No. 12 - statements on the action plan for jobs. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings on the resumed Second Stage of No. 5 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1.15 p.m. today; and the following arrangements shall apply to No. 12: opening...

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Finance Bill provides that there will be no increases in income tax for working people this year for the first time in a number of years and provides for changes in capital taxation - the kinds of changes that Sinn Féin and Deputy Higgins call for in theory and then oppose in practice.

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Finance Bill, which provides incentives for the creation of jobs-----