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Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Tá siad ag clamhsán faoin méid ama atá ar fáil don díospóireacht seo.

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Chuireamar trí uair a' chloig ar fáil an Aoine seo caite, ach níor úsáideadh an t-am sin go léir.

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Bhí an Bille seo le críochnú ar 3.30 ar an tráthnóna sin, ach ní raibh go leor cainteoirí ar thaobh an Fhreasúra chun an díospóireacht a choimeád ar siúl. Thit an díospóireacht ar 3.10 an lá sin. Tá siad ag teacht isteach inniu ag gearán nach bhfuil dóthain ama ar fáil, cé nár úsáid said an t-am a bhí ar fáil an tseachtain seo caite.

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Ní féidir leo a rá inniu nach mbeidh go leor ama acu.

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Iarraim ort, a Cheann Comhairle, an cheist a chur.

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This Bill is reforming political funding. It is reducing the limits on contributions that can be made. It is an important item of political reform the Government is anxious to see put through the House. We have had a considerable amount of debate on it.

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: There will not be attacks on the most vulnerable people in society and Deputy Higgins or anybody else should not be giving rise to ungrounded fears among people.

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: That type of scaremongering-----

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Dáil is rising today with considerable progress made on this country's difficulties. We are rising having secured agreement at European Council level on the separation of bank debt from sovereign debt, something that many people on the Opposition side said could not be done. We have done it. We are rising in circumstances where, yesterday evening, this House completed Second Stage of...

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: We are rising after the announcement by-----

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----the Minister, Deputy Howlin, this week of €2.25 billion of a stimulus package for the Irish economy.

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This session has been a particularly long one. As we rise today I want to thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, all of the staff of the Houses, the Members, the press and everybody who works here for their co-operation and the amount of work they have put in. I wish Members of the House an enjoyable break from their endeavours. I do not think any Member of the House who will go on holidays for...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I welcome the Deputy back to active service. I have missed him.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Since this is the last day of this Dáil session, I look forward to seeing the Deputy here regularly when we return in September. The Government supports the community employment programme which plays an important role in the provision of crucial services for rural and urban communities. There are 1,143 community employment schemes in operation nationally. Of the 23,300 places available,...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy has a hard neck to lecture the Government on community employment schemes, the budget or the economy.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: When he exited government in February 2011, he left behind the biggest financial and economic mess the country had ever faced.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: In the 16 months since the Government has made strides to restore the country's economic fortunes.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: We have successfully separated bank debt from sovereign debt, a problem with which the party opposite left us, and we have reduced the interest rate on our borrowings.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: We are working our way towards recovery. In regard to those on the lowest incomes, we reversed the cut in the minimum wage that Fianna Fáil had made.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: We removed 300,000 people from the universal social charge which Fianna Fáil had introduced. We are making reforms in the area of social protection. The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, is the man who introduced the social employment schemes which the Government is committed to maintaining. We are supporting them. The amount of money available for labour...