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Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I share James Connolly's view that the country without its people means nothing to me. This includes the people who are no longer with us.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: On the negotiations, lest the Deputy finds the issue too complex, let me explain it to him in clear terms.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: When it was formed, the Government set out to negotiate a better deal for Ireland, to negotiate better terms for the bailout arrangements that had been made by the previous Government and better terms on the EU-IMF deal. Part of those negotiations was to negotiate an arrangement but we considered that the promissory note arrangement which was entered into by the previous Government, was a...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I have made it very clear.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Neither a shop steward-----

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----in an individual employment nor the Governor of the Central Bank nor the Minister for Finance will negotiate in public.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This needs to be understood-----

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: What matters is that we get the best outcome in the interests of the Irish people and I am confident that the Government will succeed in doing this. When this is completed, it will be announced by the Minister for Finance in the House just as he announced the broad framework of his actions last week.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank Deputy Ross for his acknowledgment and congratulation of the Government on the progress to date. The Government has been in discussions for some time with the troika on the overall size of the promissory note, the entire issue of €31 billion. The object is to reach a point in those negotiations where a paper will be produced with the troika which will address the issue in its...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 14, statements on the Final Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the following arrangements shall apply in relation to No. 14: the statements of the Tánaiste and of the leaders of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I have no objection to that.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I will describe the legislative intentions. The referendum Bill is being finalised and I expect this to be published before the end of this week. It is then intended that the sub-committee of the Joint Committee on European Affairs will deal with issues relating to the treaty over a two week period or thereabouts. When the Dáil resumes it is intended to bring the referendum Bill into the...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The business scheduled for this week is a debate on each day, including Thursday, on the report of the Mahon tribunal. As Deputy Adams will recall, there was general agreement in the House last week that we should devote this week to the Mahon tribunal findings. The Minister for Finance has already come into the House to update the House on developments with regard to the promissory note....

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Construction Contracts Bill is on Second Stage and it is listed for this week if the debate on the Mahon tribunal concludes.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Tá trí chinn des na Billí atá geallta sa chlár Rialtais foilsithe cheana féin. Tá dhá Bhille aontaithe ag an Rialtas agus tá siad ag feitheamh le go bhfoilseofar iad. Tá Bille eile nach raibh ar liosta A ach atá foilsithe. Tá roinnt Billí eile atá ar liosta A nach bhfuil foilsithe go fóill. Maidir leis na rialacha faoin Acht rialtais áitiúil, ba cheart don Teachta ceist...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Tá trí Bhille foilsithe.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Níl an séasúr thart fós.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Níl an seisiún thart fós.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Tá trí Bhille foilsithe, dhá Bhille atá aontaithe ag an Rialtas agus Bille amháin eile nach raibh ar an liosta cheana féin. Chomh maith le sin tá an Bille i dtaobh an reifreann a luaigh mé cheana. Muna bhfaigheann an Teachta freagra ón Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil mar a dúirt an Príomh Aoire roimhe seo, is féidir leis an Teachta dul chuig an Ceann Comhairle...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Tá deis ag an Teachta-----