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Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 2, Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgements (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad] - Second and Subsequent Stages; and No. 1, Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed).

Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that, in respect of No. 2, the proceedings on the Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1 p.m. today; the opening speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not...

Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----the Second Stage of which shall be considered tomorrow, the opening speeches of the main spokespersons for the Technical Group, Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, and of a Minister or Minister of State, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; the speech of each other Member called upon shall not exceed 15 minutes in each case; Members may share time; a...

Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Health is establishing an implementation group on universal health insurance and it will play a central role in supporting the Government to deliver on its commitment to introduce a single-tier health system, supported by universal health insurance. The legislation required will arise following that. A number of items of health legislation have been planned for this session...

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Eamon Gilmore: Approval to draft heads of the Bill was given by the Government on 20 December 2011 and it is hoped the Bill will be published this session.

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Eamon Gilmore: He is establishing an implementation group.

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Eamon Gilmore: I am not sure at what stage the establishment of the group is at.

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Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform brought the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill before the House some time ago. A number of items of legislation exist, including a Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill, for which the heads are being finalised. It is expected to be published this year.

Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: We have already announced the Bill that will be the core legislation to deal with this issue, namely, the personal insolvency Bill. Its heads were approved by Government on 24 January and it will be published this session.

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Eamon Gilmore: It was discussed by the Government this week. The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, is progressing it.

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Eamon Gilmore: The betting (amendment) Bill is expected this session.

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Eamon Gilmore: I expect the proposals will be brought forward shortly. The Minister for Finance is dealing with the matter.

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Eamon Gilmore: We will deal with the PCAR results when they are available. I cannot say if any legislation will be required. As regards the payments, we would all have been paying a lot less if Deputy Doherty had not been so enthusiastic about the bank guarantee.

Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: No, not on that matter.

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Eamon Gilmore: It is not possible at this stage to give a date for that Bill.

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Eamon Gilmore: The DNA Bill is expected in the middle of this year. The companies Bill is large, comprising 1,270 heads. The heads of the Bill have been approved by Government and it is expected to be published late in 2012.

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I am delighted to see the leader of Fianna Fáil here this morning. Like Deputy Martin, I welcome the provision yesterday of €529 billion by the European Central Bank for the European economy. As the Deputy said, those funds are in addition to the €450 billion that was provided by the ECB before Christmas and bring to almost €1 trillion the total amount of money the ECB has committed...

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I remind Deputy Martin that unlike the previous Government, this Government is having discussions with the banks about lending to small and medium-sized businesses. In his opening question, Deputy Martin wanted to know what the Government planned to do to discuss the issue of the provision of credit to small and medium-sized businesses through the banks. The Government has already been in...

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: There is nothing timid about it.

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Martin has raised an issue which the Government has well under control. We have published the action plan for jobs, we have set out the kind of funds that will be established in order to provide credit and start-up capital and to help business to create jobs.