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Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The position is that, in this period of transition, there should be flexibility. The company concerned needs to exercise this flexibility. The Government's policy on waste services is set down in the programme for Government. The company concerned is aware of that. There are other options that can be pursued if the company concerned does not show the flexibility that is required to ensure...

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Priory Hall residents were failed in the first instance by a Sinn Féin developer.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I will not withdraw. The Priory Hall residents were failed by a developer who, when Sinn Féin was going respectable put on an Armani suit, like so many others-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: In this particular case, the developer in question constructed a development which has left these people out of their homes.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: There is not one Member who does not feel the deepest sympathy for the residents in Priory Hall. A terrible thing happened there. People bought their homes with hard-earned money and invested their hopes and futures in that building only to discover it is not fit for purpose. Efforts are being made by different people to find the best outcome for the households concerned. I met with the...

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister of State with responsibility for housing and planning, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, has met with the residents of Priory Hall and is actively involved in dealing with this with Dublin City Council. She will meet again with the residents if that is necessary. The Government has considered the significantly difficult set of circumstances the residents of Priory Hall have found...

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government will not carry the can for dodgy developers irrespective of with whom they have been associated.

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.