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Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and anybody else in the interests of those who hold mortgages and are having difficulty in repaying them.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We all agree that community employment scheme projects do great work in local communities and provide great opportunities for people to gain work experience.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government is committed to the continuation of community employment schemes. The total amount being spent by the Department of Social Protection on employment support programmes, including community employment schemes, is not being reduced, rather it is being increased. The total spend by the Department on employment support programmes will be €977 million in 2012. It will be €882...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not accept the Deputy's contention that the changes being made in respect of training payments for community employment schemes will result in a loss of services. I do not accept that there will be a loss of places on such schemes. The reverse is the case. As I noted, the overall package of employment supports, including community employment schemes, is being increased.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: In addition, the jobs budget in May provided for over 20,000 new training and education places, while the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, announced a €20 million labour market activation fund to create a further additional 6,500 places for the long-term unemployed. The Department of Social Protection will seek to minimise the effects of the changes on...

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Order of Business is No. 8d, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2011; No. 18, Supplementary Estimates for Public Services - Votes 19, 20, 22, 25, 34 and 37, back from committee; No. 18a, Supplementary Estimates for Public Services - Vote 40, back from committee; No. a18b, motion re membership of...

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and No. a4, Social Welfare Bill 2011 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 5.45 p.m. and adjourn not later than 9.30 p.m.; Nos. 8d, 18, 18a and a18b shall be decided without debate and any division demanded on Nos. 18 and 18a shall be taken forthwith; Private Members' business which...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (7 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: There is no record on the passport system of an application in the name and date of birth of the person in question, nor is there any record of a previous passport which was issued in this name. If a parent has any reference, such as the number of the application form, this can be given to the Head of the Passport Office in Balbriggan, for further checking. This request should be made to...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (7 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: In my reply to the Deputy's question (no.45) of 29 September, 2011, the full background to this case was provided. It should be recalled that the applicant's mother did not have the required reckonable residence for the purposes of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956 as amended, (the Act) to demonstrate her child's entitlement to Irish citizenship. On this basis, the Department...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 and 4 together. The Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union is Ireland's largest overseas mission, with a staff complement totalling 89 drawn from almost every Government Department in the State as well as from the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and the Defence Forces. Of that total, 58 staff are at...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I move: (1) THAT for the purposes of the tax charged by virtue of section 95 of the Finance Act 1999 (No. 2 of 1999), that Act be amended, with effect as on and from 7 December 2011— (a) in section 96(1B) (inserted by section 64(1)(f) of the Finance Act 2010 (No. 5 of 2010)), by substituting "A is the amount to be charged per tonne of CO2 emitted, being €20 in the case of petrol, aviation...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: One of the standard questions often asked of Opposition parties - those currently in Opposition are no exception - is that if additional tax will not be placed on working people, as this Government has chosen-----

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: There have been no income tax increases-----

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----on working people in this budget.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Opposition is constantly asked where it would get the tax. The answer is always a carbon tax.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: In the national recovery plan, Fianna Fáil-----

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----provides for a doubling of the carbon tax from €15 to €30 per tonne.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: In the pre-budget statement that it produced, Fianna Fáil-----

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I am very glad to hear that.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I am glad to hear it because-----