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Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. a11c, motion re sittings and business of the Dáil; No. 11c, motion re leave to introduce Supplementary Estimates [Votes 19, 20 and 22]; No. 11d, motion re referral of Supplementary Estimates [Votes 19, 20 and 22] to select committee; No. 12, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the draft scheme entitled Credit Institutions (Eligible...

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Eamon Gilmore: I understood the timing for this debate had been agreed by the Whips.

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Eamon Gilmore: I also remind the Deputies of both parties opposite that when the original blanket-----

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Eamon Gilmore: Deputy McGrath voted for it as well.

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Eamon Gilmore: When both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin supported the blanket bank guarantee, the amount-----

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Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Doherty is tortured by the memory of the enthusiastic welcome he gave for the blanket bank guarantee when it was introduced.

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Eamon Gilmore: He has been searching around the Dáil record ever since to see if he can wish away his own words, which are imprinted in black and white.

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Eamon Gilmore: He is coming in here with transcripts of the Dáil record underlined in green to do anything.

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Eamon Gilmore: I remind Deputy Doherty that what he voted for was a guarantee of €400 billion. As a result of the Government's management of this issue, it is now down to about a quarter of that-----

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Eamon Gilmore: -----and I cannot see why he is opposing an extension of a guarantee for the ordinary saver and deposit holder in our banking system.

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Eamon Gilmore: I accept what Deputies Ó Snodaigh and Catherine Murphy have said. If they state that they objected to these proposals at the meeting of the Whips, then I fully accept that.

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Eamon Gilmore: What we are doing next week is new.

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Eamon Gilmore: It is.

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Eamon Gilmore: We will have the Estimates announced in the House. All year, the Opposition has been complaining about announcements being made outside the House.

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Eamon Gilmore: This announcement will be made in the House and there will be an opportunity for each of the parties or groups in opposition to respond to the Minister's announcement. Each party, individually, will have the same length of time as the Minister has for making the announcement.

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Eamon Gilmore: I remind Deputy Ó Cuív that what happened in the lifetime of the Government of which he was a member was that the Budget Statement was announced in the House and meanwhile individual Ministers went out and held press conferences about the various cuts in expenditure, etc.-----

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Eamon Gilmore: -----and it all was done outside the House. This is being done-----

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Eamon Gilmore: -----in the House.

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Eamon Gilmore: Plenty of time is being given for responses from the Opposition parties and plenty of time next week-----

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Eamon Gilmore: -----as we have already agreed arrangements which clear questions and other matters. This will maximise the amount of time next week for debate on the budget in its totality.