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Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has announced his intention to reorganise and rationalise the industrial relations institutions and he is working on that. The number of claims or applications presumably reflect industrial relations issues in the workplace. People who have industrial relations issues are perfectly entitled to bring them forward and to have them processed.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I have already agreed there can be debate in the House next week on the public capital programme. When the Deputy's party was in Government, it produced all kinds of programmes which had no basis in reality. Telling people that it will build a road when it clearly has no money with which to do it is just not levelling with people.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government is committed to that road. There is a political commitment to it. However, we have to be straight with people.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: When there is no money to do it, there is no point going around saying we will spend so much on this and so much on something else.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Next week.

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: When it comes to revisionism-----

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----there was a fair bit in the question. Fianna Fáil is hardly in a position to lecture the Government on taking firm action against the banks.

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Let me deal with the issue. I welcome Deputy Ó Cuív's support for the strong stand the Government has taken on the decision made by some of the financial institutions not to pass on the interest rate reduction to their customers. Yesterday the Government had already arranged a meeting with Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and Allied Irish Banks to discuss with them the issue of lending to...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes, it is the view of the Government that the interest rate reduction should be passed on to customers and we are going to take this one step at a time. As the Deputy said, it is about taking action, not words, and the Government is acting on the matter. We had a meeting yesterday with the banks concerned, at which we told them what our objective and intention were - we believe this was...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Should, of course.

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: That is step number two. If the banks do not reconsider their position, as expressed to us yesterday at the meeting of the Economic Management Council, on the basis of the assessment we receive from the Financial Regulator, we will take action, as appropriate.

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We made it clear to the banks yesterday that the Government was contemplating introducing legislation in this regard. There is a period of time within which the banks can reflect on what we said to them yesterday and reconsider the position they have adopted. I hope they will take the opportunity to do this. If they do not, we will have the assessment of the Financial Regulator and will...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government has been very firm with the banks on this issue. The Deputy was not present at the meeting yesterday which he has portrayed as a polite conversation. The Government was very clear with the banks about its wish and determination that the interest rate reduction be passed on to customers. We made it very clear to them that if that did not happen, the question of introducing...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy may be absolutely assured that the Government will act in the interests of the people, in particular in this case the interests of those who have borrowed from banks and to whom the banks are saying they will not pass on the reduction in the interest rate. We have made our position very clear to the banks. One can communicate with them; one does not necessarily have to pull on a...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We have made it very clear-----

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government has made its position very clear to the banks which I hope will reconsider the position they outlined to us yesterday. They know, as we do and everybody knows else, that when the ECB reduced the interest rate, the intention was that it would be passed on to customers and that the money would not be pocketed by the banks. We are considering whether we should legislate to deal...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy has said that a few times, but we have not received it. Immediately after the banks had told us yesterday that they did not intend to pass on the interest rate reduction, the Taoiseach made contact with the Financial Regulator by telephone-----

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ----- and asked him for his assessment of the situation and told him what happened.

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: When we get the assessment we will have the considered position of the Financial Regulator. I assure Deputies that the Government is acting on this matter and will continue to act on it.

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Immediately following the arrest of the 14 Irish people on the MV Saoirse I arranged to have officials from the Irish embassy meet them when their boat was brought ashore at Ashdod. They have been visited every day of their detention. They had an opportunity to be deported on Saturday, provided they signed a waiver against appealing the deportation order, but they declined to do so. I...