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Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: To what Bill is the Deputy referring?

Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes, but what number is the Bill on the list of proposed legislation? I do not see it.

Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: It is not listed for publication this session.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: As Deputy Ó Cuív noted, a meeting of Heads of State and Government will be held next Sunday and various technical and high level official meetings are being held beforehand, including a meeting of eurozone finance Ministers on Friday and a meeting of the EU 27 group of finance Ministers on Saturday. Considerable work is being done to prepare proposals for consideration at Sunday's meeting....

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The approach the Government is taking on this issue is aimed at minimising the cost to the taxpayer of bank restructuring and recapitalisation. We have already included a significant degree of burden sharing with bondholders in respect of what has been done in the case of Irish banks. The total cost of recapitalising them, arising from the decisions we made in March, was originally...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: It is not true that the Government has not been dealing with the Aviva job situation. My principal concern is for the employees of Aviva who are facing the prospect of losing their jobs. It is a very big job loss. The way in which Aviva treated its employees yesterday was disgraceful.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The manner in which the employees were called in, required not to talk to the press and then let back out again no wiser than they were when they went in is simply not acceptable.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister, Deputy Bruton, has been dealing with the company on this issue. They have been engaging on a continuing basis to minimise the impact on jobs in Ireland. The Minister has met the company's European chief executive officer, Mr. Mayer, and its global chief executive officer, Mr. Moss. He has remained in regular contact with them throughout the process. At the direction of the...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: That is why, for example, the Government is seeking to get additional investment and additional jobs in this country.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I went on a trade mission to Japan and Korea last week. We will meet officials from India this week. We are pursuing a strategy of attracting investment from Asia.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We convened the successful Global Irish Economic Forum to bring together the many people who have goodwill towards Ireland. We hope they will be in a position to move investment decisions in Ireland's direction.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We are very appreciative of the fact that President Clinton, who was at that event, is willing to convene a meeting of corporate leaders in the United States.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We hope that will bring about increased investment in jobs in this country.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank Deputy McDonald for her exceptional and unusual praise for the Government's efforts to bring about investment and jobs.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: As I said, the Aviva workers who are quite rightly seeking to protect their jobs and minimise the job losses in the company have the full support of the Government.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: It means the Minister, Deputy Bruton, who is directly responsible, is already engaging with the company.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: He has had a considerable amount of talk with that company.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The same can be said of the State agencies and that will continue.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The strategy the Government is pursuing in the work it is doing is to increase investment in jobs in this country. We are pursuing that vigorous strategy everywhere we can. We want to attract investment into this country and create jobs. It is an unfortunate fact that from time to time, jobs will be lost in one company or another for a variety of reasons.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: No. The Deputy should not be smart about it.