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Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The matter the Deputy is referring to is an industrial dispute. There are talks taking place and I hope they will continue-----

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----in order that a resolution will be found to the dispute and that people will get back to work.

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Tánaiste is meeting Mr. Owen Paterson today. It is a very reasonable request to establish if the Tánaiste will use the opportunity to reflect the sentiments of the House.

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: To clear up the matter, I am meeting the Secretary of State, Mr. Paterson, later today. As I have done on the previous occasions when I have met him, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. William Hague, and the Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, I will raise the issue and pursue the decision and request made by the House. That will be part of the discussion I will have with him.

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I will be happy to do so. Perhaps the Deputy might table a parliamentary question and I will reply to it.

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: It is intended to deal with the fiscal responsibility Bill in this session. The personal insolvency Bill is being progressed by the Minister and the Department. It is intended to bring it to the Government shortly.

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: What the Government has had to do is undo the mess Deputy Ó Cuív and his colleagues made prior to the general election.

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: In case Deputy Ó Cuív has forgotten the large number of people who are out of work, the Government, as part of its jobs initiative, introduced a temporary levy on pensions of 0.6%, which is considerably less than the amount many companies are charging in administration costs. The companies in question are perfectly capable of absorbing the levy. The jobs initiative launched by the...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: There has been a significant reduction in unemployment. In addition, the Government is continuing with its strategy to focus on job creation through the strategic investment programme we have announced and initiatives such as the global Irish economic forum which will take place at the weekend and is intended to bring together people who are in a position to create employment and encourage...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: All of the money being collected by way of the pension levy is to be used for job creation measures in the four year profile of the jobs initiative. As I indicated, the levy is a temporary measure, the purpose of which is to support the jobs initiative and the creation of employment. While the Deputy is correct that the number on the live register falls every September, the decline in...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I will not defend for one moment bonuses paid to anyone in Anglo Irish Bank. As the Deputy well knows and acknowledged, the bonuses she refers to arose prior to 2009 and the nationalisation of that bank. Since that date bonuses have been ended. Those she refers to are bonuses that arose or were contractually committed to prior to 2009. The Government is in the process of winding down Anglo...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy is wrong.

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government does not have a strategy-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----of targeting people on social welfare or low pay. On the contrary, this Government is defending and supporting those who have lost their jobs-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and find themselves on social welfare payments, and those on low pay.

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: That is why we reversed the cut in the minimum wage-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and why we are introducing legislation to reinstate the joint labour committees, JLCs, and regulated employment agreements. That is why this Government will ensure that those who have lost jobs and are dependent on welfare payment and people who are on low pay will be defended and protected-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: There will be fairness. Let us tell the story a different way because grandstanding about this issue will not solve the problem.

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Of the 50 people who were at senior level in Anglo Irish Bank prior to nationalisation, 28 are gone-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and the Government continues with its programme to wind down that bank.