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Finance Bill 2011: Motion. (27 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: On that point, I assure the Minister for Finance I am very familiar with the provisions of the Constitution, so familiar, in fact, I understand the constitutional requirement to be that the Taoiseach should offer his resignation when he no longer commands the support of a majority of Members of the House. That is manifestly the case at-----

Finance Bill 2011: Motion. (27 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Hold on a second-----

Finance Bill 2011: Motion. (27 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We have a Constitution-----

Finance Bill 2011: Motion. (27 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We have a Constitution which clearly states the Taoiseach shall submit his resignation to the President when he no longer has the support of a majority of Members of the House. That is clearly the case currently and there is precedent for this. It is a matter for the President to allow the Taoiseach to continue in a caretaker capacity. When does the Taoiseach intend to comply with the...

Finance Bill 2011: Motion. (27 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: He is obliged.

Finance Bill 2011: Motion. (27 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: He does not have the support.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I support Deputy Kenny in this. The sitting should be suspended until the Taoiseach is in a position to inform the House of the resignations and the arrangements for the transfer of the responsibilities of the Ministers who have resigned. When the Taoiseach accepted the resignations, I presume he transferred the responsibilities. We should be told to whom they have been transferred. We...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Constitution is very clear in this regard. Article 13.1.3° states "The President shall, on the advice of the Taoiseach, accept the resignation or terminate the appointment of any member of the Government." Has or has not the Taoiseach advised the President to accept the resignations of the Ministers who announced their own resignations last night? Second, as the Dáil's business is a...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the Government accept this proposal?

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to support the request that has been made by Deputy Kenny that the House be suspended until we hear from the Taoiseach. There is no option or alternative to that. The Constitution is very clear as to what happens when Ministers resign. Clearly, from our earlier exchanges, the Tánaiste, at best, does not seem to know what is happening. A number of Ministers have announced that they...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister told the nation this morning that these discussions with the Taoiseach had been ongoing since before Christmas, which would suggest that a carefully orchestrated plan was hatched whereby Ministers would resign and new Ministers would be appointed, which is one of the most cynical and grubby exercises-----

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----in last minute jobbery by Fianna Fáil before the holding of a general election. All of these are matters in regard to which we need to be absolutely clear. People in this country and others who this morning may be considering investing in it and creating jobs here need to know if we have a Government and if so, if it is functioning.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The fundamental question that arises for anyone outside of this country who may be considering investing in or creating jobs here is, having watched during the past hour what has been going on in this House, "Is there a Government?"

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We need to-----

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: This is extraordinary business. In my 20 years as a Member of this House I have seen some fairly significant changes in Government in dramatic days. However, I have never been here in circumstances in which I do not know whether we have a Government, who are the members of that Government and who holds responsibility for particular portfolios and the Taoiseach is not in the House to tell is...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Ceann Comhairle may not be empowered to do so but I am putting it-----

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I support Deputy Kenny's proposal on this matter. I am asking the Tánaiste to agree on behalf of the Government that the sitting be suspended until the Taoiseach comes into the House.

Termination of Ministerial Appointments: Announcement by Taoiseach (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: On a personal level, I wish the Ministers who have resigned from office the best for their future. Today is not a day to dwell on their political legacy or their contribution to Government. I welcome that at long last a date has been set for the general election. Since the Green Party announced that it was withdrawing from Government in November, I have been making the point, and made it...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: A Cheann Comhairle, what is happening here this morning is disrespectful of the people of this country.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: We heard on the news last night that the Minister for Health and Children has resigned. We then heard that three other Ministers - the Minister for Defence, the Minister for Justice and Law Reform and the Minister for Transport - have resigned. There is speculation that another Minister is about to resign. It has always been the case that when Ministers of the Government resign a statement...