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Programmes for Government (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: When the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy John Gormley, announced in November that his party would withdraw from Government and a general election would be called by the end of January, he effectively made the programme for Government redundant. Following that announcement, was there any discussion between the two parties in Government to identify which...

Programmes for Government (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Will that report address the issue of appointments to State boards? The programme for Government was very clear that it was intended that legislation would be introduced to provide a new procedure for the making of appointments to State boards, which would include the advertising of the vacancies concerned. I note that over the Christmas recess the Government stuffed State boards and that...

Programmes for Government (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I deduce from the Taoiseach's response that we will not see the legislation the Government promised in the programme for Government to provide a new procedure for the making of State appointments. However, as I understand it from the Taoiseach's reply it will never see the light of day during the lifetime of this Government. Why is legislation needed? Why after almost four years in office...

Programmes for Government (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach is dining out on it anyway.

Written Answers — Transport Infrastructure: Transport Infrastructure (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will put together a transport or business plan to make Shannon Airport and Foynes seaport hubs for international transport involving the distribution of international cargo to EU countries. [2246/11]

Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I would like more clarity from the Taoiseach in this regard because he completed his reply to my Leader's question earlier by saying it is the Government's intention to get the legislation arising from the budget enacted a month earlier than last year. If that is the case, then do I understand correctly that it is the Government's intention to have the four Bills arising from the budget...

Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach talked about the indicative timetable. The Government is in effective control of the timetable. He said that the finance legislation would be completed one month earlier than last year. Whether that is the last week in February or the first week in March is neither here nor there, but the Taoiseach said that the Bill would be completed a month earlier than last year.

Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Hold on a second.

Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach was quite definite about this when he was replying to my Leader's question. He said "a month earlier than last year". Then when we pursued him on the matter, it became an indicative timetable-----

Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and now it is "around it". The Taoiseach is in control of the timetable. I am simply asking whether that is when the finance legislation will be enacted.

Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Seanad recommendations must come back to the Dáil.

Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes, but is that a definite, finite time for the enactment of those pieces of legislation? The Taoiseach has referred to other parliamentary priorities that he is going to slot into the parliamentary timetable as the finance Bill is being dealt with-----

Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Will those parliamentary priorities be concluded by that date, which is a month earlier than last year - the end of February or the beginning of March, whichever week it is - or will the Taoiseach then tell us when we have dealt with the finance pieces of legislation that we have other parliamentary priorities that he will be stringing on after that?

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: There are now 437,079 people on the live register. The number of people on it in December was the highest end of year figure since records began and was the 19th successive month that the number of people on it was over 400,000. People who are fortunate enough to have a job are finding that their pay has been cut through the taxes that were introduced in the budget and the universal social...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach is living in a wonderland. First, the statement by President Sarkozy, with the greatest of respect to the Minister of State, Deputy Roche, required a more forceful response from the Government than it received.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: At a minimum, it required that the Taoiseach pick up the telephone and contact him but he was too busy making other telephone calls to do the country's business. As regards the Taoiseach's take on unemployment, I do not know whether he is aware that a lot of people are leaving the country because they cannot get work here. When the Taoiseach plays around with the figures and says the rate is...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (13 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of employees of the Health Service Executive who have been accepted for the redundancy-retirement scheme recently announced; the categories of employment of these workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1543/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (13 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in view of the smaller than expected numbers who have taken the early retirement-redundancy scheme, if it is intended to reduce management and administrative staff in the Health Service Executive by any other means; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1544/11]

Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise a number of issues relating to the Order of Business. The Order of Business before us is pathetic. What is going on in this Chamber this morning is frankly surreal. People in this country are struggling to survive, want to get back to work and have been hit with a big whack of an increase in Vhi premiums on top of the damage done to their pay packets and incomes this month....

Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: It reminds me of what Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh said about hurling in Fermanagh and the Fiji Islands. Anglo Irish Bank was hardly noted for lending to small business. We have a Taoiseach who lacks credibility, a Government, many of whose members are not standing for re-election-----