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Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and hold it at a later stage. I wish everybody the best for the season.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I was surprised that Deputy Seán Power did not continue the sporting analogy because it is customary, for teams that are in the relegation zone at Christmas, that the board expresses its full confidence in the manager.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: So I gather. I referred earlier to the desirability that we should meet next week to hear the Taoiseach's report from the EU summit. The Dáil is not sitting next week so we will not have the opportunity to do that in the House. When he returns from the summit next week, will the Taoiseach circulate the statement he would normally make in the House so we would at least be in a position to...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I want to ask the Tánaiste for some information which will determine how the Labour Party will address the seven proposals on which we have to vote. The Government proposes to go into recess today and return on 12 January. On 22 November, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy John Gormley, said his party, "have now reached a point where the Irish people...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am nearly finished.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I sometimes feel that you are on a timer, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It seems that regardless of what I say, the Chair interrupts 19 seconds after I started.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I promise I have almost finished the point I am making.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: With the exception of the members of the Government, perhaps, everybody agrees that the country needs certainty, stability and the election of a strong and stable Government. It is neither desirable nor in the country's interests for that process to be prolonged. Can the Tánaiste give the House the date for the publication of the finance Bill? How long is it intended to spend considering...

Written Answers — Literacy-Numeracy Levels: Literacy-Numeracy Levels (16 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to address the findings of the recent Programme for International Student Assessment, published by the OECD on 7 December 2010; her views on Ireland's 12 place drop in reading literacy rankings in particular; the measures she is taking to put Irish education back into the top ten rankings for...

Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on his Department's estimate for 2011 [47258/10]

Defence Forces Personnel (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Defence the outcome of the investigation being carried out by the Defence Forces into allegations that members may have been working for private security firms in the Seychelles and possibly involved in the purchase of arms; if any new changes in regulations have been introduced as a result of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Earlier today, the Taoiseach said this motion is on the agenda today because of a political imperative. It is political. It is a cynical exercise in Fianna Fáil tribalism. In two hours, and with less than 24 hours notice of the wording, the Dáil is expected to debate and vote on the EU/IMF deal. We are doing so, not because the Government has suddenly woken up to the requirements of...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party does not agree to the arrangements proposed by Government for dealing with this important matter. This is a motion from the Government asking the Dáil to approve the terms of the EU-IMF deal and all of the contents of the programme documents, which were circulated after the deal was negotiated and concluded. There are a number of reasons we are opposing this arrangement....

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: We did not get the programme documents until the end of that debate.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: On a point of order, Deputy Burton was repeatedly interrupted during her contribution.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Not once-----

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Not once, a Cheann Comhairle, did you call order to allow Deputy Burton to make her point.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is true.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is true. Check the record.