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Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on claims that just €130 million from the €250 million revenue gained from the carbon levy has been going to earmarked schemes; the energy efficiency measures to benefit from the carbon tax; the percentage of revenue gained from the carbon tax that will be spent on energy efficiency measures in...

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I did not think that it was possible for the Taoiseach and this Fianna Fáil Government to do any more damage to the country after the disastrous decision it made to provide the blanket guarantee to the banks which tied the banks to the State and which has brought us to this sorry pass with one disastrous economic decision after another. However, by any standards, the deal that was done last...

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not know whether it is the Taoiseach's intention but he has ended up with an agreement which, in effect, purports to tie the hands of the next Government. I do not believe it had to be like that because going into those negotiations with the international organisations I believe this country had some bargaining power-----

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----but the problem is the Government could not exercise it because it is now a weak Government in its last days. It did not have the credibility or the authority or ability to negotiate a decent honourable deal for this country. I have one question for the Taoiseach. Will he put the agreement to this House for its approval or rejection?

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach has no shame.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: After what he has done to this country, to stand here on the day he comes back with a lousy deal and try to spin it as he has done is shameful. Let me tell the Taoiseach about the National Pensions Reserve Fund. What the Labour Party did propose was that we might have used it to provide the hospital places the Fianna Fáil Government never provided.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Would it not have been a better use of the fund to fund hospital places-----

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----rather than to fill the hole in the banks - a hole, incidentally, the Government created?

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach comes in here and tells us he has a bargain for us.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: In anybody's language, 5.8% is more than 5.2%, and it is far more than is being required of other member states. It is that high because of the economic problems the Government and the banks have created. The money that is in the NPRF, which could be usefully spent-----

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----on providing jobs and economic growth and a bank that might actually lend to businesses, will now be used on top of the money that has already gone into the banks.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach has come in here and told us the deal that was negotiated last week was a good one. Yes, we have gone to our family; that is true. However, our family has a problem too, and we were in a better bargaining position than the Taoiseach's weak, end-of-days Government allowed for. A better deal could have been negotiated for us.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: My question remains the question that the Taoiseach did not answer: will he put the deal to the House? The Constitution states, in Article 29.5.2°, "The State shall not be bound by any international agreement involving a charge upon public funds unless the terms of the agreement shall have been approved by Dáil Éireann." Will the Taoiseach put the lousy deal he negotiated last Sunday...

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is why I am asking the question.

Introduction of New Member (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Thar chionn Páirtí an Lucht Oibre ba mhaith liom cur leis an fáilte roimh an Teachta Piaras Ó Dochartaigh. Ar ndóigh, is lá bródúil é dó féin, dá chlann, dá pháirtí agus dá lucht tacaíochta é a bheith tofa mar Theachta Dála. On behalf of the Labour Party I welcome Deputy Pearse Doherty and congratulate him on winning the Donegal South-West by-election. I have a feeling...

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party objects to today's arrangements. The agreement negotiated with the EU and the IMF is the product of a process the Government denied existed until the very last minute. The Taoiseach denied he was entering into these discussions or that any discussions were taking place and then announced them last Sunday week. These discussions were undertaken without any prior discussion...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (25 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 35: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the outstanding waste water treatment works that need to be carried out countrywide; when each of these works are due to commence; the amount being budgeted for these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44412/10]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (25 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 42: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure chlorine monitors are installed at every water treatment plant in accordance with the recommendation of the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44413/10]

National Recovery Plan 2011 - 2014: Statements. (25 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: This plan is the added price the people of Ireland must pay for 13 years of Fianna Fáil misrule. It is a price that must be added to the price already paid by those who have lost their jobs, whose businesses have gone or whose pay and services have been cut. This price must be paid by pensioners and people on the lowest pay, as well as by families and households nationwide. In his speech...

National Recovery Plan 2011 - 2014: Statements. (25 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: ----- and to all round the new year together. Consider this plan as some kind of down payment or deposit on another four or five years of Fianna Fáil rule. That is what this plan is about. This plan is the direct result of the politics of the Galway tent and of "show-time". It is the result of the unbelievable political arrogance and folly of the worst Governments in the history of this...