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Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I want to ask the Taoiseach two questions in regard to this matter. First, will he confirm to the House that the €50 million is gone, that we will not see it again and, as the spokesperson from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government stated yesterday, the money will not be recovered? Second, will he finally acknowledge this was an appalling waste of money, a fact...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is not true.

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is not true. The decision was not taken because all party agreement was not obtained. The decision was taken because an expert group set up to examine whether the system was reliable found it was just as, if not more, dodgy and unreliable to use electronic voting machines as both the Labour Party and Fine Gael pointed out when the exercise began. That is why the machines could not be...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and accept responsibility for it.

Northern Ireland Issues (6 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting in London on 23 June 2010 with the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron MP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27878/10]

Northern Ireland Issues (6 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the political parties in Northern Ireland since July 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32315/10]

Northern Ireland Issues (6 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the British Government regarding Northern Ireland since July 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32316/10]

Northern Ireland Issues (6 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his participation in the North South Ministerial Council at Farmleigh House, Dublin, on 5 July 2010 [32326/10]

Census 2011 (5 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach the preparations being made by the Central Statistics Office for the 2011 Census; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6735/10]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there has been a change in the procedure whereby health professionals provide reports which form the basis for the allocation of educational supports for children with special needs in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34674/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she proposes to address the extra demand on maternity services; if resources will be provided to relocate maternity hospitals in Dublin and in Limerick to acute hospital campuses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34675/10]

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Most people in the country are in a state of shock at what we heard on Thursday about the eventual cost of bailing out the banks - coming in at €50 billion - and all of the implications of that for public finances, taxation, State borrowing and the cost of borrowing. During the month of September, RTE ran two documentaries, entitled, "Freefall", which dealt in particular with the bank...

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is very strange that a series of events was triggered by Anglo Irish Bank people going to Bank of Ireland and telling them Anglo was facing insolvency and that this caused both Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks to come rushing down to Government Buildings to talk about the banking crisis without ever mentioning that Anglo Irish Bank faced insolvency. Did the two banks not tell the...

Order of Business (5 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in expressing serious concern about what happened in Derry last night and I hope the Garda and PSNI are successful in finding out who was responsible, dealing with them and bringing them to justice. A significant amount of this type of activity has been building up for some time and it needs to be dealt with before it gets serious. I refer to the local...

Order of Business (5 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Are the rate payers of Dublin city and county to pay for this then? How will there not be additional costs? This is a new office. The McCarthy report recommended the abolition of regional authorities while it is proposed to legislate for regional authority for Dublin in this Bill. I do not understand how there cannot be costs attached to it. How will it be financed?

Order of Business (5 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes, but it is a normal feature of any Bill for us to be informed of its estimated cost in the explanatory memorandum circulated with it. The Taoiseach seems to have indicated that the memorandum that will circulate with this Bill will indicate there will be no cost. If that is the case, how will that happen?

Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: No, there will not be ample time - that is the whole problem. The proposal from the Government is that the statements on the statement made officially by the Minister for Finance this morning on the full cost of the banking bailout should conclude at 3.30 p.m. today. This means that, in effect, the Government is proposing that the Dáil be given between two hours and 2.5 hours to discuss...

Order of Business (30 Sep 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I acknowledge and thank the Taoiseach for agreeing to the suggestion by Deputy Kenny and me that the debate be extended to allow everybody in the House an opportunity to contribute. The Taoiseach said that the arrangements can be agreed by the Whips. I hope he will also agree that in making those arrangements, the Whips will be enabled to make suitable arrangements for questions and answers...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Sep 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a financial transactions tax at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34033/10]

Written Answers — National Debt: National Debt (30 Sep 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the average sovereign interest rate assumed in the elaboration of the estimated spending on servicing the national debt as set out in the most recent stability programme update; the annual cost to the Exchequer for every 100 basis point increase in this interest rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34032/10]