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Programmes for Government (16 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: We may need to change some of the Chairmen.

Business of Dáil: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: As I understand from what the Government Chief Whip read out, it is proposed to have only the motion of confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government taken today. Is that correct?

Business of Dáil: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not intend to delay the proceedings but just wish to make the point that on the previous occasion when there was a motion of confidence in the then Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, on 26 September 2007, there was normal business on that day. There were Questions, Leaders' Questions and Adjournment matters so what is being proposed for today departs from that. This is the third sitting...

Business of Dáil: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----it will be two weeks since we have had Leaders' Questions and I merely want to draw attention to that.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Has the Taoiseach no shame? I expected he would come in today and present a robust defence of his Government's performance and of his performance. I expected he would have the usual thump at the Opposition or anyone else he could find to blame. Frankly, the Taoiseach excelled himself with the self-serving nature of his contribution in opening the debate. He has provided us with half an...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to share my time with Deputy Quinn.

Business of Dáil (10 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: There is a motion of no confidence in the Taoiseach before the House. The normal practice when a motion of no confidence, in the Taoiseach or the Government, is tabled is that there is a counter motion of confidence from the Government. Motions of confidence or no confidence have always taken precedence over all other business being transacted in the House. I want to establish from the...

Business of Dáil (10 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I will be brief. We were not to discuss the contents of the banking reports which so damningly criticise the performance of the Government and, in particular, of the Taoiseach over a period of time. The Government hatched those reports for ten days and is not allowing any discussion here in the Dáil. It then tried to news manage the release of the reports yesterday, which backfired...

Business of Dáil (10 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Under the Constitution, the Government's authority to govern is based on its ability to command a majority in this House.

Business of Dáil (10 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I ask the Ceann Comhairle to please hear my point of order. There is a motion of confidence which challenges that the Government has a majority in the House. We do not know if Government backbenchers, who have been distancing themselves from the Taoiseach for some time, are willing to come in and vote support in him. We do not know if the Green Party will vote support in him.

Business of Dáil (10 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: We do not know if the Independent Deputies will vote support in him. The Constitution is very clear that votes in the House are on the basis of those present and voting. There is a challenge today, not next Tuesday. The motion of confidence is tabled today. The challenge is that the Government does not enjoy the support of a majority of Deputies in the House today. I submit to the Ceann...

Implementation of the Ryan Report: Statements (9 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Last Thursday the Dáil passed a motion, which the Labour Party opposed, dealing with the business for this week. That motion did not exclude the hearing of Leaders' Questions today. There was no reference in the motion to Standing Order 27, the Standing order that deals with Leaders' Question. That Standing Order was not stood down by the motion put by the Government and passed last week....

Implementation of the Ryan Report: Statements (9 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, you are wrong.

Implementation of the Ryan Report: Statements (9 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I submit to the Ceann Comhairle that his ruling is wrong and that he should reconsider.

Implementation of the Ryan Report: Statements (9 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: On a point of order-----

Implementation of the Ryan Report: Statements (9 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The item to which we are moving on is important and I do not wish to delay or curtail it.

Implementation of the Ryan Report: Statements (9 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I dispute the Ceann Comhairle's interpretation of the matters we have been discussing and I want to return to it at a later stage, but I will not do so now.

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The second point of order I am raising is that the motion which the Government has presented about next week's business has not yet been voted on. There are some questions which I wish to put to you, in your capacity as Chair of the House and the holder of the office to protect our rights here as Members. In the course of the earlier exchanges, you told us that the House was master of its...

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I want to vary the Order of Business for next week and I will be proposing to do so at 2.30 p.m. next Wednesday. If the motion we will shortly be voting on is passed and there is no Order of Business, I would like the Ceann Comhairle to tell me what opportunity I will have to propose that the Order of Business be varied. If there is no Standing Order 32, what opportunity will I have to ask...

Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: If there is no Adjournment motion, how will I get a response from a Minister to my questions? If there are no oral questions, how can I put a question to a Minister on matters of importance? In any event, how will the House decide on these issues if we do not have an opportunity to divide? I noted earlier there are provisions in the Constitution to deal with these matters. I put it to the...