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Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Which Minister has responsibility for bringing forward that proposal?

Order of Business. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I note a new social welfare Bill in the list of legislation. In that context I ask the Taoiseach about the plight of people who have lost their jobs and who are waiting for redundancy payments from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation. A person came to see me last week who lost his job in the first week of January of this year. He is now being told he will not receive his...

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: First, I join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in paying tribute to Gordon Brown and thanking him for the work, in particular, that he has done in regard to this country and Northern Ireland. I wish Mr. Cameron and Mr. Clegg well as they embark on the leadership of the Government of Britain. Relations between Britain and Ireland greatly improved under the outgoing Labour Government,...

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach will recall that, when we heard some weeks ago that Anglo Irish Bank had increased the salaries of some of its staff, both Deputy Kenny and I asked him about that in the House. He told us there was nothing he could do about it because it was all a matter for Anglo Irish Bank and its board and that the Government would not or could not intervene or interfere in the matter. Yet,...

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for reminding me.

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: My question to the Taoiseach is, first, whether he can confirm that the Department of Finance did in fact draft a less negative letter to go with the annual report of the bank in 2008. Second, can he justify why the Government was encouraging and directing that bank to, in effect, issue false information about the state of its finances and its requirement for additional funding?

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: This is no small matter. We are now told that it will cost €22 billion-----

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes, and more, to put this bank right. The cost of winding it up would cost huge amounts of money.

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: While the Government had intended that somehow the cost would be at arm's length from the State's own finances and budgets, that cannot now be the case due to what we heard from EUROSTAT. Therefore this is a very major issue. The Minister for Finance only told this House the full extent of the requirement for finance of this bank in April this year. What was the state of the Government's...

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Were they?

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Constitution that have been implemented to date; his plans for the implementation of outstanding recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13814/10]

Tribunals of Inquiry (11 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the costs accruing to his Department arising from the Moriarty tribunal up to the latest date for which figures are available; if any estimate is available of the likely final cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13687/10]

Tribunals of Inquiry (11 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach reminded us that the tribunal was established by the Oireachtas and that therefore how it is addressed is a matter for the Oireachtas. The Taoiseach will recall that when the tribunal was established in September 1997 its terms of reference included a paragraph which stated that it is the desire of the House that the inquiry be completed in as economical a manner as possible...

Tribunals of Inquiry (11 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The idea that the tribunal was to be completed in a short number of months has arisen before. When the Taoiseach was answering questions in the House about the tribunal in October 2008, he said he expected the final report to be completed by the end of that year. On 4 November last, again when answering questions, the Taoiseach told us it was the intention of the sole member that the report...

Tribunals of Inquiry (11 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I accept that.

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (11 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding dormant accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19001/10]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will approve the construction of the planned new hospital at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Rochestown Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18662/10]

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I welcome the agreement reached at the weekend by EU Finance Ministers to established a €750 billion stabilisation fund for the euro and EU economies. It is important that EU governments are prepared to act collectively to face down financial speculation against the euro and individual economics, which has caused great worry across Europe to people about their jobs, savings and prospects....

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Taoiseach for describing how the issues are to be progressed at European level and the expected work of the taskforce. Not only is it important that there is agreement at European level on the need to stabilise the currency but it is important that there is agreement at national level as well on the measures that are required to do that. It is with a view to establishing where...

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach is abusing the question I asked.