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Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is not what the Tánaiste promised. She is breaking her promise.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: There is no justification for the House adjourning until 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday. The public holiday is on Monday. This House should be sitting as normal on Tuesday. I understand the 2.30 p.m. arrangement on Wednesday is to facilitate the commemorative event at Arbour Hill earlier in the day which is an added reason that we should be sitting on Tuesday. There is no shortage of business to...

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: There is an issue that arises for the Order of Business. When will the House be informed by the Government as to current Government policy in respect of Anglo Irish Bank? It is clear the Government's position in respect of the bank is a moving feast. It started out with the blanket guarantee and it then moved on to nationalisation. We were told at the time there would not be any cost to...

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: With the greatest of respect, the problem the Ceann Comhairle has with this being raised on the Order of Business pales into insignificance compared to the problem the taxpayers of the country have in paying for this cesspit of a bank. We need to know where exactly the Government is on this issue now. The bank was guaranteed and then it was nationalised. The Government has been back to the...

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Tánaiste has now acknowledged that this is a changing situation again, that the Government will be reconsidering the issue and that it will come back to the House again. My question is perfectly in order, which the Ceann Comhairle will acknowledge. When will the Minister for Finance come back to the House and inform us of the position? I understand it is the Minister for Finance's...

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister, Deputy Dempsey, should stop politicising it.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister will sink it.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: She is joining the work to rule.

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (29 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers that have qualified for the early retirement scheme under the hardship provision announced by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16902/10]

Written Answers — Natura 2000 Sites: Natura 2000 Sites (29 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will be in a position to clarify the payment of €150/ha in nature areas under the agricultural environmental options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16901/10]

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I have been asking the Taoiseach about his knowledge of various malpractices and cronyism in the banking system that led to the problems currently being experienced by our banking sector and economy. In response, he has been telling me he did not hear of or know about any of these practices when he was Minister for Finance. As a result of parliamentary questions tabled by Deputy Joan Burton...

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach would have the House believe that he had nothing to do with the past.

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: He is the past, and certainly so as far as this is concerned because he was the Minister for Finance. He brought in bankers to draft legislation on banking, to write their own rules. This is what that committee was about. He gave them a brief. He now says that light touch regulation was something in the past, but he gave them a brief to prepare light touch regulation. The problem is that...

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: My question was about whether it was approved.

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the current or proposed work programme of the National Economic and Social Council and the National Economic and Social Development Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13686/10]

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: First there was one body, the NESC, which was, as the Taoiseach said, set up in 1973 and has produced a large number of reports over the years. Then there was the NESF, which has done great work, and then the partnership body, the NCPP. The National Economic and Social Development Office was then set up to co-ordinate these three bodies and provide shared services for them. Next, the...

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It was about the presence of five Secretaries General on the council of NESC, one of the roles of which is to consider and evaluate the performance of Departments. Does the Taoiseach feel that the presence of such a large number of Secretaries General compromises the organisation in carrying out critical evaluation of the way in which the State sector is delivering services and programmes?

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is a surprise.

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I accept that.

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I refer the Taoiseach to the last report of NESC, which issued in October. Among the observations made in that report on the state of the economy was that Ireland's tax burden remains significantly below the European Union average and that an increase in the tax share of GNP from 2009 levels will be needed to provide satisfactory public services and welfare benefits. That recommendation...