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Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach paints a picture in which he was closeted in his office, he had no idea whatever about what was occurring, he was entirely at the mercy of what the regulator might or might not have told him and he was not told anything. I find it difficult to understand how, as Minister for Finance over a four-year period, the Taoiseach did not encounter the kind of talk that was going on...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The legislation was tailor-made so as that those at the top of the building society would be the greatest beneficiaries of the demutualisation. The legislation was highly favourable to Mr. Fingleton and some of his close friends in the society.

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is all very well to say that we will have some kind of an investigation or inquiry and that we will examine the regulatory system and so on, but the Taoiseach needs to be much franker with the Dáil and the public about the state of his knowledge of Irish Nationwide's conduct over the period during which he was Minister for Finance. It is not credible to suggest that he heard and saw nothing.

Northern Ireland Issues. (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the talks involving the British and Irish Governments and parties in Northern Ireland. [7858/10]

Northern Ireland Issues. (21 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the decision of the Northern Ireland Assembly on 9 March 2010 to approve the devolution of policing and justice powers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12488/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the discussions he has had with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding a faster transfer of applicants from rent supplement to the rental accommodation scheme. [15373/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the future of a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she will make a commitment that the hospital will not be closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14696/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the serious threat to service provision at the Roselee Unit in Castlerea, County Roscommon, due to severe psychiatric nurse staff shortages; and if she will make a commitment that funding will be approved for staffing of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14697/10]

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: On behalf of the Labour Party, I also want to oppose the Order of Business. These two motions are being taken together. As a general principle, that should not be done. I agree with Deputy Kenny that the core issue today is that the Government is relying on a make-believe investigation into what occurred in banking. Last session, it rejected proposals by the Labour Party that there should...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Noting what the Taoiseach said that it is intended to hold the election for the Lord Mayor of Dublin some time in 2010 and given that the people of Dublin South would be going to the polls some time in 2010 anyway, does he agree the logical date to have the Dublin South by-election would be on the same day as the election for the Lord Mayor of Dublin? If he is going to have one by-election...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and it was based on this Bill. The problem is that this Bill has disappeared from the legislative programme. Does that mean the Minister is not going to do whatever he intended to do about the incinerator in Ringsend because the Bill is gone? Will the Taoiseach tell us what has happened to the Bill?

Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach makes it sound as if this top-up to the pension fund is for the bank's porters and tellers. It arises directly from the change in the contractual arrangements that were made for the chief executive of the bank. Under the terms of the credit institutions legislation, did the Government or the Minister for Finance approve this top-up arrangement? Does the Minister for Finance...

Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I find that reply concerning the pension issue remarkable. As I understand it, the enhanced payment to the pension fund arises directly from the fact that the retirement age of the person in question is to be reduced from 60 to 55. By any standards, an early retirement arrangement of that kind is generous and, I would think, somewhat exceptional, at a time when the Government is talking...

Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The question is that these issues could be raised by an Opposition Deputy, issues such as, for example, Irish Nationwide and its management having been, for years, the subject of accusations, some substantiated, of bad business practices, lack of accountability and failing to pass on interest rates. He went on to draw attention to things the Ombudsman had to say in that regard. If those...

Death of Polish President: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: On behalf of the Labour Party I extend my deepest sympathies to the Polish people on the death of President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and 94 other people in the Smolensk air crash on 10 April. For any country, the death of so many of its citizens would be a terrible disaster but the loss of such a body of distinguished leaders of political, civic and military society in Poland is a...

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; if he is satisfied that there are sufficient staff to allow the full and effective discharge of duties by the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12489/10]

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Is the DPP subject to the circular issued by the Department of Finance last March, which directed that no vacancy, however arising, could be filled? The Taoiseach stated that a number of additional solicitors are employed in the DPP's office. Will he indicate the number of posts in respect of which the DPP applied for exemptions from the Department of Finance circular?

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That was in 2007.

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Everyone would agree that it is important that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions should have available to it the staff that are necessary in order to ensure that prosecutions are not delayed, that the enforcement of law can be dealt with in an expeditious manner and that efforts to deal with criminal activity and the resultant legal cases will not be hindered in any way. Will...

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. (20 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: There are no staffing issues.