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International Agreements. (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: If I asked him about the climate change Bill on the Order of Business, I would be entitled to get an answer. I am simply asking when the promised climate change Bill will be produced by the Government. I would expect him to know what stage of preparation the legislation is at. I would also expect him to know what is happening with climate change impact assessments. We were told such...

International Agreements. (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Can the Taoiseach answer my questions? To which Minister should I direct my questions about the national climate change adaptation strategy? What is happening with the climate change Bill? Is the Government undertaking any climate change impact assessments?

International Agreements. (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Good.

International Agreements. (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Okay.

International Agreements. (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Have any such assessments been brought forward to date?

International Agreements. (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: No, I am not asking the Taoiseach to check all the memos. I am not asking him to state how many assessments have been brought forward. I am asking him if any assessments at all have been brought forward.

International Agreements. (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Have there been any climate change impact assessments to date?

International Agreements. (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Does the Taoiseach remember any such assessment?

International Agreements. (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach cannot remember a single climate change impact assessment.

International Agreements. (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach should not be getting contrary.

International Agreements. (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: And two Green Party Ministers of State.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: No substation manager in the ESB is responsible for the collapse of the Irish economy, nor is the ESB responsible for the collapse of Irish banking. Anglo Irish Bank was at the heart of what went wrong in Irish banking and the economy and we ended up with the State having to take ownership of the bank. I was surprised to learn yesterday that 70 staff in Anglo Irish Bank had received a pay...

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the Taoiseach give some indication as to how much further Irish taxpayers will be asked to dig into their pockets and how much more they will pay over to a bank which has apparently decided to give a pay increase to its staff?

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is an incredible reply. I asked for simple information, namely, how much are the pay increases, how much losses Anglo Irish Bank has made, even in ball park terms, and how much more will we be asked to put into the bank. The Taoiseach indicated that we will be given this information in due course and that pay and other issues related to the bank are matters for its management and board...

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach is head of the Government that now owns a bank which, having apparently made €14 billion losses in the past 15 months, has just announced it has given a pay increase to some of its staff. The Taoiseach cannot tell us the size of the pay increase and will not tell us the size of the losses, yet he comes into the Chamber and tells us that this has nothing to do with anything,...

International Agreements. (24 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his participation in the Copenhagen summit on climate change. [48557/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding a nursing unit (details supplied) in County Roscommon, namely the complete suspension of its day care service due to staff shortages; if she will make a commitment that funding will be approved for staffing of the day care service as a priority; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is being deducted three days of their jobseeker's benefit after completing a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12335/10]

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes, the competition is very tough. In 2002, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Micheál Martin, who was then Minister for Health and Children, entered into a commitment with the National Rehabilitation Hospital that if the hospital sold nine acres of land to an adjoining company, a new national rehabilitation hospital would be...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: They are still waiting for the Minister, Deputy Harney, to sign off and approve that tender so that the hospital can be built. My constituency can do without three Ministers although I wish the best of luck to all three. However, we cannot do without the building of that hospital. Interestingly, when the Taoiseach reviewed the programme for Government last summer he removed any reference to...