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

Eamon Gilmore: If they vote for the re-election of this Government they cannot tell the people in Thurles, Killarney or Seán McDermott Street that they oppose the Government. They shoulder the responsibility for having kept it in office far longer than it should be and far longer than the people want it to be there.

Business of Dáil (23 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I would also like to object to the manner in which the Taoiseach proposes we should deal with the long-heralded reshuffle of the Cabinet, which is to be announced today. He has proposed that the House should resume at 3.15 p.m. in order that he can make the announcement and the leaders of the parties can make 15-minute statements in the House. That will account for an hour of the debate. ...

Business of Dáil (23 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Legislation may be required if the structure of Departments is to be changed. In any event, these changes will require some teasing out by the Members of the House. I refer to issues like the functioning of Departments, the division of various responsibilities, the appropriateness of linking a particular policy area with another area, the cost of changing Departments and the manner in which...

Business of Dáil (23 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The rights of the elected Members of the House, who represent the people, to comment and to express an opinion on the composition of the Cabinet and the structure of Departments is being sacrificed again for the headline, the picture and the public relations spin. This is a signal that this is more about public relations than about good government.

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

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach in his speech used the verb "change" almost 20 times and that is not counting the number of times he used the term "reconfiguration". This is what change looks like, but this is not change. This will not change anything in the life of a single family or household in this country this evening. At best this is change delayed and change delayed is change denied. This is still a...

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

Eamon Gilmore: -----is put on a few remoulds and a few squirts of spray on the rust of a clapped out model that has a 1970s registration.

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

Eamon Gilmore: It is not change.

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

Eamon Gilmore: It is not change we should be talking about in this respect but scrappage.

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

Eamon Gilmore: We need to get rid of this Government. The country needs a fresh start, not just some kind of, as the Taoiseach called it, reconfiguration of what we have already.

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

Eamon Gilmore: There are only a handful of people in the country who really care about this exercise in spin with which we have been presented this afternoon. They are the people who have been selected for bigger office and a bigger car. I congratulate the Ministers elect, Deputies Carey and Killeen, for whom I have personal regard. This Government does not care about the purpose of governing; it cares...

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

Eamon Gilmore: One of the extraordinary aspects of today's announcement is what the Taoiseach did not do. Why is the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, still in office? By any standards, she should be removed from office. While I acknowledge she has been a good Minister in other Departments and has made a major contribution to public life, her record as Minister for Health and Children has...

Written Answers — Agri-environment Scheme: Agri-environment Scheme (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the cost of planners will be covered in natura and commonage areas for farmers who apply for the new agri-environment options scheme. [12018/10]

Written Answers — Agri-environment Scheme: Agri-environment Scheme (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding that was spent on the agri-environment options scheme in 2010. [12017/10]

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by the Property Registration Authority to destroy hundreds of thousands of documents, some dating from the 19th century, as part of the authority's move towards e-conveyancing; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns about the plan expressed by historians and...

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise three matters with the Tánaiste. The first relates to last year's St. Patrick's Day events on which occasion the Minister for Finance in an interview with The Financial Times stated that the Government intended to introduce as a matter of urgency legislation to deal with the problem of crony capitalism in Ireland. When will that legislation come before the House? The...

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: What is the answer to the question?

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Is there an address in New Zealand we can write to?

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: We did not.

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Who is in charge of the Department of Health and Children?

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I oppose the Tánaiste's proposal that the House should adjourn until 23 March. This adjournment, we are led to believe, is to facilitate Government Ministers travelling abroad to represent Ireland on St. Patrick's Day. It is a good thing that Ministers represent Ireland on St. Patrick's day and that we maximise the opportunities it gives us to promote the country.