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Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am not asking for latitude, I am asking for my rights as a Member and I will insist on my rights as a Member.

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am entitled to make a comment and to make an observation on the Government's proposal for the ordering of business in the House today and that is what I am doing. To underline it, I am not making a Second Stage speech because there is no Second Stage.

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am making a brief statement and I will make no apology to the Ceann Comhairle or anybody else for underlining the seriousness of this situation-----

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----where people go to their doctor, the doctor refers them to a hospital and no one at the hospital even opens the letter, and, moreover, even when they do get an X-ray, the consultant radiologist does not see it. There are 14,000 patients whose X-rays have still not been looked at by a consultant radiologist in that hospital and we do not know when they will be looked at. Where is the...

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is an absolute scandal.

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if the revised National Asset Management Agency business plan will provide a more realistic assessment of the likely cost of fees and expenses for which an annual amount of €240 million was foreseen in the original draft business plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11639/10]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to recent interest from foreign investors in taking strategic or controlling stakes in any of the credit institutions covered by the banking guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11638/10]

Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: No. In more than 20 years in this House I have never seen a proposal from the Government to pull a procedural stroke such as is being attempted today. Yesterday evening amendment No. 3, which was proposed by Deputy Burton, was passed by the House. Discussion then proceeded on amendment No. 6 and I understand Deputy Burton was in possession in respect of that amendment. This morning an...

Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I think a solution has been arrived at and I thank the Minister for helping the House with it. In effect, Deputy Burton's amendment will stand, albeit with a three month requirement, and we will avoid the situation where a new precedent is being set by Government.

Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It has also been my concern that we would have a revisiting of issues decided by the House. The procedural issue of immediate concern to us has been withdrawn. The Minister has told us his intentions with regard to Deputy Burton's amendment and I presume the procedure is that this amendment is brought to the Seanad and returned to this House.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: First, I compliment my colleague, Deputy Ciarán Lynch, onbringing this Labour Party Bill to the House in response to the economic emergency in which we find ourselves. The evidence of the economic emergency mounts by the day. Some 270 people lost their jobs every day since this Government took office. One in every three young men of the workforce is on the dole. Established businesses,...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: No. The Minister did not bother to attend the full debate. He just came in at the tail end.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I want to put this to the Minister. He and some of his colleagues came into the Chamber yesterday claiming the Labour Party was offering false hope. People whose businesses are to the wall need some hope. The Minister claims this proposal is unconstitutional.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister is not going to do that. I know his form.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Instead, he should agree to allow this Bill to pass on Second Stage tonight and then on Committee Stage we can all put our respective legal opinions on the table.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: If it turns out the Minister is correct that there is a constitutional obstacle, we can then withdraw the legislation. At least, it should be given a run instead of being shot down at the first opportunity. The Labour Party is trying to find a solution to what is a real problem for people whose businesses are in trouble and losing jobs. It is a constructive proposal. The Minister does not...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister should save the usual partisan knockabout stuff.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the Minister agree------

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the Minister let it go and stop his old nonsense?

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is old L & H society nonsense from the Minister and has no place in a serious debate.