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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 allow the Bill through tonight, proceed to Committee Stage and then we can all put our legal advice on the table to address it? If the Minister is right, we will withdraw the legislation. However, if there is some prospect of this forming a basis of giving some relief to people, at least it will have done some good.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is unusual for a Department to reject a finding of the Ombudsman. It is also unusual for the Ombudsman to refer the matter to the Oireachtas for it to decide upon. The arrangement made for statements on it did not satisfy that requirement. The Labour Party spokesperson, Deputy Sherlock, has tabled a motion to have the issue referred to the appropriate Dáil committee. That is the only...

Order of Business (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: This week the Ombudsman made a public comment on the matter.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not believe the Ombudsman should be put in the position to have to make public comments on her reports. She referred the matter to the Oireachtas and it should be dealt with here.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the whole point. The Department rejected the recommendation. There is a precedent for dealing with this matter, as there was a previous occasion where something similar arose and it was dealt with by the appropriate Oireachtas committee.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The longer it goes on, the more of a political controversy it will become.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: As I said yesterday, the sooner it is referred to the committee and dealt with on an all-party basis the better. I do not understand why the Government will not agree to have this dealt with by the appropriate committee. That is all we are asking for.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: There is a motion in the House. If the Government accepts it, we do not even have to debate it in the Chamber. It can be referred to the committee and dealt with there.

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach speaks about responsibility. There is only one responsibility at issue here and that is the responsibility to the people who went into Tallaght hospital to have an X-ray taken. As the Taoiseach said, there were more than 700,000 X-rays done in that period of time and I imagine that almost every one of those patients is worried about whether their x-ray was one of the 58,000...

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach talks about the level of risk and seeks to give reassurance that it is low. The truth is that he does not know the level of risk. There are 14,000 patients who, over the past four years, had a total of 23,000 X-rays carried out at Tallaght hospital that were not examined by a radiologist. Those X-rays have not yet been reviewed. Therefore, the Taoiseach does not know the...

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: When I talk to people about the state of the health service, one of the questions that comes up repeatedly is how long the Taoiseach intends to leave the Minister, Deputy Harney, in charge of the health service. He is about to reshuffle his Cabinet and has an opportunity to tell the people of this country this morning whether he will appoint a new Minister for Health and Children next week,...

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the Taoiseach answer the question?

Public Service Reform. (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date in 2010 regarding to implementation of the OECD report on reform of the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3184/10]

Public Service Reform. (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: In the course of a newspaper interview last November, the Taoiseach said there was an urgent need for reform in the public service but that he felt the implementation of it would be in the medium to longer term. At what point in his 13 years as a Minister and Taoiseach since 1997 did he come to the conclusion there was an urgent need for public service reform? Second, as I was unclear from...

Public Service Reform. (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am not sure what the difference is between what the Taoiseach has said to me, the phraseology he used with regard to the industrial action and what I put to him, which was whether he did not think the time was right. Industrial action is taking place and it is escalating. It is causing very significant disruption to the delivery of public service, such as in the passport office, in the...

Public Service Reform. (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Why did the Taoiseach bring social partnership to an end?

Public Service Reform. (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is like one of the unfinished housing estates.

Land and Land Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases)(Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister did not try very hard to find it. It was moved last Thursday. This is nonsense.

Written Answers — Departmental Functions: Departmental Functions (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is considering the restructuring of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11367/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her most recent contacts with an airline (details supplied) regarding the possible location of up to 300 aircraft maintenance jobs at Dublin Airport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11366/10]