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Legislative Programme. (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for the remainder of 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8821/10]

Legislative Programme. (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The questions are to try to establish from the Taoiseach the Government's priorities for legislation in 2010. In his reply the Taoiseach has referred us to the legislative list that was circulated at the beginning of the session. There are 85 pieces of legislation on that list but even with enormously improved productivity, we will not get 85 Bills enacted. The last time we had a...

Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I convey my good wishes to the Minister, Deputy Martin Cullen and, I am sure, in the course of time we will have the opportunity to do so more fully. His announcement yesterday that he intends to retire from the Government and the Dáil has again focussed attention on the question of jobs in Government. One reason the Government lacks the confidence of the public is that while thousands of...

Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is remarkable that every time a positive proposal is presented to the Taoiseach and the Government, designed to protect and create jobs, the Government always seems to have a reason why it cannot be done.

Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Our legal advice is that it is constitutionally possible to do so. Professor David Gwynn Morgan, a professor of law at University College Cork, agrees. In a letter to a newspaper written last week, he stated, "It is reported that the Attorney General has advised that to extend this change to existing leases would be "retrospective" and therefore unconstitutional". He stated: "With respect,...

Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Therefore, there is legal opinion that says it is constitutionally possible to do it. The Government did not seem to have any constitutional difficulty when it decided to set up NAMA and it did not seem to have any constitutional difficulty when it decided to revise unilaterally the contracts of the employees of the State last year when it cut their pay, but it suddenly wraps itself in the...

Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Publish it.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Thar mo cheann féin agus thar ceann Páirtí an Lucht Oibre, is onóir dom é cúpla focal ómóis a rá faoi Thomás Mac Giolla - iar Theachta Dála, iar Ard-Mhéara Bhaile Átha Cliath agus iar uachtarán Páirtí na nOibrithe. Ba mhaith liom freisin comhbhrón a dhéanamh lena bhean chéile, May Mac Giolla, lena chlann agus lena chomhghleacaithe, atá bailithe linn inniu i nGailearaí na...

Order of Business (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am not objecting to it but I want to ask the Taoiseach a question arising from it. This proposed arrangement is to allow for a half hour debate on the broadcasting levy order. This is the levy Deputy McManus has raised on a number of occasions which is to apply essentially to the private broadcasting sector. Deputy McManus had tabled a motion to the effect that this order should be...

Order of Business (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Has the Taoiseach received any communication from the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy Cullen, on his membership of the Government and of Dáil Éireann? If so, when will he make an announcement to the House in that regard? As there is now one vacancy in the membership of the Government, as a second one is to arise shortly and as a third is possible, when does the Taoiseach...

Order of Business (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: In light of the very strong comments made by the Ombudsman today, will the Taoiseach reconsider this matter and find a means of dealing with it on an all-party basis rather than have it dealt with, as the Ceann Comhairle advocated, in Private Members' time, which would result in a divisive atmosphere?

Order of Business (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: No action has been taken on foot of the report.

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the number of personnel employed as political advisers or assistants to the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3183/10]

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the duties and responsibilities of special advisers or other political staff appointed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8819/10]

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the duties and responsibilities of advisers or other political staff appointed to the Office of the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8820/10]

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I have been listening carefully to the Taoiseach's replies to Deputy Kenny and I am confused as to the function of this political adviser to the Attorney General. Why does the Attorney General have a political adviser in the first place?

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Then what type of an adviser is he?

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Is he a lawyer? Is he a legal person?

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: My understanding is that the Attorney General is the official legal adviser to the Government.

Departmental Staff. (9 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach has just told us that this person's job is to liaise with other programme managers and advisers in various Departments about legal issues arising from the programme for Government. If there is somebody in the Attorney General's office whose job is to liaise with other Departments about legal issues arising from the programme for Government, it is not unreasonable to ask if the...