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Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to speak about the first item Deputy Kenny mentioned. I do not at this stage wish to declare whether I have a candidate. However, I would like to know when the election will take place. There was some newspaper reportage on speculation that the Government would approve the heads of the local government (office of the Dublin mayor and regional authority of Dublin) Bill. Has that...

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the heads of the Bill be circulated. Can the Taoiseach make a categorical statement on the matter? The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has been saying that the election would be held in June.

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: This year. I would like the Taoiseach to make a categorical statement as to whether it will be held in June.

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Taoiseach for telling us that the heads of the local government (office of the Dublin mayor and regional authority of Dublin) Bill have been approved. Will he circulate the heads to the political parties? It is in the public interest that we know what kind of post the Government has in mind. In the interest of electoral fair play, if there is to be an election for this office...

Northern Ireland: Statements (9 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I join with the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in congratulating the parties in the Northern Ireland Executive for having agreed yet another strategic step forward in arrangements for devolved government in Northern Ireland. I also want to extend my thanks and congratulations to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and their officials who on behalf of all of us here, have spent so...

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: This is a proposal for dealing with the report from the Ombudsman regarding the complaint he received on the Lost at Sea scheme. The arrangements proposed by the Government on this issue are for statements to be made in the House today. That is fine as far as it goes, and I am glad the issue is to be discussed in the House. However, we have to decide how we will deal with this report. The...

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I ask the Tánaiste to convey my thanks to the Taoiseach for writing to me today in response to the questions I asked him yesterday and the day before about the cost of the deal that was done with senior public servants to exempt them from the full effect of the pay cuts. In the letter, which was hand-delivered to me this morning, the Taoiseach informed me that approximately 655 public...

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party identified this problem some time ago. Deputy Ciarán Lynch prepared a Private Members' Bill and published it last June. This matter needs to be dealt with. Businesses are closing down because they are being screwed for high rents that might have had some degree of appropriateness in the good times, but are completely out of kilter in these times.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Of course we can.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister should say that to the 60 people who are about to lose their jobs.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: He is listening to his iPod.

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (4 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the report of the Rape Crisis Network Ireland, Rape and Justice in Ireland, which found that 7% of rapes reported to the Garda resulted in convictions; his plans to deal with this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5591/10]

Written Answers — Criminal Assets Legislation: Criminal Assets Legislation (4 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the appointment of an expert group to review the operation of the proceeds of crime legislation; if this group has been appointed; if so, the members of the group; when he expects this group to report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5590/10]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (3 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any 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. [5319/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (3 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the expected annual cost to the Exchequer of administering and funding, where the double insolvency criterion is met, the pensions insolvency payment scheme for the next three years; the way these costs are to be met to ensure that the scheme is cost neutral in accordance with the relevant legislation; the position regarding the initial success...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Burton is entirely in order.

Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Do not be like that.

Northern Ireland Issues. (3 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party supports the efforts of the Government, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs in trying to bring about a resolution to the difficulties that have arisen in Northern Ireland with regard to the devolution of policing and justice issues. I also acknowledge the efforts and significant contributions made by both Governments as well as the US Administration to matters...

Northern Ireland Issues. (3 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I very much welcome the Taoiseach's belief that progress is being and will be made. We all wish for that to be the case. It is perhaps not exceptional that there should be some expression of a level of irritation at the length of time the discussions are taking to reach a conclusion on something that was already agreed. Devolution was already agreed in the St. Andrews Agreement and we are...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about two matters. First, I thank the Taoiseach for writing to me arising from a question I asked him on 20 January 2010, regarding the application of the pay cuts. The Ceann Comhairle will recall I asked the Taoiseach about a circular which was issued by the HSE to the various agencies under its remit and in which the HSE was effectively directing the various...