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Innovation Task Force. (19 Jan 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Can the Taoiseach be more specific than he has been up to now with regard to when this task force will actually report? I understand from him that there is a meeting towards the end of January, probably on 29 January. Is that to be the final meeting of the task force? Is it the meeting at which it will conclude its report? When does the Taoiseach expect that the report will be presented?...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Ba mhaith liomsa, chomh maith, thar chionn Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre Nollaig shona agus athbhliain faoi mhaise a ghuí ortsa, a Cheann Comhairle, ar an dTaoiseach, na ceannairí eile agus le chuile dhuine a oibríonn anseo i dTeach Laighean. I join with the Taoiseach and the other party leaders in wishing a happy Christmas to the Ceann Comhairle, to all the staff of the House, the Taoiseach...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: In the Bill we passed yesterday I see that if the Taoiseach retires in 2010, his pension will be calculated on the pre-cut salary. I should like to suggest that for the new year he does himself and his Ministers - and indeed the country - a favour by retiring in 2010 and give us the opportunity of a general election. Then it would be an even happier Christmas next year, and an even more...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am writing to Santa about it.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Whatever about previous years there is no justification for the House adjourning until 19 January this year. These are not normal times and this should not be treated as business as usual. Unemployment figures released yesterday show that approximately 185,000 more people were unemployed last year than in the previous year - 142,000 men and 42,000 women. We had figures yesterday showing...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a work of fiction, namely, the Green Party election manifesto which states that it would more than double the Dáil sitting time, with Dáil sittings running-----

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----45 weeks per year from Monday afternoon until lunchtime on Friday, from 9.30 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On the proposal from the Governor of the Central Bank that there should be an inquiry into what happened in our banking system, it is not a complex issue which requires a great deal of consideration. The Taoiseach will agree or disagree with the proposal. All of the indications are that he is trying to find every and any excuse not to agree to it. It is something which the Labour Party...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There are two issues. One is a political issue. If we are going to have an election next June, the very least we are entitled to know is what it is we are electing.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We still do not know what this office will mean. Is the Taoiseach serious about proceeding with an election next June for something which has not yet been legislated for or discussed here? Whether it has been discussed by the Government is another day's work. As this is the last sitting day before the turn of the year, the very least we need to know is if the election is going ahead, what...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The primaries-----

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We need time to have the primaries for this high office.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: These things are associated with cold winters in new Hampshire.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There could be cold winters in Swords and Shankill as the prospective candidates for this office are trudging the ground to try to drum up support.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I would like an answer.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Will we have the legislation before or after the election of the mayor?

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I, too, wish to oppose the Order of Business. There are serious matters that this House needs to discuss immediately after Christmas. It is unacceptable that we should have to wait until 19 January to do so. The original schedule for the sittings of the House provided that it would be back on 13 January 2010. I welcomed that the House was coming back earlier than was previously the case....

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (16 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there are any educational supports available to sports clubs on the effects of drug use through his Department's local drugs task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47033/09]

Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is not agreed. No. a5 is the Appropriation Bill, covering all the Estimates of the various Departments and is significant financial legislation. The Government wants the House to pass the Bill without debate. This was the Bill on which the House used to have what was called the adjournment debate before Christmas.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It lasted two or three days and Members of the House had the opportunity to raise issues on any Estimate or any area of public expenditure. Over the years this has been narrowed down, first to half a day, then a couple of hours and now the Government wants to put the Appropriation Bill, covering the entire finances of the State, through without debate. In normal circumstances that would not...