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Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We only ask for the script to see how challenged the Minister is at reading. Adjournment debates are about the kind of problems we all come across in the course of our work as public representatives. If there is closure of an enterprise, a problem in a hospital or some area of the public service we want to come to the House and get some answers and accountability.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The problem is that the staff who would normally respond to this will be on strike. Staff in Departments right up to and including the grade of principal officer will be on strike. The difficulty is that today is Thursday and the strike is not due to take place until Tuesday but the Government has already thrown in the towel on this dispute and has accepted that it will take place. The...

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Any responsible Government would do its damnedest to try to avert that strike on Tuesday.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government has already decided it is a big laugh and it will not do anything to avert it.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We have already abandoned the idea of having an Adjournment debate on Tuesday.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We all share the disappointment at the result of last night's match and a certain amount of anger and frustration at the unfair way it came about. The one thing we all feel is enormous pride in the team that played for Ireland last night.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We can be proud in defeat, even in circumstances where the defeat is unfairly inflicted. It strikes me that the referee, Martin Hansson, might have a future. There are people trawling the world at present looking for those who might be able to help the banking sector. It struck me that he might have a future as a banking regulator, turning the blind eye and deaf ear to complaints. He has...

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On the subject of the legislation the Minister for Finance has been promising for some time, in an interview with the Financial Times on 17 March, he said that Ireland is planning to introduce tough legislation to clamp down on crony capitalism and excess bank lending in the wake of the property bubble. He said the measures would include a ban on cross-directorships and on chief executives...

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I thought the Tánaiste is responsible for company legislation.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party will not agree to the Order of Business and to this proposal in particular. We are just a few days away from a major strike in this country. In the past number of days I have asked the Taoiseach what action the Government is taking to avert that strike. I have urged him and his Ministers to seriously engage in discussions and negotiations to try to avert the strike, which...

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government is doing nothing to prevent it happening. It is now presenting an Order of Business which is tacitly accepting that it is going to happen.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party is not agreeing to this Order of Business because of the Government's ineptitude in handling this issue and because of its failure to do anything to try to avert this dispute.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures he and the European Union supports to address the immediate and environmental dangers to the civilian population in Gaza that were identified in the Goldstone report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41910/09]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the EU's Euro-Mediterranean agreement with Israel should be suspended in view of the Goldstone report; if he will communicate this view to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41911/09]

Written Answers — Íocaíochtaí Deontas: Íocaíochtaí Deontas (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 236: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil dul chun cinn déanta maidir le deontas a chur ar fáil le hobair dheisiúcháin a dhéanamh ar an ionad lae do dhaoine ag a bhfuil riachtanais speisialta ar an gClochán Liath, Contae Dhún na nGall, agus le méadú a chur leis; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [41983/09]

Written Answers — Gréasán Bóithre: Gréasán Bóithre (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 237: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé chun sochar airgid a chur ar fáil in 2010 le hobair feabhsúcháin a dhéanamh ar bhóthair áise ar Árainn Mhór, Contae Dhún na nGall; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [41984/09]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the substandard road from Crolly to Donegal Airport at Carrickfin with a particularly dangerous stretch at Meenaleck, it is envisaged to make an allocation of moneys under the Gaeltacht strategic roads programme for this road in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41985/09]

Ministerial Appointments. (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The revised programme for Government promised the Government would introduce legislation to provide for a more open and transparent system for appointments to public bodies. It stated the legislation would outline a procedure for the publication of all vacancies likely to occur, invite applications from the general public and, from the responses, create a panel of suitable persons for...

Ministerial Appointments. (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: With regard to the legislation, I will read directly from the revised programme, which states, "Introduce on a legislative basis a more open and transparent system for appointments to public bodies". It then sets out the way in which this will be done. Which Minister will be responsible for introducing this legislation?

Ministerial Appointments. (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Has it been agreed by the Government? When the revised programme for Government was agreed, was it agreed that the Minister for Finance-----