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Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the Taoiseach give me a copy of the document?

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am entitled to get the documentation under freedom of information.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Can the Taoiseach not release it today? He gave a long spiel about not wanting people spending time on freedom of information requests.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am entitled to it.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is right.

Leaders' Questions. (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach will recall that when the Government introduced the bank guarantee at the end of September 2008, he and the Minister for Finance assured us it would not cost taxpayers anything. Since then we have had to pay €4 billion to Anglo Irish Bank and €7 billion to AIB and Bank of Ireland; on top of this we have the NAMA legislation. Now that the banks have got the money and the...

Leaders' Questions. (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----the old guard are back to their old ways. They are trying to call the shots. This week we saw that AIB wants to appoint the same person as chairman and chief executive - that is, an executive chairman - to appoint a managing director internally, and to exceed the cap on salaries. The Taoiseach said to Deputy Kenny yesterday that the Government intends to insist on compliance with the...

Leaders' Questions. (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am surprised the Taoiseach does not have more information about whether top people in the banks are paid more than the salary cap. After all, we are now funding and guaranteeing the banks and taking bad loans from them. We are doing everything for them and one would expect the Taoiseach to know whether these people are paying themselves more than the Government wants.

Leaders' Questions. (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: For example, the annual report of one bank shows that all bar one of the executive directors are on salaries in excess of the cap and, on top of that, remuneration other than salary is also paid to these people. As a matter of information, can the Taoiseach tell us whether the cap applies just to salary or to the total remuneration package?

Leaders' Questions. (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The banks are still calling the shots. The old guard is still in place. If one looks at the boards of directors of the banks, for example, apart from the public interest directors, the directors who are there now were there at the time the collapse happened and the guarantee had to be introduced. In Allied Irish Banks, ten of the ten who are there now were there then. In Bank of Ireland...

Leaders' Questions. (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach knows a lot about it himself.

Leaders' Questions. (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the bank's press release.

Ministerial Appointments. (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the appointments made by him since his election as Taoiseach to the State boards, or other agencies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32526/09]

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (17 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the dormant accounts fund; the number of applications received to date in 2009; the funding allocated on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41622/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of agencies or State bodies under his remit; if, due to recent budget decisions any consolidation or changes have been made to such bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41623/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount the she has paid to a company (details supplied) to investigate allegations of bullying made against an official in her Department in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41454/09]

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Finance began by stating that more information has been made available before this budget than before any other. It is true that we have a great deal of information about the state of the economy and much of it was contained in the pre-budget outlook published last week. It tells us that the economy will contract by 7.5% this year, and estimates contraction of 1.5% next...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The salary of the bank's managing director is not only in excess of the Government's guideline, but is also approximately 20 times what a county council road worker is paid and whose pay the Government is proposing to cut. This day week, every child will be home from school or parents will need to find child minders because all of the schools will be closed. People with medical...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach knows well that type of appeal is meaningless, particularly given circumstances in which overwhelming numbers in the unions concerned took the decision to take strike action. If the Taoiseach is serious about averting the strike - I hope he is, although I did not detect that from the tone of his answer - he and his Ministers need to engage directly in these talks rather than...

Order of Business (17 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On the same issue, I join Deputy Kenny in congratulating Ms Máire Geoghegan-Quinn on her nomination for appointment as Commissioner, and, I wish her well in that role. Does the Taoiseach have any plans to bring her nomination before the House for approval? I appreciate that, technically, that is not required, but since it is a nominee of the country rather than a nominee of Government, I...