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Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ——for far less than all of this would cost.

EU Council Meetings. (11 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: In respect of the position of High Representative and President of the Council, in earlier replies on previous occasions, the Taoiseach indicated both here and in public commentary the expectation that the position of High Representative would be appointed first then followed by the rest of the Commission and that the issue of the Presidency of the Council was something that might be dealt...

Constitutional Amendments. (11 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach when the constitutional referenda will be held during the remainder of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32521/09]

Constitutional Amendments. (11 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress made in implementing the recommendations contained in the reports published to date in 2009 by the Joint Committee on the Constitution [32522/09]

Order of Business (11 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That was my fault. Deputy Kenny should not blame the Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business (11 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The local government (Dublin mayor) Bill is listed in section C of the legislative programme, which means the heads have not yet been approved by the Government. The problem is the Government has announced, through the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, that it intends that a direct election of a Dublin mayor will take place next summer. We do not yet know what the...

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise an issue which cannot wait until 9 December. A Christmas bonus has been paid to pensioners and others every year since 1980. In the emergency budget of last April, the Government announced that it would abolish the Christmas bonus and that this year, for the first time in almost 30 years, pensioners and others would not receive the relatively small payment which helps them...

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is a very mean reply from the Taoiseach. This payment has been made to pensioners every year for 30 years, even in some of the country's most difficult economic years. It is a measure of the mess Fianna Fáil has made of our economy and public finances that for the first time in 30 years pensioners will not get the small bonus which has been paid to them in years past. It adds insult...

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We never cut their benefit.

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We never took money off them.

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He is living in the past.

EU Council Meetings. (11 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome on the European Council meeting held in Brussels on 29 and 30 October 2009. [38546/09]

EU Council Meetings. (11 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: In response to Deputy Kenny, the Taoiseach said he had discussions with the Swedish Prime Minister as Sweden holds the EU Presidency. In those discussions, did the Taoiseach discuss particular candidates for both the position of High Representative and Presidency of the EU Council? Does he expect appointments, or nominations, for both positions will be made at the summit meeting on 19...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has made a decision on the recommendation contained in the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes Report that the garda station network should be reduced by about half which would result in the closure of around 350 garda stations; if his attention has been drawn to the concern created in...

Written Answers — Commissions of Investigation: Commissions of Investigation (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to be in a position to publish the Report of the Commission of Investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40140/09]

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There is no question that this is all about choices. I must contrast the signal the Taoiseach is sending to the parents who are worried about what the Minister for Social and Family Affairs said last night - which is, in essence, that child benefit will now be targeted in the forthcoming budget - with the answer given by the Minister for Finance last week to Deputy Burton when she put to him...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That was an answer to a question about house repossessions I asked the Taoiseach last week. I asked whether the Government will do anything to close a tax loophole, which will cost the taxpayer approximately €80 million on top of the €300 million we are stuck with for the non-recourse element of the loans taken out by these people. The issue is simple. Ten people who belong to the...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a sweetheart deal with the banks.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Following the budget on 9 December, when will the social welfare Bill be published and when will it come before the House?

Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The arrangement for the budget is already very tight. It will be presented on 9 December, leaving only one sitting day in that week and one further week before the House rises for the Christmas. Given the likely controversial nature of the social welfare Bill's contents, is it the Government's intention to dispose of the budget and also enact the social welfare Bill before Christmas? It...