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Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: However, people who are on pensions, those from whom the Christmas bonus has been taken and individuals who have lost their jobs and who are trying to survive on minimum incomes that they are going to be obliged to carry the can for what has happened.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is unfair and it is not the way to proceed. The approach being taken will divide society in such a way that it may take decades for it to recover.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government is responsible for that deficit.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The poor must pay.

Written Answers — Health Service Quality Standards: Health Service Quality Standards (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when private health care providers will be subject to regulation and quality evaluation by the Health Information and Quality Authority; her views on the provision of cancer services by private providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39282/09]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the categories of staff that will administer the H1N1 vaccine to the general population; if they will be replaced in their regular role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39281/09]

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to share my time with Deputy Ciarán Lynch, who I also wish to compliment and congratulate on bringing this motion before the House. This is not an issue of scaremongering. The Minister for Finance in his very minimal contribution to this debate should not have introduced that note to what was otherwise a very reasoned discussion on all sides of the House. He should have been...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This is a very reasonable motion put forward by the Labour Party. The Government is missing an opportunity, first, to accept a reasonable proposal that is put from the Opposition benches, and, second, to deal with a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually. There is a fundamental contradiction in the Government's response to the motion. On the one hand, it says there were only 20...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We were right.

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (3 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent Economic and Social Research Institute report which indicated that some 200,000 households, or one in three mortgages, could be in negative equity by end 2010; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the true number in negative equity could be far higher if house prices have fallen by 50% or more from their peak...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (3 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when redundancy payments will be awarded to the two staff members who lost their jobs as a result of the decision of FÁS to close down the Carrick-on-Suir Jobs Club, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38825/09]

Departmental Agencies. (3 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will implement the recommendations of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes in so far as they apply to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30239/09]

Departmental Agencies. (3 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to implement the reduction in staff numbers in his Department as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30253/09]

Departmental Agencies. (3 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to implement the reduction in staff numbers in the Office of the Attorney General, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30254/09]

Departmental Agencies. (3 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to implement the reduction in staff numbers in the Central Statistics Office, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30255/09]

Departmental Agencies. (3 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to discontinue the National Economic and Social Development Office, with the exception of the National Economic and Social Council, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30256/09]

Departmental Agencies. (3 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to discontinue the Newfoundland and Labrador partnership, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30257/09]

Departmental Agencies. (3 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to discontinue the active citizenship office, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30258/09]

Departmental Agencies. (3 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to discontinue the public service modernisation unit, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30259/09]

Departmental Agencies. (3 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to discontinue the Law Reform Commission, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30260/09]