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Programme for Government. (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I want to come back to what was agreed in the revised programme for Government. I have read the programme, which is specific in some areas. A huge range of areas are mentioned. For example, there are to be 41 reviews of policy. The word "review" is mentioned 41 times in the 43 pages of the revised programme.

Programme for Government. (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is impressive that the Government is to undertake that level of reviewing.

Programme for Government. (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: What I am trying to get an answer to, in the context of the two parties in Government having sat down together to revise the programme for Government at a time when there is a hugely important budget due and there are huge problems with the public finances, which we all acknowledge, is not what is the scale of the problem or what are the options but has the Taoiseach agreed with his partners...

Programme for Government. (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Has that been agreed with the Green Party?

Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party opposes this proposal. The Dáil should not adjourn today until 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 3 November. The Dáil should meet in normal plenary session tomorrow, with an Order of Business, Questions and normal business. We should also be back here next Tuesday in plenary session, with all of the business we would normally have - Leaders' Questions, Taoiseach's Questions, Oral...

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: A report in today's Irish Independent states that the number of children on hospital waiting lists is increasing and that the number of children who have been waiting for six months or more for procedures has gone up from 1,709 last December to 1,830. Everyone is agreed that there is a shortage of public hospital beds. There is disagreement as to how they are to be provided and some...

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I appreciate that the Taoiseach did not have advance notice of my question, but this subject should be familiar to him. One of the central issues in the last general election was that of hospital beds. There was a debate about the number of beds required. The country was full of posters giving the respective figures. There was also a debate about how they were to be provided. The...

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I ask the Taoiseach to stick to the question of beds.

Northern Ireland Issues. (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the political parties in Northern Ireland since 10 July 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30235/09]

Northern Ireland Issues. (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the British Government on Northern Ireland since 10 July 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30236/09]

Northern Ireland Issues. (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 11 October 2009 with the US Secretary of State, Ms Hillary Clinton. [36633/09]

Northern Ireland Issues. (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This is the first opportunity in which we have had questions on Northern Ireland since the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. I join with the Taoiseach in paying tribute to the enormous contribution he made over many decades to bringing about peace in Northern Ireland. I also pay tribute to Mark Durkan who since we last had questions in the House on Northern Ireland has announced his intention...

Northern Ireland Issues. (21 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I welcome the Taoiseach's optimism that the devolution of policing and justice functions will take place in the near future. Concern has been expressed by the chief commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission about the delay in publishing a promised consultation document on a bill of rights for Northern Ireland. That was promised in both the Good Friday Agreement and in the...

Order of Business (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Before we agree the proposals, I would like clarification from the Taoiseach on the arrangements being made for Committee Stage of the National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009. As I understand from the Schedule-----

Order of Business (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: How the Taoiseach responds will determine my attitude to the first proposal. We had requested that Committee Stage of the NAMA Bill be taken in the House, by which we meant a meeting of the House in Committee Stage with normal business being conducted on the respective days. As I understand it, the Government is now proposing that the House will not meet in normal session this Thursday and...

Order of Business (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I join Deputy Kenny and the Taoiseach in welcoming the release of Sharon Commins and her colleague. I express my admiration for the courage they showed throughout their ordeal and acknowledge the good work done by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the country's diplomatic staff in securing her release. I hope there will be good news in the not too distant future about Fr. Sinnott. The...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: In the past year or so, we have spent a great deal of time discussing the banks. Time and again, the Government has come into the House to ask us to stump up taxpayers' money to help out the banks. The State guarantee scheme, which was introduced in September 2008, was followed shortly afterwards by the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank and the €7 billion recapitalisation of some other...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach talked about changes being made at the top of the banks. There is little or no evidence for them. Let me outline the position regarding the main covered institutions since the guarantee was introduced. All ten of the directors of AIB who were in place at the time the guarantee was made are still in place. Eleven of the 13 directors of Bank of Ireland who were in place at...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I join with both Deputy Kenny and the Taoiseach in paying tribute to Nuala Fennell, and in welcoming her husband Brian, who is here with us today, her children Jacqueline, Garrett and Amanda and their families. I join the Taoiseach in sympathising with Deputy Kenny and the Fine Gael Party on the loss of a former Member of this House. We are paying tribute to a former Deputy, Senator and...

Discussions with Social Partners. (20 Oct 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There are two matters on which I want clarification. First, in respect of the adjustment in the public finances, the figure of €4 billion has been the accepted wisdom so far. I understand it was the figure sent by the Government to the European Commission and it was also the figure referred to by the Minister for Finance in the supplementary budget last April. Is that still the...