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Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a long time since November. Where has the Minister been since November? We could have been dealing with this issue?

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: His problem is that in his haste to get a political reputation-----

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The danger now is that you are leaving them at liberty.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: You have a reputation for being a tough Minister-----

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Now we know what the legislation is for. The legislation is designed more to enhance the Minister's reputation than it is to get the-----

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I join Deputy Kenny in wishing the Ceann Comhairle and all of the Members of the House, the staff of the Houses and the press who report on our business here a happy summer holiday. I hope to see them all back here again as the leaves begin to turn brown. While we are waiting for the leaves to turn brown-----

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The only thing we have seen shooting from Greens here is shooting out the door as fast as they can.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Obviously, there is much business that the Government must consider between now and when we have an opportunity of holding it to account again in September. How many meetings of the Cabinet are scheduled between now and 16 September?

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Tánaiste might answer it anyway.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to question the Tánaiste further on "process". She told us there is a process for the McCarthy report. I interpret from what she has said and the Taoiseach's comments yesterday that it will not be published at all.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is what I understand.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am glad to hear that; it is news. If indeed it is to be published, when will it be published?

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: If the Cabinet is considering it next week, can we take it that it will be published following the Cabinet consideration. Will the Tánaiste clarify that? Continuing on the subject of process, when will the NAMA legislation be published? I agree with Deputy Kenny on the undesirability, to put it mildly, of the continued use of the guillotine in respect of all the legislation being forced...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party will not agree to any proposal relating to today's business until we have an assurance from the Tánaiste that the report from the McCarthy group will be published and until she is in a position to tell us when it will be published. The weekend before last, almost every newspaper carried the story that the McCarthy report would be available to Government last week. I assume...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On this the last day that the Taoiseach will be answering questions here before September, at the earliest, he has told us that the Government has three economic objectives, to improve competitiveness, to sort out the banks and to restore order to the public finances. Before we rise on Friday and the Dáil breaks for the summer I want to know what that means. The public is entitled to know...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We had a somewhat similar exchange at exactly this time last year when I, on behalf of the Labour Party, asked the Taoiseach not to put the Dáil into recess because of the deteriorating economic situation. I proposed a motion at the time in which I said that the live register figures had gone through the 200,000 barrier and that the economic situation was deteriorating. At the time the...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach is still behaving like this despite the economic difficulties which people have, with the number of unemployed twice what it was last year. There was a report yesterday from the city and county development boards showing that half the businesses with which they have been in contact are finding it more difficult now to get credit from financial institutions than they did six...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This is not the Taoiseach's own business or a matter for private discussion by the Government. It is public business.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The state of the economy is public business and the Taoiseach is withholding from the public. It is not about courtesy to the House, although that may come into it as well. That is not what the issue primarily concerns. The Taoiseach is withholding the McCarthy report; there is some nonsense about it not being delivered or that we will get it later in the week and discuss it then.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach knows what is in the McCarthy report.