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Job Creation (30 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a response to a letter he sent to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on 20 May 2009 in which he proposed the use of social welfare funds to pay for a new jobs initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21498/09]

Job Creation (30 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I have looked at the document the Government has placed in the Oireachtas Library that sets out the proposals it has made to the social partners and I would like to ask some questions about the proposed temporary employment subsidy scheme. Has agreement been reached with the social partners on the establishment of the scheme? Is the €250 million for the full duration of the scheme, which...

Job Creation (30 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: As the Taoiseach is aware, the Labour Party has been arguing for some time for labour market measures, particularly ones utilising money that would otherwise be spent on social welfare payments, in an effort to protect and save jobs. We consider this initiative to be a first step in this direction. Whether it is sufficient is another question, but I welcome it as far as it goes. My...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to improve pension security for members of defined benefit schemes in the private sector. [23294/09]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide the latest information on the number of pension schemes that currently fail the funding standard and the extent to which they fail. [23295/09]

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There are three matters I wish to raise. In response to my earlier question on the need for a debate in the House on the IMF and OECD reports, the Minister said he would leave it to the Whips to arrange. Can I take it from this reply that the Government is, therefore, agreeing there will be a debate on those reports in the House prior to the summer recess and that it is now left to the...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: To clarity the first matter, the Government organises the schedule of the House and orders the business that is to be taken therein. The Whips will make arrangements on the timing of a debate but they must do so within the context of the business ordered by the Government. Will the Minister state whether the Government is ordering a debate on the IMF and OECD reports? There is no point in...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We have had two very serious reports on the economy.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: People are hurting.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not want us to play word games with this.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: These are two very serious reports. The economy is in a serious state. A total of 400,000 people are out of work. There are huge problems about which we all know. There are two sitting weeks left for the Dáil before it rises. The Taoiseach confirmed to me yesterday that it will rise on 10 July. We must debate the two reports that have been published as part of a serious debate on the...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I need a commitment from the Minister for Finance.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He welcomed the report this morning and said he had nothing to do with the Government.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister has just told us that he is not in a position to make a commitment as to whether we will have a debate. May I respectfully suggest to him that he is in a position to do that.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He is the Minister leading for the Government on the Order of Business this morning.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government orders the business of the House. That is why we have a session called the Order of Business to discuss what business the House will do.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: No. We want a commitment.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We want a commitment.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: If the House was going to be meeting for the next month or six weeks we could accept that but there are only two weeks left. The Government proposes to cram a lot of business into those two weeks. I want a commitment from the Minister that there will be a debate and the Government will provide time for that.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister is in a position to do that because he is leading for the Government this morning and will be leading that debate.