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Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I know the Ceann Comhairle must observe the rules and I will try to help him with that. However, the Taoiseach has during the course of our exchanges kept telling us that the reason the legislation must be passed by 10 p.m. today is to facilitate the bringing before the House of the statutory instruments. When will the statutory instruments be brought forward? Cleary, this is a matter of...

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----was that we would take the week to deal with the Bill, with Committee Stage tomorrow and Report Stage on Thursday. Clearly, there is such an urgency in getting these statutory instruments before us that even that reasonable proposal was not acceptable. When will we see the statutory instruments? Terms such as "as soon as possible" and "in due course" or any of that old waffle is not...

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: So what is the hurry this evening?

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This has been around since 7 April. What has the Taoiseach been up to?

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is not it.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is why the Taoiseach is changing it now.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: When?

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is not. I will not detain the Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This was announced on 7 April. It is now 23 June and we are told it has to be done immediately to facilitate the introduction of statutory instruments. I asked the Taoiseach what was not a complicated question but simply when the statutory instruments will appear and he cannot tell me. This is not about the position the Labour Party took in September. We know that and I am quite happy to...

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government is now introducing a legislative measure announced in April.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. It is pure incompetence.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On 29 September last, the Government introduced in the House what became known as the bank guarantee scheme. According to the legislation introduced on that date, the scheme was to last for two years. The Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill that was passed stipulated the guarantee would end on 29 September 2010. It stated explicitly that it would not continue beyond that date....

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes, the Minister for Finance did indicate in the documentation supplied with the Budget Statement, rather than in the Budget Statement, that there was a proposal to extend the coverage of some categories of debt for five years. With all due respect to the Taoiseach, the way to do that is for the Minister for Finance to come in and explain that to the House,put a legislative measure before...

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: What has the Government been doing since 7 April? The Minister has had since 7 April to do this.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is procedural rubbish.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Do it the right way and give the legislation a little time.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government knew this in April.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We were right.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government has done nothing but pour money into the banks since.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: How much has it cost us so far? How many billion euro? It did not work.