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Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to share time with Deputy Quinn.

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The publication of the Ryan report three weeks ago will, I hope, prove to be a watershed in Irish society. The five volumes of the report contain the personal testimonies of the shocking experiences of 1,090 men and women who were subjected to physical, sexual and emotional abuse, neglect and wanton cruelty in 216 schools and institutions. We had all been made aware, through the vivid...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There must be no destruction of any of the documents in the possession of the Ryan commission-----

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----that details the horrific personal experiences of the victims. A mechanism must be found to allow the material to be preserved as a reminder of the suffering of these children; the cruelty of the regime they were subjected to and the failure of the state to protect them. All of the documents relating to the negotiation of the 2002 indemnity deal must be put into the public domain.

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Finally, the Government must pursue the religious congregations for a proportionate response to their role in the abuse of children in the institutions they ran. The contrition expressed by the 18 congregations concerned is too little, too late. Furthermore, their self-preserving actions have undermined their apologetic words at every turn. Right up to the publication of the Ryan report,...

Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I have a couple of matters to raise. I welcome the fact that there is an agreed motion today. I agree that after the debate on these two days it is important that the issue is not then just parked and left, that the matters arising from the Ryan commission report and its recommendations and further actions needed by the State, will be followed up and that the House will have an opportunity...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Last Friday week, 29 May, the Friday of the bank holiday weekend and the day after the House adjourned for the break for the elections, and at a time when the country was preoccupied with another matter much in the public domain, the Government decided to put €4 billion into Anglo Irish Bank. The day after, we heard that Anglo Irish Bank was looking for another €3.5 billion on top of...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This reply does not answer any of the questions I asked. I suggest the Taoiseach try again with regard to the staff. How many senior staff have loans from this bank? How much are these loans and for what purpose were they to be used? The House is entitled to know this information. If senior managers, who presumably were the people making decisions on a day to day basis about loans and the...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It was only a question.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I asked a straight question.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That was not the point.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That refers to the directors.

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that all ramps and dished footpaths constructed by the Railway Procurement Agency along both Luas lines have been constructed following best practice guidelines; if these ramps and dishings conform to guidelines published by the Dublin Transportation Office, the National Disability Authority and the United Nations; and if he...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 611: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has not been relocated to alternative premises as was intended nearly ten months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22111/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 647: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provisions being made to ensure that a unit in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be operational by September 2009 and that sufficient funding is being made available to fund the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22337/09]

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: One of the greatest privileges and honours in any democracy is the privilege of being elected to one's national Parliament. It is an honour every Member of the House has had, sometimes on successive occasions. It is an honour and a privilege shared today by Deputies Lee and O'Sullivan who have joined the House. Each of us as a Member of Dáil Éireann is elected to represent our...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I join Deputy Kenny and the Taoiseach in welcoming Deputies George Lee and Maureen O'Sullivan to the House and wish them well for their time here. Last Friday something happened that I never thought I would see in this country. The number of people out of work exceeded 400,000 for the first time ever. Those people have paid for the Government's mistakes with their jobs. The people who...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: With the greatest respect, the Taoiseach is wrong. There is no comparison between what happened last Friday and what he claimed happened in 1985 and 1991. First, the scale of the rejection of the Government last Friday-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----far outweighed the scale of any mid-term downturn in the fortunes of a Government in 1985 and 1991.