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Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Christmas bonus is gone.

Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The canvassers are badly misinformed.

Leaders' Questions (27 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I also welcome the statement made by the Government last night. This statement was made almost a week after the publication of the Ryan report and came in the aftermath of overwhelming public outrage with regard to the contents of that report. As I understand it, the Government is proposing that the religious orders should make further contributions, that some mechanism can be found to...

Leaders' Questions (27 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach describes the means by which this will be done as being in the form of additional voluntary contributions from the congregations. What will happen if some of the congregations do not make such contributions? Two or three of the 18 congregations have indicated their intentions. If some of the other congregations do not play ball in the context of what the Taoiseach refers to...

Leaders' Questions (27 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: How will the Taoiseach do that?

Leaders' Questions (27 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: And take their word for it.

Office of the Chief State Solicitor. (27 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Are there staff in the office of the DPP employed on fixed term contracts? Do the terms of the embargo on renewal of fixed term contracts apply to them?

Office of the Chief State Solicitor. (27 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I refer to both. Are there people on contracts?

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (26 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has had contact with Bus Éireann management, workers or their representatives on proposals to cut 150 buses and 300 jobs at the company with reports that as many as 52 Bus Éireann routes will be axed; the action he will take before the 19 June 2009 deadline to maintain critical fleets, services and jobs at Bus Éireann particularly in...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (26 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his recent meeting with Dublin Bus management on the recent axing of 120 buses from the Dublin Bus fleet and its impact on commuters in the Greater Dublin Area; when the long promised range of technical bus improvements including integrated ticketing, real time information and an AVT system will be introduced which were...

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party is willing to co-operate in agreeing a joint motion and having a non-partisan and non-adversarial discussion of this report, its conclusions and the steps needed to be taken and the lessons learned from it. No amount of compensation will ever compensate the victims for what they have suffered. No motion of this House will ever undo the damage done. No words spoken in here...

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Why did Ministers and senior officials in Departments turn a blind eye? Why did gardaí or those in communities who heard of these abuses turn a blind eye? A clue to this is to be found in recent comments made by the Taoiseach's predecessor, Deputy Bertie Ahern, and the former Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Michael Woods. In the case of Deputy Bertie Ahern, he has accused those...

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the Taoiseach, perhaps with the Minister for Education and Science, call in the religious orders to discuss these matters? I note his comments regarding the imperative on the religious orders to make a bigger and better contribution. In recent days, I have heard and welcome the comments that have been made by leading figures in the Catholic Church, including Cardinal Brady, the...

Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Circuit Criminal Court today imposed an 18 month prison sentence on former Government press secretary, Mr. Frank Dunlop. When does the Government expect the final report of the Mahon tribunal to be available? Would the Government accept the registration of lobbyists Bill, in the name of Deputy Brendan Howlin, which provides for the registration and regulation of lobbyists to show that...

Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach promised he would accept it.

Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the programme for Government; if it is intended to publish a progress report on its implementation during the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15591/09]

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I join Deputy Bruton in making the same request before agreeing to the Order of Business this morning. The report, which has now been made available, is shocking in what it tells us about a very shameful period in Irish history. The report outlines the stories of more than 1,000 victims and how they were sexually abused in many cases, how the sexual abusers were protected and moved from one...

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Let me-----

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not think there should be disagreement across the floor on this issue.

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: In response to the Tánaiste's comments, the Labour Party is willing to discuss with Government, Fine Gael and other Members the arrangements for a debate. We would like that debate to be held at the earliest opportunity.