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Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Does that mean the nurses can be kept on?

Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It does not matter about-----

Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The termination of fixed term contracts is a matter of great concern to the staff who are the holders of the contracts. It is also of great concern to the clients of the front line services which may be affected. I am constantly asked, by people who are likely to be affected by the termination of short-term contracts, what I think will happen. For example, I was approached by 11 staff who...

Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Does the embargo on fixed term contracts apply to services which have been contracted out? For example, if one Department employs cleaners on fixed term contracts, under the terms of the embargo those cleaners must be let go. If another Department engages contract cleaners, would that contract also expire under the terms of the embargo? The same might apply to two hospitals, one of which...

Order of Business (13 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I welcome the fact that the Government is moving the writ for the by-elections in Dublin Central and Dublin South and I note that it is proposed to be taken without debate. We have had two debates on the writ already, one in respect of a Labour Party motion some time after Christmas, in which we sought to move the writ and, more recently, a Fine Gael motion some two or three weeks ago which...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Two years ago the country was shocked by the tragic death of a young family in Monageer, County Wexford. Adrian Dunne, his wife, Ciara, and their two children, Lean and Shania, aged five and three years, were found dead at their home in Monageer a couple of days after Adrian Dunne had inquired about arrangements for their funerals with a local undertaker. Following the tragedy, the then...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am extremely disappointed with the Taoiseach's reply on this matter. Whatever the legal reasons may be, four people died in this tragedy, including two young children who were not given a chance of continuing their lives. We need to know what went wrong here, what went astray. It is not a matter of curiosity; it is a matter of trying to learn lessons from this tragedy in an effort to...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (12 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding his commitment to the biofuels directive; the outcome of the public consultation process here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18708/09]

Written Answers — Television Licence Fee: Television Licence Fee (12 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on new methods of collecting television licences; the methods available to him to collect TV licences; his views on whether any new method needs to be mandatory; his further views on whether the jailing of more than 50 people in 2008 for non-payment of the TV licence is a waste of resources; and if...

Banking System: Motion (12 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I move: That Dáil Éireann: deeply concerned at the severe contraction currently taking place in the Irish economy, which is expected to be the worst in any developed country since the 1930s and the severe impact that the crisis in Ireland's banking system is having on the real economy, by restricting credit to viable businesses, which has contributed to the loss of almost 200,000 jobs in...

Banking System: Motion (12 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: An article in today's The Irish Times states: [This is] the most important debate, declaration of war aside, in which members of Dáil Éireann will ever participate ... At stake is €90 billion of taxpayer's money - three years' tax revenue – the international reputation of Ireland as a haven of cosy crony capitalism, the cost of international borrowing and the future health of the...

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: How the Government deals with the banks will determine the future of the Irish economy and of this country. It is clear the attempts made to date have not succeeded. Business is not getting the credit it needs. Good businesses which would have a future if they could survive the recession cannot now get credit to act as a bridge in this difficult period, to protect the jobs of their workers...

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: A national investment bank and a banking commission should be established to oversee this, and the banks should be returned to the market when they are in good shape and the economy is recovering.

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: As one commentator put it, the debate taking place this week is the most important debate, declarations of war aside, in which the Members of Dáil Éireann will ever participate. We have two choices. We can go down the route suggested by the Government, with the guarantee, recapitalisation and then the buying up of the toxic assets and bad debts by an agency announced five weeks ago that...

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach is so lucky to have such advice available to him. It is an awful wonder given the quantum of brain power and financial advice he has on the benches behind him that he has made such a mess of the banking issue to date.

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The only other country that has anything remotely close to such a difficulty is Ireland. All of the international commentators, including the IMF, are telling us that the cost to the Irish taxpayer, to the public and to future generations of dealing with the banking crisis will be greater here than it will be anywhere else. We have a crisis. What the Government is doing is not working, it...

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We did not. The Taoiseach is wrong, he is mixing up two different things.

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It certainly is not.

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It has not been established yet.

Order of Business (12 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise two matters with the Taoiseach. One concerns an item of legislation he promised at the Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis during which he said legislation would be brought in to require groups campaigning in referendum campaigns to submit details of their funding and expenditure to the Standards in Public Office Commission. When will that legislation appear? Will it be enacted before a...