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Order of Business (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: At the Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis the Taoiseach promised legislation to provide for greater accountability and transparency of funding and the sources of funding by those participating in referendum campaigns in the State. When will that legislation be introduced? Is it intended to have it enacted in advance of any second referendum on the Lisbon treaty? Are there any plans for the Minister for...

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: For some time the Labour Party has argued that the restoration of our economic fortunes and the settling of our public finances needs to be done over a period of years, not just in one year. The Labour Party agrees with the objective of getting back to the 3% figure by 2013. Now we must address how we will achieve that. I welcome the Taoiseach's decision yesterday to invite the Irish...

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Taoiseach for explaining to me and to the House what is the normal procedure by which Government formulates a budget. However, we are not in normal circumstances. This is an emergency budget.

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This is the Taoiseach's fourth attempt since last summer to try to get the public finances right.

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach asked——

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I ask the Taoiseach to hold on for a second. If he wishes to engage in partisan politics——

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I came into the House this morning and I agreed, as leader of my party, to the target announced by the Taoiseach, namely, that we get back to 3% by 2013. I did that in the interests of the country because it is important to communicate to the outside world that there is political agreement in the country and in this House about the overall economic and public finance objectives we must have.

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: On behalf of my party, I tell the Taoiseach that we will be positive and co-operative in approaching the budgetary process. We ask him for information but he will not tell us what is the target. He will not tell us what will be the macro-economic projections. He will not tell us the information with regard to the capital programme.

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He will not provide us with the options papers. He will not tell us what the trend is with regard to the March figures, but he will come into the House to say that he will consider everything and then will return and tell us about it on 7 April. That is not engaging in bipartisan politics and it does not respond appropriately to what there is, namely, an offer from the Opposition side of...

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: What the Taoiseach is engaged in now is a political smokescreen, namely, he has put out the idea and can claim that the Opposition was asked for its ideas. He can ask where were the ideas, but he will end up making all the decisions.

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: If the Taoiseach wants co-operation from the Opposition parties, he must behave a bit more constructively than he is doing at the moment.

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: If he wishes his discussions with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, to be meaningful and if he wishes to avoid having strikes, strife and public unrest in this country, he must level with the unions about the figures because in January he agreed a figure of €2 billion with them. That figure is now gone, with the levy and the other measures. On day one, when the Taoiseach goes to...

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This is neither the Taoiseach's money nor the Government's money. The Government is not running a private business on that side of the House but rather it is running our business, the public's business. This is about taxpayers' money and it is about time that the Taoiseach came into this House, levelled with us and with the people of this country about the scale of our problem and let us...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (24 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost of financial penalties for farmers under the various schemes operated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11990/09]

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (24 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will use the opportunity provided by the unused single farm payment funds and modulation funds to provide direct support to dairy farmers in 2009 in view of the income situation facing these farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11989/09]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (24 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of financial institutions (details supplied) recently increased mortgage interest rates for all first time buyers by 0.4% in the immediate aftermath of the decision of the European Central Bank to cut rates; his views on whether such an increase is appropriate, particularly in view of the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received representations from a group (details supplied) seeking statutory professional recognition for creative arts therapists; the consideration she is giving to this request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11632/09]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 547: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the file in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin, as indicated in his reply of 11 February 2009, who has made an application for naturalisation; the reason for the delay in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11633/09]

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: First, I join with Deputy Kenny in congratulating Bernard Dunne on winning a world title and the Irish rugby team on winning the Grand Slam. As I watched the final moments of the match on Saturday on television I could not help but wonder how well Ireland does when it gets a change of manager.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Finance was in London on St. Patrick's Day telling the assembled gathering that the Government would crack down on crony-capitalism in Ireland. The Labour Party warmly welcomes that. There are certainly a few cronies on whom one could crack down. We have Mr. Fitzpatrick, who is known to his cronies as Seanie; Mr. Fingleton, known to his cronies as Fingers; and now a Green...