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Pension Provisions. (10 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the amount expected to be paid by personnel in his Department arising from the pension-related deduction announced by him on 3 February 2009; the personnel within his Department who will not be required to make the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4745/09]

Pension Provisions. (10 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the average amount expected to be paid by personnel in his Department arising from the pension-related deduction announced by him on 3 February 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4746/09]

Pension Provisions. (10 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I ask the Taoiseach to provide the range of payments in his Department. What is the lowest amount being paid and to what level of income does that apply? What is the highest amount being paid? Why, despite the promises made by various Ministers before the implementation of the levy that it would be tweaked to take account of the concerns of those on very low incomes, did such tweaking not...

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This is a sad day, and one which we had all hoped we would not have to revisit. We are in the wake of two horrific murders of two young soldiers on Saturday night, the horrific murder last night of a police officer and the injuries that were inflicted on the pizza delivery people. This was firstly an attack on human beings. Two young men going out to collect a pizza, unarmed, were shot...

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I welcome the fact that the Ministers for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and Foreign Affairs are meeting the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland today. I also welcome the fact that the Garda and the PSNI are in contact. I hope this will help to bring the perpetrators to justice and that there will be a high level of co-operation to ensure this happens. I agree with what the Taoiseach...

Order of Business (10 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It has been mentioned in despatches that 2 April is the date of the budget. If it takes place in early April, there are not many options for dates. I can understand why the Taoiseach would not want to introduce the budget on 1 April. If it does not take place on 2 April, then it will take place the week before Christmas.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I mean Easter. This economic recession is having an awful effect. I get confused with the equinox. When will the Dáil debate on the budget take place if it is presented to us in Easter week? At the Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis on Friday night last, the Taoiseach announced a reduction in the maximum amounts that could be contributed to political parties and in the amounts which were to be...

Order of Business (10 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am glad to hear the Taoiseach say that. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is in agreement with this anyway. There should be no problem, so we will see how it goes. Why is there such mystery about the budget date? It is a week since the Government announced that there would be a second budget for 2009.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Then what is the date?

Order of Business (10 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: A second budget in the year is not normal. This is a serious matter. We all accept that the public finances are in a serious state. The timeframe is fairly short. The options for the budget date are very limited, as it will either be on 2 April, 8 April or 9 April. Which is it? This is not an academic question. Given the fact that Easter is falling around this time, there are...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (5 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of community welfare officers funded by her Department; and her plans to provide funding for the recruitment of additional community welfare officers. [9273/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who have been taken off rent supplement in each of the past three years and switched to the rental accommodation scheme; and the estimated saving this represents to the Exchequer in each of the years. [9272/09]

Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is not agreed. I want to record the Labour Party's objection to the way in which this item is being taken. The proposal concerns the appointment of a chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. The procedure for this appointment is that a nomination is made by the Government, approval is required by the Oireachtas and the appointment is made by the President. There is a...

Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ——there must be a willingness on the part of the Government to consult about the matters that are required by law to be agreed by us across the House. I am not objecting to the particular appointment today but I put down a marker that the next time the Government deals with an appointment like this one in this way, the Labour Party will oppose the appointment.

Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a divine right to rule territory.

Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It will be like the appointment of the chairman of the Garda Ombudsman Commission.

Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister will attend the House and tell us again that it is the Government's constitutional responsibility to decide and we can take it or leave it. I want to raise some matters with the Minister. There is a long-standing practice and procedure in the House whereby any Member can make a personal statement to the House about a matter which is in the public domain and about which they...

Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I have not finished. The statement made by the Taoiseach yesterday does not correspond to the procedure outlined by the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to the House. If the Tánaiste wants to make a statement clarifying what she said on the radio, which the House would welcome——

Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ——she should make that personal statement herself and not have the Taoiseach make it on her behalf. A request has been made by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement for additional powers to prosecute white collar and corporate crime. It was reported in the Sunday newspapers that the director sought such additional powers to overcome the difficulty of what is called the...

Order of Business (5 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ——seeking additional legislation to strengthen his powers. The response from the Department, according to the report, is that it will be several months before it responds to the request. Given the urgency of the matters the Director of Corporate Enforcement is investigating, I expected a more urgent response to this request than to say it will take a number of months to examine it....