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Decentralisation Programme. (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It is all a bit of a notion.

Decentralisation Programme. (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Why, then, is the Government cancelling it?

Decentralisation Programme. (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is not the case at all; it was a legitimate question.

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fraud investigations being undertaken into a crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8070/09]

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Last Sunday the Tánaiste gave an interview to a Sunday newspaper in which she described some of the measures in the Government's budget in October as a disaster. Will the Tánaiste say if the Government has any plans to introduce a new budget, given that she, as deputy leader of the Government, considers the last budget to be a disaster, given that the budgetary figures since the last...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Tánaiste should answer the question.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I asked the Tánaiste.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I asked the Tánaiste a question which, I believe, is in order. That is the question as to whether the Government intends to introduce another budget and when it intends to do so. I ask the question first, because it is manifestly clear that the budget introduced in October no longer applies and that the Tánaiste described some of the measures in it as a disaster.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We are aware that the budgetary figures are different. The Labour Party stands ready and willing to engage with the Government if the Government intends to introduce a new budget. However, we have not——

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I seek an answer to the question.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Will we have a new budget, and if so, when?

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There will be no new budget.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The legislation to give effect to the announcement by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government that he will cap the spending limits for local elections must be enacted a minimum of 60 days before the date of the local elections which means it must be enacted before the beginning of April. When will we see that legislation?

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I agree with Deputy Kenny about setting aside the business ordered for today. There is an air of unreality about the business the Government has scheduled for the House to discuss. All public and State offices in the country, including these Houses, are being picketed by members of the Civil and Public Services Union. Every social welfare office in the country is closed. This House,...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This forum is where we agree things. This party has been saying to the Government for some time now that we want to reach agreement on an economic strategy to move this country forward. Last week I said to the Taoiseach, specifically on the issue of jobs, that if the Government introduces a strategy for protecting and creating jobs it will have the support of the Labour Party. We want an...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Yesterday, instead of being agreeable to entering discussions on the issues causing grief, the Taoiseach stated the time was not appropriate for discussions with the trade unions. The reality is that the economic problems facing the country will not be solved in the absence of agreement. Unfortunately, we are in a situation where the Government repeatedly comes into the House to insist on...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We produce more ideas in one day than the Government does in 12 years.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister's bright idea was using electronic voting machines.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This country is in the most serious economic situation in which it has ever been since the foundation of the State. Last Sunday the Tánaiste in an interview with a Sunday newspaper——

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am in order.