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Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 21: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his participation in the seventh plenary meeting of the North South Ministerial Council held in Derry on 23 January 2009. [3044/09]

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 22: To ask the Taoiseach his plans for the future of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3142/09]

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand that one of the decisions made at the North-South Ministerial Council was to establish two working groups to look at the idea of progressing the North-South parliamentary body promised or intended to be established following the Good Friday Agreement. I have raised this issue previously, but little or no progress has been made on establishing the North-South parliamentary body....

Leaders' Questions (4 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach has informed the House, in response to Deputy Kenny, that the country now has the highest number of people unemployed ever in our history, with almost 328,000 people unemployed. Last week I asked the Taoiseach what was the cost to the Exchequer of additional people being unemployed, between social welfare payments and lost tax revenues. The Taoiseach sent me a reply, which I...

Leaders' Questions (4 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: If we continue to lose jobs at the current rate, the Government will not be able to keep up in terms of cutting public expenditure. The social welfare cost alone of the people who lost their jobs last year is the €1.4 billion that must be paid in the pension levy. Every additional job lost will cost €20,000. The Taoiseach spoke about the need to get some kind of consensual approach to...

Leaders' Questions (4 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: There is a fundamental flaw in the Taoiseach's approach to this matter and it is in this regard that I basically disagree with him. The shorthand version of this approach to our problems appears to be that we should stabilise the public finances and the economy will recover. With the greatest respect, I am of the view that it will have to be the other way around — stabilise the economy...

Leaders' Questions (4 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is because jobs are being lost.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the target times that apply to the processing of jobseeker payments. [3230/09]

Written Answers — Social Insurance Fund: Social Insurance Fund (3 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she will take to ensure that the social insurance fund is kept in surplus. [3225/09]

Dublin South By-Election: Motion (3 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I move: That the Ceann Comhairle direct the Clerk of the Dáil to issue his writ for the election of a Member to fill the vacancy which has occurred in the membership of the present Dáil consequent on the death of Deputy Séamus Brennan, a Member for the constituency of Dublin South. I wish to share time with Deputy Ó Snodaigh. Seamus Brennan was one of the most respected and admired...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am a little surprised at the Tánaiste's answer to Deputy Kenny because the Government's legislative programme lists the National Pensions Reserve Fund (amendment) Bill which is to give effect to the Government decision to recapitalise the banks through the National Pensions Reserve Fund and related matters concerning the National Pensions Reserve Fund. The Tánaiste has just said that the...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: When will the National Pensions Reserve Fund Bill be published? Will that Bill be published and brought through the House before recapitalisation? I understand this is the Bill which allows the National Pensions Reserve Fund to be used for recapitalisation so it would appear logical that it would have to be enacted before recapitalisation.

Expenditure Control and Economic Strategy: Statements (3 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: With the exception, perhaps, of budget speeches, no statement from a Taoiseach has been as much awaited as that of the Taoiseach today. For some time, the country has been waiting to hear what the Government will do to deal with the economic crisis and the state of our public finances. We were expecting the major statement last week but we did not receive it because the Taoiseach said he...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: While we have been discussing this matter, the Exchequer figures for January have just been published. They show that the tax revenue for January 2009 was €900 million less than the revenue for January 2008. Has that figure been included in the calculations the Taoiseach announced here earlier today or has almost half of the €2 billion savings that he has just announced already...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I ask the Taoiseach to put on the record of the House the total graduated amounts for each level of income. Figures in the public domain suggest 3% for people on €15,000; 3.8% at €20,000; 5.8% at €30,000; 7.5% at €50,000; 8.3% at €75,000; and 8.8% at €100,000. Does the Taoiseach believe it is fair that somebody on €15,300 a year would now pay €450 extra as a pension levy?...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is right.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach should read it out and put it on the record.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I would like to pursue that matter somewhat further because people need to know the full impact of this. Will the Taoiseach clarify whether that is on the gross income or the net income?

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: People will want to know if that is a reduction before tax or after tax. Those figures are in effect reductions in take home pay of that order. I ask the Taoiseach to clarify how the levy will apply and whether it is applying on full income.

Written Answers — An Teanga Ghaeilge: An Teanga Ghaeilge (29 Jan 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 12: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a fhoilseofar an Plean Gníomhaíochta don Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [2566/09]