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Order of Business (10 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I support Deputy Kenny's point that this Bill should not be guillotined. In fact, this Bill should not be before the House at all. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan will deal with that when we address its content. This is the Bill to provide for the withdrawal of medical cards from some pensioners. It is a scandalous item of legislation to bring before the House. The revised schedule, giving us...

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Last Monday, 37 cases were brought by banks and building societies for the repossession of homes. If there were 37 cases before the courts, it is fair to assume that several hundred homes have been repossessed without having to go to court. Meanwhile, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government published a report yesterday showing that the number of people on council...

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: With respect, the Taoiseach has given us a commentary on what is happening. The codes of practice to which the Taoiseach referred were drawn up during normal times. These are not normal times. Many people have lost their jobs over the last year. Many more people are facing the prospect of losing their jobs or their businesses. They are stuck with mortgages that, in many cases, they...

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government has decided to emasculate the service.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am not asking the Taoiseach to ask the banks and building societies to change their codes of practice. On behalf of the Government, he should take action. A scheme to give families a guarantee that they will not lose their homes needs to be brought before the House by the Minister of State with responsibility for housing, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government or...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the provisions being made to ensure that a unit in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will open in September 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45332/08]

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach says the owners of the Bunclody plant are being spoken to in an effort to get to the bottom of it. Has the Taoiseach got to the bottom of it? Does the Taoiseach or the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food know exactly what happened here? When can a statement be made setting out what caused the problem? With regard to the return of pork products to the market, I...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I agree with Deputy Kenny. The Labour Party will not agree to the guillotining of the Bill, which is being introduced here to take the medical card from pensioners. I join Deputy Kenny and the Taoiseach in expressing sympathy to the family and friends of the victim of the awful shooting in East Wall, Mr. O'Kane. I appreciate that the Garda investigation is under way. No one here wishes to...

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I watched the press conference just given by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. I was relieved to hear him state it will not be necessary to withdraw beef products based on the examination that been done of 11 of the herds that have been inspected. However, we still have a major problem with pork. I agree with the comments that have been made that the critical issue to all...

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise a related matter, namely, the Tánaiste's responsibility for putting through employment law. Incidentally, this is where Deputy Kelleher comes in as well. An horrific "Prime Time Investigates" programme was broadcast this week that outlined the degree of exploitation of workers. I was particularly concerned about the stories presented about people driving trucks for long...

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: There are other similar items, namely, an employment agency regulation Bill and an industrial relations amendment Bill, neither of which have yet been published. The Tánaiste should indicate when this legislation will be brought before the House and when will it be published. If the Minister of State who has direct responsibility for these matters would like to assist the Tánaiste in her...

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party is also opposed to the guillotine on this Bill. As I understand it, amendment No. 11 of a total of 45 amendments has been reached on Report Stage. As there are many critical issues which affect people on social welfare, I do not believe the Bill should be guillotined.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am somewhat surprised by the Tánaiste's ambiguous reply to Deputy Kenny on the issue of the national pay agreement. I understood that the Tánaiste, in her capacity as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, was the lead Minister in respect of industrial relations and therefore her response is all the more surprising.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It appears the Government does not know whether it is talking to the social partners at all or if it is so doing, what it is talking to them about.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: This is supposed to be Deputy Kelleher's job. Are you talking to the social partners?

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: This is what you are for Billy.

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (3 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the timeframe for payments to 11,000 farmers under REP scheme four; if payment will be made to those farmers before Christmas 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43971/08]

Written Answers — Environmental Protection: Environmental Protection (3 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will extend the deadline for the spreading of slurry and farmyard manure in view of the wet weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43970/08]

Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: If Deputy Cowen could do his job as Taoiseach and provide leadership for the country in as good a way as he attacks the Opposition, we would all be better off.

Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: People are aware that we face a number of major problems. The figures published yesterday indicate that the abyss over which we are teetering is even deeper than previously thought. People expect the Government to show leadership. In recent months, however, those opposite have been behaving like bewildered bystanders instead of displaying the courage, conviction, imagination, innovation...