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Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party is opposed to the proposal for dealing with this matter for two reasons. The first of these is that the format is not satisfactory. Last week, I called for a debate in the House on a report from the committee which spent a great deal of time considering and discussing this matter. Such a debate should be accompanied by a resolution on which the House could agree. This...

Census of Population. (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he is satisfied the level of immigration as recorded in the last census was accurate, having regard to views (details supplied) that the census seriously underestimated the number of foreign nationals living here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20597/07]

Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise two matters with the Tánaiste. First, over the past two years, my colleague, Deputy Joan Burton has been drawing to the Minister's attention a major loophole in our tax laws relating to stamp duty, under which large developers benefited to the tune of approximately €250 million in 2006. Last year, the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, in the Finance Act, moved to close...

Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It is, actually. It is a Government——

Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: May I respectfully point out that this is one of the few positions where the Government makes the appointment without reference to TLAC? It is done by way of Government decision and announcement and it is relevant on the Order of Business..

Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Can the Tánaiste assure the House that the Taoiseach will not have any involvement in the making of that decision, given the difficulties that he has——

Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——himself with the Revenue Commissioners at the moment.

Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: This law is already on the Statute Book. It is a law of the land and the only thing we are waiting for is the Minister to implement it.

Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: He has not done so and in the meantime, we have a situation where developers are avoiding paying stamp duty while people buying a family home have to pay it.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Tánaiste has made my day. I hope I will make his day too.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Tánaiste's replies to Deputy Kenny and me yesterday and today are beginning to sound more and more like the chairman of the board of a club expressing full confidence in the manager. This time last year the FAI——

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——was expressing full confidence in Steve Staunton while he retained the confidence of the fans and the players. The Tánaiste commented yesterday and today on the length of time the tribunal is taking. One of the delays the tribunal will encounter is the legal challenge that has been mounted by the Taoiseach, which he claims is on the basis of protecting parliamentary privilege. Of...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Two issues arise from the Tánaiste's reply. First, it is perfectly clear that the whole issue of the tribunal and the Taoiseach is transfixing the Government and distracting its attention from the issues which affect the people.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Last autumn, the country was scandalised by the problems experienced by a group of women and the sad case of these women walking into a clinic on a Saturday morning to find out if they had cancer. Now that the issue has disappeared from the headlines, it has been forgotten about. The report which was supposed to be produced by the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, has not...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The women in question are entitled to a response. It is clear the Government is not giving the matter the priority it deserves. As for the position of the Taoiseach, it is as clear to the Tánaiste as it is to every Deputy on this side of the House and most Members on the Government side that Deputy Ahern's days as Taoiseach are numbered. The Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, need not...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Every Member of the House and members of the general public now know that the Taoiseach's days are numbered. The issue to be faced up to is whether his departure from office will be long and painful or whether the Tánaiste will act. What really matters now is not so much what the Tánaiste says as what action he will take. The half-hearted defence he has given the Taoiseach over the past...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Tánaiste is dredging the barrel.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Tánaiste must have very little to do if he is reading speeches I made in 1997.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Even I do not read them.

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (26 Feb 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has reason to be concerned about the high level of personal indebtedness here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7725/08]