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Leaders' Questions (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Why is the Minister responsible for these screw ups receiving an extra €500 per week?

Leaders' Questions (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: No issue has been raised as often during Question Time and Adjournment Debates as the length of time young drivers must wait to sit the driving test and the number of people consequently driving with only a provisional licence. For the Taoiseach to suggest it was an accident or that, somehow, 430,000 could be overlooked is proof the Government is seriously out of touch. To return to the...

Leaders' Questions (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: How bad must matters get before the "R" word dawns on somebody on the Government side of the House? Across the water, five or six Cabinet Ministers have had to resign. A Home Secretary resigned because the wrong figures were released about prisoner releases and an Education Secretary had to resign because the exams authority got something wrong, but no matter what a Minister of this country...

Leaders' Questions (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: How bad must a Minister be or how many mistakes must he make before continuance in office becomes an issue for the Taoiseach? I do not wish to rehearse the Minister for Transport's legacy in terms of the areas where he has got into trouble, or indeed those of the Minister, Deputy Cullen, sitting beside him, or the costs involved to the taxpayer——

Leaders' Questions (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: How bad must matters get before the Taoiseach will decide he should part company with a Minister, rather than give him or her an increase in pay?

Leaders' Questions (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Why?

Leaders' Questions (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: It was discussed.

Agreements with Members. (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will place in the Library of the Houses of the Oireachtas all copies of agreements he has concluded with individual Members of Dáil Éireann, arising from his election as Taoiseach; if costings have been done for such agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20161/07]

Agreements with Members. (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place within his Department for providing special assistance to certain Members of Dáil Éireann; the Members to whom this assistance is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20162/07]

Agreements with Members. (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the case already.

Agreements with Members. (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: That was giving him nothing.

Agreements with Members. (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: It was giving him nothing.

Agreements with Members. (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Finian McGrath is still hovering around the perimeter of the House. Is there a documented agreement with Deputy Finian McGrath which he has signed, an exchange of correspondence or a written record of whatever he claims he agreed with the Taoiseach in return for his continuing and loyal support for the Government? Will the Taoiseach tell us whether he has agreed anything with Deputy...

Agreements with Members. (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Every Deputy is entitled to seek to advance whatever issue or agenda he or she has, and Government is entitled to agree or disagree to pursue that. We are, however, dealing with something more than just in the nature of a political agreement. The Taoiseach has defended keeping this agreement secret on the grounds that it constituted a political understanding between him and Deputy Finian...

Agreements with Members. (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Ceann Comhairle is also responsible for the wall in south Kerry.

Agreements with Members. (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: This has been a useful exchange because Members are beginning to discern what the Taoiseach has agreed with the Independent Members. In the case of Deputy Beverly Flynn, it is clear that her return to Fianna Fáil was agreed. In the case of Deputy Lowry, the agreement involved some form of political rehabilitation. As for Deputy Healy-Rae, he has been around for a long time and I am sure...

Agreements with Members. (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: However, it bothers me that the Taoiseach appears to have taken Deputy Finian McGrath for a ride. He does not appear to have got anything of substance in the distribution of largesse last week.

Agreements with Members. (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Today, the Taoiseach has told Members that he has not received anything that was not already contained in the programme for Government or the national development plan. In such circumstances, the enthusiasm with which he supports the Government is——

Agreements with Members. (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: —— difficult to understand.

Ministerial Responsibilities. (31 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach the responsibilities of the Ministers of State at his Department; if powers and functions have been formally delegated to each such Minister of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20163/07]