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Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I sometimes feel that you are on a timer, a Cheann Comhairle.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: ...that the Government is protecting working people from tax increases and suggests that the Labour Party would tax them even more. Let us see what working people will say and how they will feel when they see their first pay packets in the new year. They will then realise the full combined impact of the reductions in tax credits and in the standard band, the loss of rent relief and the...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: .... However, it is an Irish problem set in the context of a broader European problem. Ireland has duties as a member of the eurozone, but European solidarity is a two-way street. The Irish people feel very let down by the European Union, in particular by the Commission. The attitude taken has been unduly punitive and does not fit with the founding principles of the European Union. We...

Introduction of New Member (30 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: ...lucht tacaíochta é a bheith tofa mar Theachta Dála. On behalf of the Labour Party I welcome Deputy Pearse Doherty and congratulate him on winning the Donegal South-West by-election. I have a feeling that his membership of this Dáil will be short-lived but that he will be around for some time in this House and I wish him well for the future.

Macro-Economic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: ...banks, of at least €45 billion. We know there has been a catastrophic loss of confidence in Ireland abroad and that the cost of Government borrowing has shot up to the point where the Government feels unable to continue borrowing money. We know there is to be a four-year plan and a budget that are supposed to restore order to the public finances and confidence in the country. However,...

Order of Business. (24 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Dáil would resume. I listened to the Minister's reply to the question put by Deputy Kenny about the arrangements for dealing with any extension of the bank guarantee, in which he said he did not feel that legislation would be required but that some rolling over may have to be done. "Rolling over" is the operative term as it describes the Government's relationship with the banks. He...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: ...parliament that meets at least four days a week, cuts out the long recesses and deals with relevant issues in a relevant way. More than that, however, we must ensure that individual citizens feel a far greater sense of involvement in the decisions that shape their lives. We need a more practical democracy that will bring back the people into decision making. Labour's proposal for a...

Tribunals of Inquiry (11 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: ...original mandate of the tribunal, which was to conduct the inquiry and produce a report as quickly and economically as possible, and the fact that 13 years have now passed, how would the Taoiseach feel about the idea of an agreed motion in the House directing the Clerk of the Dáil to communicate with the sole member, asking him to return a progress report? The House established this...

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It was about the presence of five Secretaries General on the council of NESC, one of the roles of which is to consider and evaluate the performance of Departments. Does the Taoiseach feel that the presence of such a large number of Secretaries General compromises the organisation in carrying out critical evaluation of the way in which the State sector is delivering services and programmes?

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: ...rate for their property. Rather, we are proposing the market be allowed to find its level in a way that is equitable for both landlords and tenants. As the law stands, it is only tenants who are feeling the full brunt of market economics while landlords are cosily protected. As one business owner in my constituency wrote-----

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Why is that not an unfamiliar feeling? It is one thing for the Taoiseach not to take the Green Party seriously and he has them not just as passengers but as hitchhikers in Government.

Industrial Action by Public Service Unions: Statements (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ..., however, then it may take a long time indeed to restore it. That will be costly. People sent away from the bargaining table in bad times or brought to it for no real negotiations will not feel inclined to return to it in good times when their bargaining position is stronger. Social partnership has to change but it is dangerous to demolish it when there are few alternatives. Those who...

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We all share the disappointment at the result of last night's match and a certain amount of anger and frustration at the unfair way it came about. The one thing we all feel is enormous pride in the team that played for Ireland last night.

Official Engagements. (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ...facility and I am surprised the present Government does not appear to be giving this issue the priority it requires to the point that the British Government and the British authorities clearly feel free to announce a major expansion of their nuclear capacity, locating seven of the facilities on the west coast, and it is not even on the agenda of the British-Irish Council.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ...summer recess the Government conveniently received the McCarthy report. We need to know whether it will be published and, if so, when. I heard Deputy Mary O'Rourke on the radio this morning and I feel I speak for the majority of Members of the House when I say the report should be published.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I would not want to feel left out.

Leaders' Questions (27 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ...have to say and, in a sense, discover what they are offering. Does he have an idea of the quantum of what would be acceptable in this instance? What amount of further contributions does he feel would be appropriate? The Taoiseach will recall that when the 2002 was being drawn up, the Department of Finance recommended that the contributions of the State and the congregations should be on...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ...the measure. The only reason it would support the measure today is to stay in office. They only reason its members will end up going through the lobby or voting in favour of it today is if they feel it does not matter and that the people who are on pensions and disability payments can be sacrificed. These recipients can go away with green finger-marks on their backs because they have...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ...and €6,212 if they both work in the private sector - in which case, they may already have had their pay reduced and their jobs may be at imminent risk. This is a budget on a timer - we will not feel its full impact until we get our pay packets in May, pay our insurance or make our next tax return. That is not all, because there is more to come. The Minister for Finance signalled...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach should not seek to minimise the impact of the job loss situation by relying on percentages. It is no comfort to people in Bausch & Lomb to feel that when they lose their jobs they represent a lower percentage of unemployment now than they would have in the 1980s. We have never had in excess of 350,000 unemployed. It is the highest number of people out of work in the State...