Results 3,181-3,200 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: With respect, making a statement in the House is in order and I am asking——

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——whether the Tánaiste will make a statement to the House on the prices issue.

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand the Government yesterday decided to decline the request from Waterford Wedgwood to underwrite a loan for that company. Particularly as the Tánaiste is the line Minister, can I ask her if the Government is really going to let Waterford Wedgwood go to the wall?

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: May I ask about the electoral Bill? Is that in order, a Cheann Comhairle?

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank you.

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Next week, we are scheduled to have statements on the report of the Constituency Commission. Does the taking of those statements next week have any implications for the promised electoral Bill to implement the report of the Constituency Commission and when will that Bill be introduced?

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (22 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his talks with the Austrian Defence Minister, Mr. Norbert Darabos, regarding the involvement of both Ireland and Austria as neutral countries in the UN mission to Chad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20154/08]

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (22 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his briefing by the military in Kosovo regarding the situation on the ground since Kosovo became independent in February 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20153/08]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (22 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm receipt of an application for a spouse visa from a person (details supplied); the date on which this application was received; the status of this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20451/08]

National Security Committee. (27 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if the interdepartmental group established to monitor the terrorist threat in the aftermath of September 2001 is still functioning; when the group last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11367/08]

National Security Committee. (27 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The specific questions are about the operation of the committee and I appreciate that, for understandable reasons, the Taoiseach does not want to get into the committee's operational work. However, will the Taoiseach provide a general assessment of the extent to which people may feel reasonably secure that the Government and the State's security services, working with other security and...

National Security Committee. (27 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to pursue a little further with the Taoiseach the extent, or his assessment of the extent, of the terrorist threat or the terrorist related activity within the State. The Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 allows the Garda to obtain the personal telephone records of persons who are suspects for terrorist offences which carry prison sentences of five years or more. The...

Freedom of Information. (27 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in the first two months of 2008; the way this compares with the same two-month period in each year from 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11368/08]

Freedom of Information. (27 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach referred to the Minister for Finance, who attended and spoke at the tenth anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act event. He caused a great deal of depression by his refusal to countenance any reversal of the charging regime for the making of applications under the Freedom of Information Act and for——

Freedom of Information. (27 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes. I am drawing the two issues together. The Minister is refusing to change the fee regime. The Information Commissioner has stated that the fee regime is causing people not to make applications. The table which the Taoiseach promised to circulate, of which we have not yet had sight but which I presume will be in line with previous replies, will show there has been a dramatic reduction...

Leaders' Questions (27 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: There are occasions when, in the country's interest, the Taoiseach will have to resist the temptation to give the Opposition parties a kick every time he sees us. I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the prices issue I raised last week. I was glad that after I raised the issue here last Wednesday, the Taoiseach asked the Tánaiste to get a handle on the problem. Following that, I understand...

Leaders' Questions (27 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am pleased to hear some action is being taken to deal with this problem but it will require more than just pleading with the British retailers concerned and it will take more than meetings between the National Consumer Agency and Retail Ireland. The Government needs to show that, if necessary, it will flex its muscles on this issue. This has gone on for quite a while. The change in the...

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I seek clarification because the proposal being put to the House today is new and is a little complicated. I seek the Taoiseach's assurance that the motion on the building of the prison in Thornton Hall will come back to the House to be voted on in plenary session. I ask this mindful of the commitment in the Green Party manifesto which states that the Green Party will abolish plans to...

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I want to have it confirmed that all Members——

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——will have an opportunity to vote on the motion in the Chamber.