Results 3,601-3,620 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting in Belfast on 16 June 2008 with the President of the United States, Mr. George Bush. [25413/08]
- Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Belfast on 16 June 2008. [25414/08]
- Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his meetings with Northern Ireland political leaders during his visit to Belfast on 16 June 2008. [25415/08]
- Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 19: To ask the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the political parties in Northern Ireland since 10 July 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29617/08]
- Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 20: To ask the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the British Government in regard to Northern Ireland since 10 July 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29618/08]
- Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 21: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the continued failure of the Northern Ireland Executive to meet; if he has raised this issue with the British Prime Minister or the political leaders in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30954/08]
- Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: I share with the Taoiseach the hope that the efforts being made to get the Northern Ireland Executive meeting again will succeed. It is disappointing it has not met for quite some time. Is the Taoiseach optimistic that meetings of it will resume in the near future? With regard to the Omagh bombing, what was contained in the "Panorama" programme was extremely serious. Apparently GCHQ was...
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: The arrangements that the Taoiseach has outlined are wholly unsatisfactory for a number of reasons. We are flying blind. A guarantee scheme was enacted last week but we still do not have the details or the scheme. The essential information which the public wants is not yet available. The Taoiseach is uncertain about when this will be introduced. He speaks about introducing it next week...
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: With the price of diesel we will all be back to carts and horses.
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in response to a question from my colleague, Deputy Ciarán Lynch, yesterday, announced that the Government would introduce legislation to cap expenditure in local elections. I welcome that announcement. When will this legislation be introduced? Given that local elections are scheduled for June next year, will the Government...
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: On the electoral issue, the Taoiseach seems to be implying that this was a personal opinion expressed by the Minister. Is it not a Government decision to have a cap on spending in local elections?
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: I seek clarification on that matter. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government told Deputy Ciarán Lynch yesterday there would be a cap on spending limits for the 2009 local elections. Deputy Lynch and I understood that to be a promise of legislation made by the Minister responsible. Is the Taoiseach pulling back from that position?
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Is this a Minister of State, Deputy John McGuinness-type opinion or is it a real promise of legislation?
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: It is not the property services Bill.
- Unemployment: Motion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: I thank all Members who contributed to the debate on this Labour Party motion, and I compliment my colleague, Deputy Willie Penrose, for tabling the motion. We have been talking here over the last couple of weeks about serious problems in the economy, and more recently the banking crisis. However, there is a jobs crisis in this country that has been going on for months and no significant...
- Unemployment: Motion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: There is a similar situation in my constituency.
- Unemployment: Motion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: The local VEC plans to build a new senior college in Blackrock but funding has been pulled by the Department of Education and Science. The VEC has concluded an arrangement with Dún Laoghaoire-Rathdown County Council for funding of the scheme. All that is needed is the approval of the Department. If the Government could see its way to invest the same confidence in the principal and the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way he will achieve the reduction of 3% in payroll costs for his Department, as announced by the Minister for Finance in July 2008; the cost saving measures initiated and the amount saved by each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33759/08]
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: We are being asked to agree to a motion relating to the arrangements for next week's business. Yesterday, the Opposition parties were approached to agree a certain arrangement in respect of the ordering of business next week in order that the budget and the Government's scheme relating to the bail-out of the banks might be accommodated on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, of next week....
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: There are two matters I want to raise. One relates to the matter Deputy Kenny raised, namely, the matter of the banks passing on the reduction in interest rates to their customers. There is a second matter I want to raise. What approach should I take?