Results 5,081-5,100 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: It was only a question.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I asked a straight question.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Answer the question.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: That was not the point.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: That refers to the directors.
- Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I have a couple of matters to raise. I welcome the fact that there is an agreed motion today. I agree that after the debate on these two days it is important that the issue is not then just parked and left, that the matters arising from the Ryan commission report and its recommendations and further actions needed by the State, will be followed up and that the House will have an opportunity...
- Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I wish to share time with Deputy Quinn.
- Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The publication of the Ryan report three weeks ago will, I hope, prove to be a watershed in Irish society. The five volumes of the report contain the personal testimonies of the shocking experiences of 1,090 men and women who were subjected to physical, sexual and emotional abuse, neglect and wanton cruelty in 216 schools and institutions. We had all been made aware, through the vivid...
- Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: There must be no destruction of any of the documents in the possession of the Ryan commission-----
- Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: -----that details the horrific personal experiences of the victims. A mechanism must be found to allow the material to be preserved as a reminder of the suffering of these children; the cruelty of the regime they were subjected to and the failure of the state to protect them. All of the documents relating to the negotiation of the 2002 indemnity deal must be put into the public domain.
- Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Finally, the Government must pursue the religious congregations for a proportionate response to their role in the abuse of children in the institutions they ran. The contrition expressed by the 18 congregations concerned is too little, too late. Furthermore, their self-preserving actions have undermined their apologetic words at every turn. Right up to the publication of the Ryan report,...
- Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the costs that have accrued to date to his Department arising from the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15593/09]
- Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Two questions arise from the Taoiseach's reply. As the Taoiseach has said the Moriarty tribunal has reopened public hearings. This is apparently as a result of the draft findings of the tribunal which were circulated to interested parties. Can the Taoiseach give the House any indication as to when those public hearings will be completed? When are we likely to eventually get a report from...
- Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The issue here relates to cost. It has been suggested in reports regarding this document that had it been made available to the tribunal at an earlier stage, it would have foreshortened the work of that tribunal-----
- Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: -----therefore having implications for its eventual cost.
- Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I accept that the content of the document, its implications and its impact on the matters under investigation are matters for the tribunal. I do not wish to comment on that, but I do want to raise a question with the Taoiseach. Is it true that a Government Department withheld a document for ten years claiming legal privilege on it and has now made that document available for the second...
- Public Relations Contracts. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the group established within his Department to oversee the awarding of public relations contracts by Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16608/09]
- Public Relations Contracts. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: These guidelines, which were published in 2005, provided for a number of procedures, one of which was that where a Minister was engaging a consultancy firm or PR firm, then this would be notified to the Secretary General to the Government. How many times has the Secretary General been notified of consultancy or PR contracts that come under the terms of the guidelines? The procedures...
- Public Relations Contracts. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Were there cases where the Secretary General to the Government made recommendations to the Taoiseach in respect of public procurement procedures?
- Proposed Legislation. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for the remainder of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16609/09]