Results 541-560 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: I can do no more than raise the issue. If it becomes a problem, I will certainly return to it and have no doubt the House will revisit the exchanges in this debate.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: 2.âSection 6(2)(b) of the Electoral Act 1997 is amended by the insertion after 'five' of '(or where necessary to avoid the breaching of a county boundary, six)'.". Amendment No. 2 arises from Committee Stage, on which we addressed in particular the issue of County Leitrim and the sense of grievance that it...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: Like the Minister, I was also struck by the degree to which Deputy Morgan was harking back to the days of the Free State for a formula for organising the constituencies. Deputy Harkin mentioned the issue of population change and population decline in particular. An analysis of the census of 2002 â the phenomenon may be replicated in the 2006 census â reveals that the areas where...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: Agreed.
- Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (28 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious disparity between the numbers recorded in successive censuses and the numbers on the electoral register; his views on whether inaccuracies in the electoral register might give rise to risk of electoral fraud; the steps he intends to take to ensure that the...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (28 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 779: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress on the report, Housing Need Assessment 2005; the local authorities which have submitted their returns for the report; the local authorities which still have returns outstanding; when the completion of the report is expected; and when the report will be published. [23368/05]
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (28 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 527: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when it is proposed to allocate moneys towards improvements to accommodation roads on Aranmore Island, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22656/05]
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: I agree with the Minister that this motion should have been considered by an Oireachtas committee where we could have teased it out in greater detail. I do not accept, however, the Minister placing the blame for that on the Green Party. Obviously, Deputy Cuffe can answer for his party in that respect, but I do not buy that the Minister did not bring his proposal to an Oireachtas committee...
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: There is a different reason, which I will come to in a moment. The motion has the potential to cause uproar in rural areas. The proposals before the House relating to peat extraction are a Trojan horse. The Minister may be right in saying that the proposals arise from the judgment of the European Court of Justice and the prospect that this country will face a daily fine of â¬26,000 if the...
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: Let us examine what is being proposed here. The Minister has found a formula to get around the judgment of the European Court of Justice and it is that an environmental impact assessment will be required where there is a significant impact on the environment. However, if one examines the criteria for that, one sees that they are wide open. Deputy Naughten is right. If this was a situation...
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister can depend on my party to see what is going on.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: I expect that the Minister will confront a few angry public meetings on this issue in his own county. That is all in front of him, but what I want to nail here is the bit of political cleverality, to coin a phrase, that is being engaged in by the Minister to deflect the flak that will inevitably arise from this matter. Two issues have been used to dress this up and make it look like it we are...
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister has got it in one; bull's-eye.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: That is a load of nonsense. The Government orders the business of the House.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: There are 17 guillotines this week.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: I am not misleading the House. I made a political charge and I stand over it.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: I made a political charge.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: Since when is unanimity required to bring something before the House.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister is using this as a distraction because he is trying to stop people from cutting turf.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Eamon Gilmore: Bluster.