Results 6,321-6,340 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Ministerial Travel. (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I heard the Taoiseach's reply to Deputy Kenny and I understand from it that there was no request for approval of a flight from Phoenix, Arizona to Las Vegas and that no such approval was granted.
- Ministerial Travel. (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: But that is what I heard.
- Ministerial Travel. (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Which is it then?
- Ministerial Travel. (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Was it approved or not?
- Ministerial Travel. (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: It is not a case that when the jet is out of Irish airspace it is free to go where it likes. Presumably, there is a procedure in place for when a Minister who has been approved for, let us say, a flight from Dublin to Madrid on Government business then decides he has to fly to Rome on Government business. What is the procedure? Is the Minister free to go on the flight from Madrid to Rome...
- Ministerial Travel. (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I understand the impact of the use of the jet is to be made up by way of growing trees in urban areas. In which town can we find the urban forest that compensates for the double trip to Copenhagen?
- Ministerial Travel. (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Will the Taoiseach respond to the first part of my question? If, for example, a Minister has permission to go to Madrid by Government jet but then has to travel on to Rome, would he or she have to apply for a second clearance from the Department of the Taoiseach?
- Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Government policy on the banks is not working. Even in the short time since we met last week, Postbank has announced it will cease operations, with a possible loss of 160 jobs, Hughes & Hughes bookseller has gone into receivership, with 225 jobs lost, clothing retailers Vero Moda and associated retailers are losing 80 jobs, SIAC Butler's Steel is losing 55 jobs, and we do not know how many...
- Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I remember the first time I raised the issue of banks with the Taoiseach. On 25 June 2008, I stated: "[T]he banks are closed to new businesses". I said the banks appeared to be squeezing the life out of many businesses because they would not lend to them. That was before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the introduction of the bank guarantee. The Taoiseach stated in his reply: "It is...
- Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: -----he should at least present an alternative that has some prospect of success, because what he is doing now is not working.
- Death of a Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: On my own behalf and that of the Labour Party, I wish to pay tribute to Mr. Justin Keating, a former Deputy, Senator, Minister and MEP. I welcome to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery his wife Barbara, his son David, daughters Carla and Eilis and their respective families. Justin Keating was a major public figure who, over a long life stretching from 1930 to January of this year, served the...
- Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I agree with Deputy Kenny on the handling of the lost at sea scheme report and the referral of the Ombudsman's report to the Oireachtas.
- Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I know we had statements on it but the reason Deputy Kenny raised it and I am raising it is that statements are not adequate. The Ombudsman in the exercise of her independent function has made a recommendation in this case and the Government has rejected that recommendation. What she does in those circumstances is to refer the issue to the Oireachtas, effectively for us to adjudicate on it....
- Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Yes, but we must refer issues to committees and that is the issue being raised. The Government should agree that this issue be referred to the appropriate committee. Is the Ceann Comhairle proposing that?
- Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: If it is to be considered by the committee I am happy with that. If the Taoiseach confirms that, it will be the end of the matter, as far as raising it on the Order of Business is concerned, until it comes back from committee. Will the Taoiseach confirm that it will be considered by the committee?
- Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach speaks for the Government.
- Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The problem is that it will only be considered by the committee if the Government members of the committee agree to have it considered by the committee. If that is agreed we have no problem. I agree with the Ceann Comhairle that the way to deal with the matter is through the committee. If the Taoiseach confirms that it will be dealt with by the committee we are happy.
- Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Does the Government have any objection to it being dealt with there?
- Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: No, it has not been dealt with.
- Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: It has not been dealt with and the Taoiseach is making it worse now.