Results 7,761-7,780 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: In this morning's newspaper the Minister was quoted-----
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: -----as saying that the general election would take place in the middle of March. Can the Taoiseach throw any light on this statement?
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The resignations of the Green Party Ministers.
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Does it?
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: What about the Minister, Deputy Hanafin?
- Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to develop the Irish language in an organic fashion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46052/10]
- Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with the Department of Education and Skills regarding simplifying the grammar of the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46053/10]
- Leaders' Questions. (15 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Later this morning, we will be debating the EU-IMF deal. I wish to ask the Taoiseach about one aspect of that deal, which relates to an issue that was the subject of an RTE news report. It concerns the rate of interest which is being charged on one of the components of the deal. As we know, the deal is in three parts: the IMF, the European Financial Stability Mechanism, and the...
- Leaders' Questions. (15 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: If the entire amount of â¬22.5 billion is drawn down from that fund, the cost to Ireland of the additional interest which the European Union will be charging us will be close to â¬5 billion over the lifetime of the loan. When RTE questioned the European Court of Auditors about this, it confirmed that there is no precedent for the European Union charging a margin of that kind on moneys...
- Leaders' Questions. (15 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: This is the first time the EFSM is being used, but it is not the first time money has been made available to members of the European Union through various EU mechanisms. The EFSM operates under Article 122 of the European Union treaties, which provides that the EU can assist a country "in a spirit of solidarity" where that country is facing exceptional financial difficulties. When money was...
- Leaders' Questions. (15 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The Government has allowed the country to be ripped off.
- Leaders' Questions. (15 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: It is correct. No one else was charged the penal rate.
- Leaders' Questions. (15 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The Government got a bad deal.
- Departmental Bodies (15 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the recent work of the working groups chaired by his Department [45951/10]
- Departmental Bodies (15 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Will the Taoiseach indicate if the working group chaired by his Department has issued a report and, if so, will he indicate the findings of that report?
- Departmental Bodies (15 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I understood that what the Taoiseach told me in March was that there was a working group that was developing proposals for reducing barriers to information sharing between different parts of the public service. Moreover, I understood that proposals that were being developed by this group would be submitted for consideration by a Cabinet sub-committee on transforming public services. Did...
- Departmental Bodies (15 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: That is fine.
- Social Partnership Issues (15 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach when he next plans to meet the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45953/10]
- Social Partnership Issues (15 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach when the last formal annual meeting of the parties to the Towards 2016 Agreement was held; when the next meeting is due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45955/10]
- Social Partnership Issues (15 Dec 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: In the original Towards 2016 agreement, there were to have been quarterly meetings to review, monitor and report on progress, as well as an annual formal meeting of all the parties to the framework agreement. Do I understand from the Taoiseach correctly that the last quarterly meeting of the full social partnership body took place almost three years ago in February 2008? If that is the...