Results 7,861-7,880 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: There are now 437,079 people on the live register. The number of people on it in December was the highest end of year figure since records began and was the 19th successive month that the number of people on it was over 400,000. People who are fortunate enough to have a job are finding that their pay has been cut through the taxes that were introduced in the budget and the universal social...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach is living in a wonderland. First, the statement by President Sarkozy, with the greatest of respect to the Minister of State, Deputy Roche, required a more forceful response from the Government than it received.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: At a minimum, it required that the Taoiseach pick up the telephone and contact him but he was too busy making other telephone calls to do the country's business. As regards the Taoiseach's take on unemployment, I do not know whether he is aware that a lot of people are leaving the country because they cannot get work here. When the Taoiseach plays around with the figures and says the rate is...
- Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: I would like more clarity from the Taoiseach in this regard because he completed his reply to my Leader's question earlier by saying it is the Government's intention to get the legislation arising from the budget enacted a month earlier than last year. If that is the case, then do I understand correctly that it is the Government's intention to have the four Bills arising from the budget...
- Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach talked about the indicative timetable. The Government is in effective control of the timetable. He said that the finance legislation would be completed one month earlier than last year. Whether that is the last week in February or the first week in March is neither here nor there, but the Taoiseach said that the Bill would be completed a month earlier than last year.
- Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Hold on a second.
- Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach was quite definite about this when he was replying to my Leader's question. He said "a month earlier than last year". Then when we pursued him on the matter, it became an indicative timetable-----
- Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: -----and now it is "around it". The Taoiseach is in control of the timetable. I am simply asking whether that is when the finance legislation will be enacted.
- Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Seanad recommendations must come back to the Dáil.
- Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Yes, but is that a definite, finite time for the enactment of those pieces of legislation? The Taoiseach has referred to other parliamentary priorities that he is going to slot into the parliamentary timetable as the finance Bill is being dealt with-----
- Order of Business (18 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Will those parliamentary priorities be concluded by that date, which is a month earlier than last year - the end of February or the beginning of March, whichever week it is - or will the Taoiseach then tell us when we have dealt with the finance pieces of legislation that we have other parliamentary priorities that he will be stringing on after that?
- Written Answers — Transport Infrastructure: Transport Infrastructure (18 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will put together a transport or business plan to make Shannon Airport and Foynes seaport hubs for international transport involving the distribution of international cargo to EU countries. [2246/11]
- Termination of Ministerial Appointment: Announcement by Taoiseach (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: This country needs a new Government that can deal with the problems that are facing the people, can come to grips with the need to get people back to work, get some confidence back into the economy, get a fresh start and enable people to move on from the mess that Fianna Fáil has created. A new Government is needed which can deal with the issue of bonuses paid by banks, which was raised by...
- Termination of Ministerial Appointment: Announcement by Taoiseach (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Several of the Taoiseach's parliamentary colleagues voted no confidence in him yesterday. Others would have done the same but they thought the timing was wrong. We returned here after Christmas to deal with the finance Bill. It could be dealt with in a couple of weeks but the Taoiseach has given every excuse under the sun to try to cling on to power for as long as possible. He has given...
- Termination of Ministerial Appointment: Announcement by Taoiseach (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: It is the Taoiseach who is insisting on politics as usual. The reality is that the people of the country want the Government out of office fast. They want that to happen because they want to move on. The country is stuck in the mire and will stay there as long as the Government clings on to office from one month to the next. People want to move on. We wanted to bring about recovery, get...
- Termination of Ministerial Appointment: Announcement by Taoiseach (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach said he will deal with the motion of no confidence in the normal manner and that he faced them before. Every motion of no confidence in the Government tabled by Fine Gael or the Labour Party for as long as I can recall has been dealt with by the Government immediately. The Taoiseach is running away from the motion of no confidence and does not want to put it to the test. He...
- Termination of Ministerial Appointment: Announcement by Taoiseach (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: I have not been.
- Official Engagements (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the EU summit in Brussels on 16 and 17 December 2010 [48343/10]
- Official Engagements (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any meetings he held on the margins of the EU summit in Brussels on 16 and 17 December 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48344/10]
- Official Engagements (19 Jan 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach his plans for official trips abroad during the first six months of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48351/10]