Results 9,101-9,120 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy is grandstanding-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: -----and claiming that he is looking for these answers when he knows very well-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: -----that we will not give answers to the detail of what will be in the budget in advance of budget day.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy can be assured of this.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Any commitment-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: The political commitments into which the Labour Party entered will be honoured.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: We need to work our way out of the programme with which Fianna Fáil saddled us before we got into government.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: I agree that third level is very important both for the individuals who benefit from it and for our economic recovery. That is why in the capital programme announced last week the Government has front-loaded projects that provide for the building of schools and the improvement of our education system. The Government is acutely aware of the difficulties many families have in financing their...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Student fees here would need to increase considerably before they would reach what they are in Northern Ireland under the Administration in which the Deputy's party participates.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy has listed off a number of things about which he has read in the newspapers.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Surely Deputy Adams, of all people, knows better than to believe everything he reads in the newspapers.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: There is speculation over what may or may not be in the budget and we will have to see about that in the course of time.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Let us be absolutely clear about this. The Government is committed to supporting education as was reflected quite clearly in the part of the budgetary process that has already been made public in which we clearly indicated our commitment to the education system through the provision of funding for additional schools to meet the needs of children for school extensions and for the capital...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Ross is wrong. The Government did not hand over power on economic matters to the troika of the European Commission, ECB and the IMF.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: It inherited an agreement made by the previous Government, which agreement is working. Deputy Ross is well aware that we have succeeded in renegotiating significant elements of that agreement. The work which the Taoiseach is doing today in his discussions with Chancellor Merkel is with a view to our securing continued renegotiation of the terms of that agreement and getting a better deal...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: With regard to changes by the Government in respect of appointments, the Government has changed the Top Level Appointments Commission, has appointed an independent chairperson and has brought in people from the private sector to be part of the Top Level Appointments Commission which is responsible for the majority of senior appointments in the Civil Service. We have introduced a system...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: Through their websites, the Departments invite expressions of interest-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: -----for appointment to State boards. In addition, we have introduced a system whereby the chairpersons of State boards appear before an Oireachtas committee.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: I understand that to date, five chairpersons of State boards have appeared before Oireachtas committees.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)
Eamon Gilmore: All of the appointments by Government to State bodies have been appointments based on merit. The Government will continue to work to ensure we get the best possible people to participate in the work of State bodies. Ultimately, however, the decision on appointment to State bodies and boards is a matter for Government. The Government will exercise that power and will stand over decisions...