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Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy will have an opportunity during the course of the debate on the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill-----

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----to raise these issues with the Minister for Social Protection. A commitment was given to review community employment schemes-----

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and that is proceeding.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The report of the Commission on Credit Unions has been published. The credit union movement was very much involved in the preparation of the report and there was a high level of consultation. It is expected there will be further discussion and consultation with the credit union movement. Some legislation will be required. The object is not to close credit unions but to consolidate and to...

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy is not being told that. A decision has been made as to the structure that will be put in place for the water utility in future. There will be a State company under Bord Gáis Éireann. Beyond that, arrangements for metering, the types of meters to be used and all of those practical arrangements will require much work. We are talking about a period of two or two and a half years...

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The personal insolvency legislation, as I indicated previously, is being moved forward with urgency. It has been moved to the A list, which is the list of Bills for publication this session. As both the Taoiseach and I have said publicly on a number of occasions, we are hugely concerned about the difficulties many households have in making their mortgage repayments. Dealing with the...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy's party will not be sidelined.

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: A table providing the information on staffing and operating costs for the overseas Missions in question is set out. The staffing figures take account of diplomatic staff, local staff engaged by the Mission and, in the case of New Delhi, visa office staff whose salaries and other costs are borne by the Department of Justice and Equality. Also included is a small number of staff indirectly...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I express my thanks and appreciation to the Members who have contributed to this important debate. This is extremely important legislation which will facilitate the holding of a referendum on the stability treaty on Thursday, 31 May. I have already said to the House that the treaty is critical to the future of the country. If it is about anything, it is about making sure the costly...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I am opposing Deputy Catherine Murphy's amendment. On the basis of the advice from the Attorney General, the Government has agreed the text of the proposed amendment to the Constitution, the purpose of which is, first, to ratify the stability treaty and, second, to provide appropriate constitutional cover for implementing measures necessitated by the treaty. We in Ireland have a long and...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy is wrong.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Clearly, the Deputy has not read it.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Boyd Barrett's final point is clearly incorrect. In the context of the automatic correction mechanism, the Commission is not being given a role whereby it can effectively dictate policy. What will happen will be that it will propose the common principles to which the states party to the treaty will be obliged to agree. These mechanisms are defined in a way whereby they will be...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy should read the rest of the paragraph.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: He or she shall present a report.

Ráiteas faoi Eolas do Vótálaithe: Tairiscint.Statement for Information of Voters: Motion. (20 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Tairgim: GO ndéanfar an ráiteas a leagtar amach sa Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Rún seo a fhorordú mar fhaisnéis do vótálaithe de bhun alt 23 d'Acht an Reifrinn, 1994 (Uimh. 12 de 1994), i ndáil leis an togra chun Airteagal 29.4 den Bhunreacht a leasú, ar togra é atá sa Bhille um an Tríochadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (An Conradh ar Chobhsaíocht, ar Chomhordú agus ar Rialachas san...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (24 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Human rights are, and have always been, a priority of successive Irish Governments and a key plank of our foreign policy. The Government is concerned about the treatment of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Last week, officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade met with representatives from the Falun Dafa Association of Ireland and discussed the ways in which human rights...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (24 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Human rights are, and have always been, a priority of successive Irish Governments and a key plank of our foreign policy. Through the formal framework of the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, which was established in 1995, the EU continues to share with China its experience in the field of human rights protection and promotion, and to urge China to take clear steps to improve the human rights...

Written Answers — Global Economic Forum: Global Economic Forum (24 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: No decisions have been taken by the Government as to the timing or list of participants for the next Global Irish Economic Forum. The matter is not likely to be considered by Government until 2013.

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (24 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The situation in Mali is of serious concern to Ireland and our European Union partners. Developments in Mali were discussed at the EU Foreign Affairs Council which I attended in Luxembourg yesterday. The Council agreed strong Conclusions which repeated the EU's condemnation of the seizure of power by force in Mali in March and called for an immediate end to violence, the protection of...