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European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I am answering the questions you asked. You asked about the discussions

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Martin asked about the discussions with the ECB and I am providing him with the answer.

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: That was not the question. I wrote down the question you asked.

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I answered Deputy Martin's question. I refer now to what Deputy Crowe asked about the social cost to the European economy. This cost was addressed in the conclusions of the European Council last week which state clearly that both the economic and the social dimensions are being addressed. The resolution of Europe's economic difficulties and the debate around that has moved on, very much in...

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Boyd Barrett's questions get to the heart of the matter. He asked why we say that banking union is a positive and how that relates to the imperative to create jobs and get economic growth in the European economy. Deputy Martin will remember the banking crisis although of course he does not want to be reminded of it.

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: At the start of the banking crisis this State took responsibility. The State gave the guarantee, took on the debts of the banks and placed those debts on the shoulders of the taxpayer. The ECB position throughout that period was that this was the way to go, that Ireland's banks' problems were problems for the Irish State and the Spanish banks' problems were problems for the Spanish state...

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: That fundamental view of the banking crisis has now changed. There is a change in European policy on banking. That change is expressed in the conclusions of the June summit which clearly stated that bank debt and sovereign debt were to be separated and that Europe would proceed with the establishment of a banking union, which, once the single supervisory mechanism was put in place, would...

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Or even cortisone. This problem requires surgery and it is that surgery that is underway because that is what must be addressed the way we are doing it.

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It is fortunate that Ireland will assume the Presidency of the EU at the very time when the issue of banking union is coming to fruition. It gives us an opportunity to use the position we have in the Council to drive forward the process and implementation of what has already been agreed. It also gives us the opportunity to put the issues we face in respect of bank debt centre stage.

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Martin is just talking it down.

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Martin seems to wish that the Government would fail in this.

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This is the seventh Irish Presidency of the EU and it must be the first time the Leader of the Opposition effectively wishes that the country would not be able to deliver or that we would not be able to develop our Presidency. I am not being dishonest but Deputy Martin is constantly hectoring.

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: No.

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I am not grandstanding.

European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Martin came in here and said he wanted to put an end to Punch and Judy politics. If he carried on like that on the Punch and Judy stage, the children would get tired of it and go home.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 82 and 83 together. I share the widespread concerns about the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The European Union is working actively to support efforts to bring peace and stability to the country, and this will remain an important foreign policy priority for the EU during Ireland’s forthcoming Presidency of the European...

Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Gan dabht.

Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Ba mhaith liom aontú leis an Teachta Ó Máirtín agus le gach uile Teachta sa Dáil, agus Nollaig shona a bhronnadh ort féin, a Cheann Comhairle, ar gach Ball den Teach agus ar gach uile dhuine a oibríonn anseo i dTeach Laighean. I join with Deputy Martin in wishing the Ceann Comhairle a happy Christmas.

Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I also wish a happy Christmas to all the party leaders, Members, the staff of the House and those who work in the press and in servicing the work of Leinster House. I also extend greetings to those who work in our political parties and in our offices. We have had a pretty intense time since the Dáil resumed in early September and everybody is agreed that a period of rest and reflection...

Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The service plan has not yet been completed. As I indicated, there is a process by which the plan is developed. The first part of this is the preparation and submission to the Minister for Health of a service plan by the Health Service Executive, after which the Minister has a period of time in which to consider the plan. In advance of seeing the service plan, none of us can speculate...