Results 11,821-11,840 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: She should put any question she wants to the Minister for Health-----
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: -----but she should not come in here swinging around political allegations. She is stooping to a new low.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I am glad that Deputy Boyd Barrett has learnt that money does not grow on trees-----
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: -----and, second, that we cannot solve our economic problems with fairy tales. I offer him another lesson, which is about distinguishing the wood from the trees or, more particularly, the woodlands from the trees. As the Deputy says, the trees have the potential to generate income for the State. That is why we intend to sell them; otherwise, one does not get money for them. The decision...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Yes, that is why we grow them in the first place.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: It is called separating the trees from the wood.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The main reason, normally, that anybody would grow a crop is to sell it and generate income. That applies to growing trees in the same way it applies to growing corn. The Deputy seems to be having some difficulty in understanding this. Since he is on the subject of public money, I note that he, together with all his Independent colleagues, is in receipt of a payment from the State for...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I do not see much output for that payment. The Deputy is nearly two years in the House and I have not seen a single Private Members' Bill from him anywhere on the Order Paper. I do not know what he is doing with the €80,000 of tax-free money he has received from taxpayers.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I will make a seasonal suggestion. For the Christmas, he might buy a copy of Little Red Riding Hood. He will learn all he needs to know there about the economics of woodlands.
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 13, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No. 573/2007/EC, Decision No. 575/2007/EC and Council Decision 2007/435/EC, back from committee; No. 14, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) (Arab...
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: First, there is no issue with any matter in connection with any Minister being debated either in the House or at the appropriate committee. One of the reasons we have committees is so they can address issues and question Ministers, probably in far greater detail than is normally permitted in the Chamber during Question Time. There is no difficulty with any issue being questioned by the...
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill will provide for a reduction of 10% in the amount allocated to the Houses of the Oireachtas to do its business. The amount for the previous three years was €360 million and this will be reduced to €324 million, a cut of 10% or €36 million. Compared to the three years prior to that again, it is a reduction...
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The ECJ imposed fines on Ireland in a judgment issued yesterday in respect of the county's non-compliance with matters relating to septic tanks. That was something that went back over a period of ten years when a party of which the Deputy was then a member and that he supported for a long period-----
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: These fines related to the period when the party and Government the Deputy supported was in office and did not address the problem of septic tanks.
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The Government has addressed the issue of septic tanks------
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: -----which will mean that we will not be liable to be fined in the future. However, the fact that we were fined because of inaction in the past demonstrates the wisdom of the Government introducing the legislation relating to septic tanks, which the Deputy has been going around the country claiming should not be done. The ECJ has shown what would have continued to happen if it was not addressed.
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: It is No. 98 on the list. The Bill is intended to strengthen the powers of the CAB in forfeiting the proceeds of the crime. Consultations with the CAB are ongoing and it is not possible to give an indication as to when the Bill will be published.
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The courts Bill will facilitate an updating of the law to allow reporting subject to certain conditions of family and child care proceedings. The heads of the Bill were approved by Government on 31 October and it is hoped to publish the Bill next session. The conveyancing Bill will take a little longer and our hope is to have it next year.
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The HSE governance Bill has been through the Seanad and is awaiting Second Stage in the House.
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: There is no reason for the delay. We are breaking for Christmas today and I expect it will be taken early in the new year. There are currently four health Bills before the Houses. The health (amendment) Bill addresses some complex issues that are currently being worked out between the Department and the Parliamentary Counsel. There are drafting issue and publication is expected early...