Results 11,961-11,980 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: That is the intention and is what is being done. This is about providing employment. As a result of this initiative, there will be 1,000 additional nurses in the health service.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It is better for graduate nurses to be in employment. It also benefits the health service.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: At a time of very high unemployment, when many graduates are unable to find employment on leaving college, the priority must be providing employment opportunities. This will provide employment opportunities for 1,000 graduate nurses. The current complement of nurses in the health service is approximately 35,000. This additional 1,000 will bring the number to 36,000. Additional posts are...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: -----in this country in our health service, which I think is better from the point of view of the graduate nurses themselves. It is also better from the point of view of the health service. We need to be reasonable about this.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: This means looking at a situation where there has been a restriction on recruitment throughout the public service, as we know. There is an employment control framework. These additional jobs are being created outside of this employment control framework. There is no question, as the Deputy alleged, of downgrading the nursing profession. This is not being done.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I have the height of regard, as does the Government, for nurses and what they do and for their profession.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: This is 1,000 additional jobs.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: As for the point on the parliamentary question, it is not unreasonable to wait until the closing date for applications before one states how many people have applied.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I repeat that we have an unacceptably high level of unemployment in this country. This level of unemployment is particularly severe among young people. One in four young people between the ages of 16 and 25 in this country are out of work. There are far too many graduates in different professions coming out of college who are unable to find employment in this country. Many of these young...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: In respect of the discussions on the Croke Park agreement, these discussions are best conducted by those involved in them. The discussions are being led by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. They are ongoing and it is a matter for the participants in these discussions on the trade union and the employer sides to put whatever issues they wish to put on the table.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It is not about driving down wages. There is no reduction in the pay of nurses. The pay for nurses is not being-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Sinn Féin comes here week after week and whatever the issue is, it makes some allegation that adds more and more to it.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: There is no reduction. Get the facts.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Let us stick with the facts. There is no reduction in the pay of nurses.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Nurses' pay is not being reduced. What is being proposed-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: What is proposed here is the creation of an additional 1,000 jobs in the nursing profession for graduate nurses. That is what is being proposed and it is over and above the existing complement of nurses who are employed in the health service.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Please.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle. Sinn Féin cannot come in here one day moaning about unemployment, yet come in the next day lashing any proposal to get people into employment. This is about providing jobs for graduates and addressing the serious issue we have of the numbers of people who cannot find employment at all, particularly graduates. In this case, in the nursing profession there...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Please. There are 1,000 additional jobs being created for nurses. Opposition Members may try to say that there is some other agenda, but it is simply about providing employment opportunities for people who do not currently have them.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The priority for this Government is to get people into employment. We have an unemployment rate which is far too high. The biggest problem the country is currently facing is the issue of unemployment. People are finishing school and coming out of colleges but cannot get work. That is an enormous problem for the individuals concerned, their families and society. We must address it and are...