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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Bernard Durkan and Deputy Eric Byrne referred to enlargement. Our approach is not to leave anybody out or behind. Ireland supports enlargement, but the process must be credible and conditional on accession and prospective candidate countries fulfilling the conditions for membership of the European Union. Individual countries know what they have to do. We will encourage them in that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: At that time, as the Deputy will recall, people were wondering whether we would require a second bailout, and whether we would survive. Only a year ago people were talking about whether the euro would survive. When faced with a crisis we have two options.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I and my party opposed the blanket guarantee of the banks in 2008. We have inherited the consequences of that decision and the consequences of some of the bad decisions made after that. We have a choice in these situations. We can either be overwhelmed by the crisis that we face or we can come up with the cleverest analysis of it but that does not get us anywhere. What gets us somewhere...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: We are in no doubt about the scale of the problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy should hang on a second-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Cleverality-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: It is, with respect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Cleverality does not solve this problem. What solves it is that first, we conclude an agreement with the ECB in respect of the promissory note. That is the pragmatic thing-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Please let me respond to the questions that you raised. That is the pragmatic thing that has to be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Second, we must pursue the implementation of the decisions made in June to separate bank and sovereign debt and to put in place the banking union, and the single supervisory mechanism that goes with it. That is the pragmatic, practical work we are doing that our presidency of the European Council enables us to pursue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy should let me respond to his questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: That in turn needs to be backed up by what then needs to be done at a practical level to grow the European economy. That means getting investment. The stability that we have now managed to achieve provides the platform on which that investment can be made and the jobs created. That means, during the course of our presidency, driving ahead with the measures on the single market, the digital...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The imperative for us now is to address the real needs of young people in Europe who are out of work. That will address euroscepticism. Irrespective of where a young person is out of work, whether in Glasgow, Galway or Genoa what matters to that person is getting a job. The question young people are asking, and their parents and families are asking them, is to what extent is the European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Of course they did but what is the point in crying over it? We must deal with the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: We must solve the problem.

Death of Garda Adrian Donohoe: Expressions of Sympathy (29 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I join the Taoiseach, on my own behalf and that of the Labour Party, in expressing shock and disgust at the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe on Friday evening last. I express our sympathy to his wife, Caroline, their two children and all the Donohoe family. I also express our solidarity with and support for Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe's colleagues in An Garda Síochána....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (29 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government follows closely reports of the escalation of violence in the northern Kachin State of Burma/Myanmar and is concerned about the situation. Ireland’s diplomatic relations with Burma/Myanmar are maintained by secondary accreditation via our Embassy in Vietnam, and through the Embassy of Burma/Myanmar in London. The Irish Ambassador presented his credentials yesterday and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (29 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Article 14.2 of the Lisbon Treaty sets an overall ceiling of 750 seats, plus the President, for the European Parliament. It also provides that representation of citizens shall be degressively proportional, with a minimum threshold of six members per Member State, and that no Member State shall be allocated more than ninety-six seats. There is a need therefore to adjust the distribution of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency Issues (29 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Content Management System licensed for the EU Presidency website is Terminal4’s Site Manager CMS application and associated modules. Support services in the contract include telephone and email support, problem and investigation resolution, remote diagnostic support, software revision updates, on-site support, and third-party product fault diagnosis. The training provided...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Working Holiday Visas (29 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Ireland concludes Working Holiday agreements on a reciprocal basis. For Irish citizens the applications are administered either directly by the embassies of the countries concerned or through a sponsoring organisation nominated by them. The following table sets out the visa allocations for 2013 and the available information on the number of visas granted in 2012. A Working Holiday...