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- Leaders' Questions (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I have no idea if the Minister for Justice and Equality was stopped by gardaí before or after the general election. How would I know that? The only thing I can say to the Deputy is that I remember being stopped and breath-tested at Galloping Green on my way home one night. Happily, I passed it. I was stopped on another occasion at the Loughlinstown roundabout. I can account for...
- Leaders' Questions (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I do not have any information in relation to the matter raised by the Deputy. With regard to the contact of the public with the Garda Síochána, road traffic matters are where most people come into direct contact with the enforcement of the law. The first critical issue is that the law is applied fairly and evenly to everybody. Second, as we have discussed here on a number of...
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 18, Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill 2013 - Order for Report and Report and Final Stages; and No. 2, Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013 - Second Stage (Resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that for the purposes of Standing Order 117A the first Friday of the month for June shall be Friday, 14...
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Central Bank report contains the same information as was made public in March. This is the information pertaining to 2012. Many things have happened since the end of 2012, such as the introduction of the personal insolvency legislation, with the result that the Personal Insolvency Service will be up and running by the end of June. Targets have now been set for the banks to make...
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The issue of what Deputy Martin calls behind-the-scenes lobbying was a feature of the Governments in which he served for a very long period of time-----
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: That is why we have felt it necessary to bring in legislation on the regulation of lobbying-----
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: ------which will be introduced by the end of 2013.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy asked a question.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: There are no misleading replies.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The shelves of the offices of every Member of this House are creaking with the weight of reports from tribunals about the back-door lobbying that was engaged in by Fianna Fáil Ministers down the years.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: We are bringing in a regulation of lobbying Bill which will provide-----
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: -----a register of lobbyists. The heads of the Bill were approved-----
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy should listen to the progress.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I am answering the Deputy's question. He should not be so arrogant. He asked a question and I am answering it. He wants to know about legislation-----
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: -----to register lobbyists. This Government is bringing in a Bill to register lobbyists. We approved the heads of the Bill on 30 April and it will be published this year. It is long overdue and it is high time that we have legislation that will register and control the activities of lobbyists and lobbying in this country.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: There is social welfare legislation before the House next week. While it does not deal with the matters raised by Deputy O'Brien, I see no difficulty with the Mangan report being discussed at the appropriate select committee.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I am sure the Minister for Social Protection would be glad to facilitate that. The issues raised by the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, are highly appropriate. The cost of child care is very high in Ireland and many families are bearing the burden of it. There is significant value in additional pre-school education, which, as the Minister said, is an issue that must be...
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I advise Deputy McGrath to be careful about Members of the House winding him up about the local government Bill. The heads of the local government Bill are being drafted and it is expected that it will be published during the current session. The Animal Health and Welfare Bill has finished in the Seanad and is going for signature. As regards raising the fodder crisis and the great...
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Construction Contracts Bill is on Committee Stage and the matter is in the hands of the House itself. The Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill is on Committee Stage in the Seanad. The heads of the pyrite levy Bill were approved by Government a couple of weeks ago and I expect that we will see its publication shortly.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The initial preparatory work is underway on the EirGrid Bill and it is expected that it will be published next year. The Environment and Public Health (Wind Turbines) Bill 2012 is a Private Members' Bill which presumably will be scheduled as part of our Friday sittings.