Results 13,741-13,760 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: There are occasions in this House when allegations are made that are seriously over the top.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The allegation the Deputy has made in this particular case falls into that category.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: No, let us concentrate on dealing with the problem.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The issue of fuel costs is a matter of which the Government is aware-----
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: -----and which it is seeking to address. I have set out for the Deputy the way in which we are seeking to do that.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy has asked me to ask the Central Statistics Office to produce figures for us. We will do that and I have no problem with that. We will ask for advice from anybody who has advice to offer to us in this area. We will listen to what any of the organisations representing older people in this country have to say. We will take advice from wherever we can get it, but there is a...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy asked whether we would ask the CSO to produce figures for us. The answer to the Deputy's question - let me be clear on this because he accused me of not answering your question - is: "Yes, we will."
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 9a, motion re membership of committees; No. 9b, motion re sittings and business of the Dáil; No. 17, statements on the Second Report of the Constitutional Convention; and No. 2, Forestry Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) Nos. 9a and 9b shall be decided without debate; (2) the proceedings...
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The first motion is the replacement of two Deputies on two different committees, namely, the replacement of Deputy Michael McCarthy by Deputy Willie Penrose on the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions and the replacement of Deputy Colm Keaveney by Deputy Willie Penrose on the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. As Deputy Kelleher well knows, members of the...
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I have given the Deputy the explanation.
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It is very simple. Stop the claptrap. Members of committees are nominated to those committees by political groupings. Each political party and grouping in this House reserves the right to make its own nominations and to replace nominations as and when each party sees fit. That is what we are doing here. It has always been done by the introduction of a motion and always taken without...
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: -----the budget is usually introduced on a Wednesday. When previous budgets were introduced, there would be a normal morning's business, including Leaders' Questions, Question Time, etc. The budget for 2014 is being introduced on Tuesday next. It is proposed that Tuesday's business will commence at 2.30 p.m. with the statements of the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and...
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I explained that in previous years, the budget was on a Wednesday and that allowed for the normal Wednesday morning business and for the budget to be taken after Question Time at 3.45 p.m. The budget will be earlier this year. The sitting will commence at 2.30 p.m. and will start with the statements from the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform followed by...
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The issue which will occupy the minds of people on Tuesday is the content of the budget. We will have that at 2.30 p.m. It will not matter a whit what will be in the budget because Deputy Ó Snodaigh will oppose it anyway.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Service Issues (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Last week I launched a new Irish passport. The passport combines the latest security technology with selected imagery in order to produce a passport which represents Ireland, our culture, our history, and our people. The book includes original artwork and photographs which were commissioned solely for use on the Irish passport. For security design reasons images were selected which could...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Expenditure (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The renovation work taking place at the Embassy of Ireland in Paris is primarily to upgrade the Consular offices located in the basement which have little or no natural light. It is necessary to carry out this work at this time as the offices have not been upgraded since 1992 and, as a result, are in serious need of renovation to meet current health and safety standards for a work-place and...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: There is no officer in my Department who is paid a salary in excess of that of the Taoiseach.
- Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: We did that two years ago.
- Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: What about the basic €1 billion that is missing from these sums?
- Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: You cannot do it.