Results 14,181-14,200 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Finian McGrath was clever enough - he voted the right way. He got it right.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Down there for dancing, Finian. Well done. However, the rest of them - the troika 25 who voted to keep us in the bailout - I am not taking any lectures from them this morning on economics, blank cheques or anything else.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: They did. Not, Finian. Finian got it right, and Mick and Ming got it right, but the rest of them got it wrong.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 11a, Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013 - Financial Resolution; No. 1a, Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 23, Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 11a shall be decided without debate.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill will be at committee next week. That will give Deputy Kelleher ample opportunity to raise whatever issues he wants to raise in regard to it.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The employment permits Bill is due for publication this session.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: As part of Dáil reform, it is the Government's intention to ensure the heads of Bills go to committee in the first instance. Some Bills are at the heads stage and others are at a drafting stage, so it depends on where Bills are. We are in the transition phase in respect of doing that. The Deputy spoke about three pieces of legislation. Maidir leis an Bille teanga, foilsíodh...
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It is intended that this Bill will go to the Seanad in the first instance to get its first reading. It will then be brought to the Dáil. It will come here when it has been completed in the Seanad. It will happen reasonably soon but I do not have an exact date. It is a matter for the other House.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: That Bill is expected next year.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The biggest liability people of this country have is the legacy Fianna Fáil left them.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The environmental liability Bill is expected in mid-2014.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: We might replay the All Blacks match. I do not have a date for the publication of the industrial relations (amendment) (No. 2) Bill.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: That Bill is expected next year.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I join Deputy Grealish in congratulating the Garda on its success in those cases. I do not have a date for the publication of that Bill.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I have answered the question about the industrial relations (amendment) (No. 2) Bill. In respect of the threatened strike in the ESB, I hope the discussions that have commenced between management and unions will be successful in resolving that issue.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Financial Resolution (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I move: THAT section 125A of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (No. 31 of 1999), which imposes a levy on authorised insurers, be amended in the manner and to the extent specified in the Act giving effect to this Resolution.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Good Friday Agreement recognizes the need to define rights, supplementary to those in the European Convention on Human Rights, to reflect the particular circumstances of Northern Ireland. A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland would ensure that these rights are given a legislative base. I have made my views on this clear to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and will continue to...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It is clear that the Legacy of the Past needs to be dealt with to allow Northern Ireland to move on to a truly peaceful and reconciled society.Efforts to address the legacy should be motivated, above all, by a commitment to making progress towards reconciliation and a cohesive society. The ongoing Panel of Parties Talks have stimulated a welcome discussion on these issues with the engagement...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (28 Nov 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: We are regularly reminded of the devastation that the conflict wrought on families and communities. Most recently, allegations of collusion and the murders described in Anne Cadwallader’s book Lethal Allies, the BBC and RTÉ documentary on ‘The Disappeared’, allegations of shoot-to-kill by the undercover Military Reaction Force and the anniversaries of the Shankill...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The number of people with medical cards and access to free GP care is the highest ever in the history of the State. Almost 2 million people have a medical card or access to free GP care. Since the beginning of this year, the HSE has awarded 100,000 medical cards, of which over 20,000 are on a discretionary basis. The Minister for Health wants people to be clear on their entitlements and to...