Results 14,681-14,700 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I have answered the question.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The question Deputy McDonald asked was whether I was satisfied that no organ of the State put the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission under surveillance. Yes, I am.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I recall the question Deputy Collins asked me last week. She asked me if the Minister for Education and Skills would meet representatives of the TEEU and the USI. The Minister was sitting beside me. He told me he had planned to meet the USI and I gave Deputy Collins that answer last week. It is a little unfair for Deputy Collins to twist that into a refusal to meet the TEEU. I do not run...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I do not see that there is an issue here.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: If the TEEU wants to meet the Minister for Education and Skills, it requests a meeting with the Minister and I imagine it can be arranged. If the Union of Students in Ireland wants to meet the Minister for Education and Skills about the issue, similarly, it will ask the Minister about the arranging of that meeting. No Minister in this Government is refusing to meet representative bodies on...
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 21, ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013 - Report and Final Stages (resumed), to adjourn at 2 p.m. if not previously concluded; No. 2 - Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 3 - Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I can only express surprise that none of the three questions on Leaders' Questions this morning referred to the suffering that a quarter of a million households in this country have endured as a result of the storm damage last night. I had prepared a detailed reply in anticipation that some member of the Opposition would consider the plight of these people sufficiently important to have...
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Over 2,000 ESB Networks staff are out repairing the electricity supply network. They will be supported by contractors that they are bringing in. They are bringing in crews from Northern Ireland Electricity and they have been mobilised in the worst affected areas. It is expected that the restoration process will take a number of days. As the damage is assessed, more detailed information...
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: It is reporting on an hourly and daily basis to the Minister. This is a serious emergency affecting many people.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: This session.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The expected publication date of the Bill to which Deputy Doherty referred is 2015.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The issue is the sale of the loan book will take place long before that and that is why the Minister for Finance is working on this with the Central Bank in order that the mortgage holders concerned will not be put in a worse situation as a result of the sale.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The Government is concerned about the position of the mortgage holders. It is being examined and I expect it will be dealt with.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: That Bill, which will be the first occasion on which climate change targets will be put on a statutory basis, will be published later this year.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The Bill was approved by the Government on 28 January. Complex technical, legal issues are still being sorted out and the Bill is expected to be published this session.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister informs me that he would be happy to reply to parliamentary questions on that.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The Bill is due this session.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The health (transport support) Bill will be taken this year.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The Bill is due later this year. The Government supports the enforcement of the national monuments legislation.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Next year.