Results 14,841-14,860 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: We made it clear from the beginning of this crisis we wanted to avoid people losing their homes. I said several times that during the recession people’s biggest fear was losing their homes, not their jobs or businesses. That is why we put in place a range of options and measures, which all financial institutions can use to deal with the mortgage problems.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: When I answered questions here about mortgage issues and put these options forward very often they were derided. I am glad to see Deputy Donnelly advocating that banks use the instruments-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----and methods the Government advocated in the first place. Bank of Ireland should use those options, like every other financial institution.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 19, statements on the Government's priorities for the year ahead (resumed). Tomorrow's fortnightly Friday business shall be No. 46, Criminal Law (Incest) (Amendment) Bill 2012 and No. 47, Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The sale of loan books Bill is due for publication next year. The Minister for Finance has made clear his disposition to legislating for Irish Nationwide Building Society mortgages, if that is considered necessary. The admission to schools Bill is due this session. On the third matter, the Government has for the first time introduced legislation that places an obligation on political...
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The Government takes the issue of violence against women seriously. That is why we made our commitment in the programme for Government. We have studied carefully the report that was issued this week. Even though it indicates that the level of violent incidents against women is lower in Ireland than the European average, the figures are still shockingly high. I will ask the Minister for...
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The legislation required to give effect to the commitment in the programme for Government will be introduced.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I do not have a date for that Bill, but we are looking at ways of promoting more widely the various initiatives the Government has introduced in the past couple of years on non-bank funds. Yesterday I attended a meeting with the chief executives of the chambers of commerce and this was one of the issues we discussed. One of the difficulties is that many business people who should be able to...
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I met representatives and relatives of the victims of the Stardust tragedy. They gave me material which I am studying. I do not have a date for the insurance Bill.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: That Bill is due for publication later this year.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Is that the road traffic Bill?
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The heads of the Bill were approved by the Government last year and the Bill is due to be published this session.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: On the adoption (tracing and information) Bill, further clarification of legal and constitutional issues is being sought and it is expected that Bill will be published later this year. It is not possible to indicate a date for the retention of certain records Bill at this stage.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: On the noise nuisance Bill, to extend and improve the powers available to enforcement authorities to prevent, reduce or abate noise nuisances by allowing for on-the-spot fines and providing for mediation between neighbours, it is not possible to give a date for the publication of that Bill at this stage.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (6 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 40 and 44 together. I am deeply concerned about developments in Ukraine in recent days. I have strongly condemned the Russian action in Crimea, which severely threatens the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and have called on Russia to withdraw troops immediately to their bases. Russia’s actions are in clear breach of international...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I was asked that question here on Thursday last when I stated clearly that I believe Mr. Flannery should attend before the Committee of Public Accounts. I have seen the letter the clerk to the committee wrote to the chief executive of the Rehab group. The letter was issued yesterday and names a number of people, including Mr. Flannery, whom the committee wishes to interview. I believe that...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I do not know what arrangements were made for payment between Rehab and Mr. Flannery, other than the reports I have read in newspapers, which Deputy Martin has also seen. It would seem to me that the appropriate place for that issue to be pursued is at the Committee of Public Accounts. I encourage Mr. Flannery to attend that committee. The issue of lobbying is not a new phenomenon and is...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Over the years, we have seen many issues arising from lobbying and the questions of who is paid and who has access, and so on.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: There is nothing wrong with lobbying per se. People lobby all the time.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: First, we need to have absolute transparency about, and a record of, what is happening in the area of lobbying. The forthcoming legislation will provide that when somebody walks in the door to see a Minister or a departmental official, there will be a record of what was asked for, who asked for it and on whose behalf. Second, where people are lobbying on a professional basis, whether paid...