Results 15,021-15,040 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: That is why we have sought to-----
- Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----address the issue of fuel poverty by introducing retrofitting in houses-----
- Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----for example, the €30 million the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy O’Sullivan, has provided to provide energy efficiency in local authority houses in 2014.
- Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: It is welcome that Deputy Catherine Murphy agrees that metering water is the way to proceed. It is a way of ensuring water is conserved and it provides a means by which people can reduce their water bills. Many of the issues the Deputy raised are being considered by the Government. In regard to families, I agree that there is a difference between using water to wash the car...
- Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: No, that was Fianna Fáil's policy.
- Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Fianna Fáil in its programme for Government committed to full cost recovery.
- Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: That is not what we are pursuing for.
- Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The proposal for a standing charge is one we have to address. The discussions we are having- this is well known - pertain to the free allowance, the question of a standing charge, the arrangements for metering and the arrangements that would give rise to differences for people who use water to wash their cars, as distinct from those who require water for their children or to meet...
- Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I have not changed. I do not agree with having a flat charge.
- Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I did not agree with having flat charges then and I do not agree with having them now. I clearly stated we needed a system based on the availability of a free allowance. Such a free allowance needs to be constructed in a way that takes account of the circumstances of different families. Clearly, families have particular needs where there are children or medical issues and...
- Order of Business (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. a9, motion re by-election for Dublin West; No. b9, motion re by-election for Longford-Westmeath; and No. 4, Children First Bill 2014 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the proceedings on Nos. a9 and b9 which shall be debated together shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 25...
- Order of Business (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The EirGrid Bill is due to be brought forward next year.
- Order of Business (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: There is the Central Bank consolidation Bill. Deputy Doherty is talking about a Private Members' Bill and he knows very well the procedure for advancing-----
- Order of Business (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----a Private Members' Bill.
- Order of Business (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The workplace relations Bill is due this session. The Deputy asked a second-----
- Order of Business (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: On the issue of collective bargaining, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is due to circulate proposals on that legislation shortly.
- Order of Business (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The health Bill to provide medical cards to children under six, which I understand Fianna Fáil opposes, has already been published.
- Order of Business (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: What Bill is the Deputy referring to?
- Order of Business (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy should probably put the question to the Minister for Health directly. If he can tell me the Bill, I can tell him where it is in the-----
- Order of Business (1 May 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: No. I will answer any question the Deputy has on a Bill that is on the legislative list.