Results 15,201-15,220 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legislative Measures (10 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Specific legislative provisions of Acts under my Department which have been passed by the Oireachtas since 2011 but have not yet been commenced are paragraph (iv) of Section 1 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 2012. Paragraph (iv) of Section 1 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 2012 will add to the definition of “treaties governing the European Union”,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Passport demand in Ireland is seasonal. Almost 50% of all passport applications are received in the four months April –July. To meet these seasonal pressures the Passport Service has recruited and trained 157 temporary clerical officers.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Responsibilities (10 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977 provides for the delegation of statutory Ministerial powers and duties to Ministers of State. This may be done at the request of the Minister concerned, by Government Order. The relatively modest statutory powers of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade relate to consular, passport and other technical matters and it has never...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (10 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Ireland has repeatedly drawn attention to concerns with regard to the treatment of Palestinian prisoners, both directly with the Israeli authorities, and in discussions at EU or UN level. The excessive use of administrative detention has been criticized by the EU on a number of occasions in recent years, and I have also spelt out my concerns about the practice, including here in the...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (11 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 34 and 35 together. I have consistently made clear my concerns about the use of administrative detention by the Israeli authorities. Israel is undeniably faced with serious security challenges, and may legitimately therefore have recourse in certain circumstances to special powers. However, there are clear grounds for concern that administrative detention...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I am not sure where the question was in that statement but the Government wants a banking inquiry to be established and working-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----and getting to the bottom of what happened to the banking crisis in this country.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I am disappointed at what has happened over the past number of days regarding the appointment-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I am disappointed at what happened in the past number of days in respect of the appointment of the Seanad members of the banking inquiry.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: My understanding was that the intention was that two Seanad Members would be appointed to the inquiry-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----one from the Government side and one from the Opposition side. It appears that what happened was a bit of slick parliamentary footwork was performed-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----and we ended up with two Opposition Members proposed to be nominated as the Seanad members of the inquiry. If the Government had come in either to this House or the Seanad and had pulled a stroke like that-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: ------to produce two Government nominees and no Opposition nominee, we would have a lot of noise from the Opposition about it.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The leadership of Fianna Fáil should use------
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----its good offices to ensure the membership of the banking inquiry - we have decided the Dáil members - drawn from the Seanad should be representative of the Government and Opposition as we normally expect.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: That is what balance is about.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The composition of the banking inquiry committee was intended to be a chairperson, three Members of this House from the Government side, three Members from the Opposition side and two Members of the Seanad, one of whom was to be from the Government side and one from the Opposition side.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: That is the proposed membership of the banking inquiry committee.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: What happened was that Fianna Fáil and others participated in a parliamentary stroke in the Seanad to end up with a situation-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----where the two Members of the Seanad would be from the Opposition side of the House.