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Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: A significant amount of aid and development money from the Irish Aid programme is spent in Palestine, as is correct. We will lend every support we can to the expansion and continuation of the ceasefire in order that there will be an opportunity for innocent civilians to be protected.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Let me make it clear what Ireland's interest in this is. We want to see an end to the violence from both sides because we want to see an end to the deaths and injuries, in particular of innocent civilians - men, women and children. That is the role a country like Ireland can best play in a conflict like this one. Over the weekend, for instance, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Given the Deputy's comments, it may seem unsatisfactory that seeking to broker a ceasefire is somehow inadequate as an expression of Irish foreign policy. Ireland's helping to make peace in conflicts is at the heart of what Irish foreign policy has been about since this State was formed.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I will not apologise for the work our soldiers and gardaí have done right around the world. Coming from the background of her particular party and her involvement in a peace process which had a successful outcome, I am surprised the Deputy would belittle the value of a peace process and a ceasefire. I reiterate that the important issue is to get a sustainable ceasefire under way....

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Everybody in this House is deeply concerned, upset and aggrieved by what we have witnessed.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: All I can say is that winning and sustaining peace is a serious process.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes, really. It is a serious process. The Deputy, and other Members from her party, frequently come in here or travel around the world to explain to other people the importance of building a sustainable peace. Almost all the Members of her parliamentary party have spoken movingly on that subject on different occasions.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Let us cut to the important point, which is that yesterday there was a short, and not long enough, cessation of hostilities brokered by the Egyptians. Today another cessation is under way for a limited number of hours. I put it to the Deputy that in making peace, the first and most important step is to extend that ceasefire and to make it permanent. That is the first role for people who...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: In regard to Deputy Catherine Murphy's comments on the Minister for Justice and Equality's visit to the Human Rights Committee in Geneva, I am sure it did not escape the Deputy's notice that yesterday was a significant day in terms of the appointment of Judge Murphy to the commission of inquiry into mother and baby homes. The Deputy may also have noted the publication of an extensive report...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: There has been an extensive process with the Constitutional Convention, which considered various issues and reported findings. As I pointed out, the Government and the Dáil has dealt with issues arising from the X case. Those had been unresolved over a very long period of years. We want a position in Ireland where every baby is a wanted baby. The Deputy spoke about cases and the...

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 7a, motion re membership of committees; No. 7b, motion re statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission; No. 7c, motion re Standing Orders 125 and 129; No. 8, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the draft Commission of Investigation (Ronan MacLochlainn) Order 2014, back from committee; and No. 24, statements on the...

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The proposal to extend the Dáil sitting is not acceptable. I suggest to those who are understandably and properly very interested in what is happening, and the continuation of the violence in Gaza, that the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade can be convened tomorrow. There can be a detailed discussion with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade will be available-----

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: If the Deputies are interested in making peace the best way to do so is to have a serious, detailed conversation with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs. People like Deputy McConalogue will be welcome to attend and to discuss the matters in detail.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The proposal is for the Dáil to rise tomorrow. May I advise Deputies that the number of sitting days has been significantly increased since the change of Government?

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: A comparison of sitting days between this Government’s first three years and four months in office when the Dáil sat for 425 days, with the first three years and four months in office of the Fianna Fáil-led Government, shows that the Dáil sat then for 313 days, a full 100 days fewer.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputies opposite should reflect that we want to be of serious assistance in enforcing peace in Gaza.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a final decision may be expected in relation to an application for additional funding under the 2013 additional accommodation scheme for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37794/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (7 Oct 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: 590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a group (details supplied) in County Galway was not successful in its recent application under the sports capital programme; the reason this application was deemed invalid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37790/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (9 Oct 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: 118. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recognise fibromyalgia as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38576/14]