Results 2,501-2,520 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (28 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: More than two years after it first erupted, the conflict in Syria continues to be one of the greatest challenges confronting the international community. The dimensions of the crisis are truly daunting. An estimated 80,000 people have lost their lives; one-third of Syrians have either fled the country, are internally displaced or are otherwise in need of assistance; and there is an ever...
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It is on Committee Stage.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I do not have a date for it but I will communicate with the Deputy.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: There is social welfare legislation before the House next week. While it does not deal with the matters raised by Deputy O'Brien, I see no difficulty with the Mangan report being discussed at the appropriate select committee.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I am sure the Minister for Social Protection would be glad to facilitate that. The issues raised by the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, are highly appropriate. The cost of child care is very high in Ireland and many families are bearing the burden of it. There is significant value in additional pre-school education, which, as the Minister said, is an issue that must be...
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I advise Deputy McGrath to be careful about Members of the House winding him up about the local government Bill. The heads of the local government Bill are being drafted and it is expected that it will be published during the current session. The Animal Health and Welfare Bill has finished in the Seanad and is going for signature. As regards raising the fodder crisis and the great...
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Construction Contracts Bill is on Committee Stage and the matter is in the hands of the House itself. The Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill is on Committee Stage in the Seanad. The heads of the pyrite levy Bill were approved by Government a couple of weeks ago and I expect that we will see its publication shortly.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The initial preparatory work is underway on the EirGrid Bill and it is expected that it will be published next year. The Environment and Public Health (Wind Turbines) Bill 2012 is a Private Members' Bill which presumably will be scheduled as part of our Friday sittings.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I do not have a date for the publication of the Bill.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The concerns of people in defined-benefit pension schemes is an issue the Government is taking very seriously, in particular the Minister for Social Protection. The European Court of Justice recently gave judgment in a case which relates to this issue and that case must now revert to the High Court. We must await the outcome of these proceedings before we can address the legislative...
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: There are policy issues which are being considered in relation to both Bills. In the case of the Children First Bill, the views of the joint committee on significant policy, operational and legal issues are being formulated.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: My information is that both Bills are to be dealt with this session.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I can only give the Deputy the information I have. My book says that these Bills-----
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: No, no. The Minister of Children and Youth Affairs is dealing with these issues in a very competent and serious way as the Deputy well knows. The information I have is that these two Bills are down for this session.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Courts Bill is on Committee Stage in the Seanad.
- Leaders' Questions (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I do not have any information in relation to the matter raised by the Deputy. With regard to the contact of the public with the Garda Síochána, road traffic matters are where most people come into direct contact with the enforcement of the law. The first critical issue is that the law is applied fairly and evenly to everybody. Second, as we have discussed here on a number of...
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 18, Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill 2013 - Order for Report and Report and Final Stages; and No. 2, Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013 - Second Stage (Resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that for the purposes of Standing Order 117A the first Friday of the month for June shall be Friday, 14...
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Central Bank report contains the same information as was made public in March. This is the information pertaining to 2012. Many things have happened since the end of 2012, such as the introduction of the personal insolvency legislation, with the result that the Personal Insolvency Service will be up and running by the end of June. Targets have now been set for the banks to make...
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The issue of what Deputy Martin calls behind-the-scenes lobbying was a feature of the Governments in which he served for a very long period of time-----
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: That is why we have felt it necessary to bring in legislation on the regulation of lobbying-----