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Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: -----a programme that will take time to achieve as the Deputy well knows.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: There would be no breathing space if the Government had followed the prescription advocated by Sinn Féin.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: When the Government was formed, the Sinn Féin leader proclaimed that the IMF should go home and take its money with it.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: If that had happened there would have been five months' money left to pay for all public services in circumstances where at the stage when we came into government the country was not able to borrow on the private markets.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not know what it would have recommended that we would do for money. We now have some breathing space because of the way the Government has managed the country's finances and the economy. We are making a recovery, which was very adequately demonstrated this week with the numbers of new job announcements. The creation of jobs is at the root of economic recovery. Another 100 jobs were...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the strategy the Government has been advocating at a European level and I am glad to see that more are taking heed of that and that European policy overall is adjusting more to the strategy we have been advocating for some time.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: What is being proposed is that the cost of a public bed in a public hospital should be chargeable to the insurance company where there is insurance involved. As we all will be aware, the private health insurers charge for everything - the consultant, the anaesthetist and, if it is a private bed, the bed - but at present the hospital cannot charge for the use of the public bed, and that is...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: That is not what I said.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: As indicated in my reply to Question No 157 on 23 April 2013, Ireland maintains 73 Diplomatic and Consular Missions abroad to represent and promote the values and interests of the State and our people and provide frontline services to Irish citizens. I have set out in the table below the salary and related costs of staff posted from Ireland who were working at these Missions in 2011 and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Communities Abroad (2 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Maintaining and strengthening links with Irish communities overseas has always been a key objective of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as demonstrated by its inclusion in the high level goals set out in the Department's 2011 - 2014 Strategy Statement. Following the Report of the Task Force on Policy Regarding Emigrants of 2002, the Irish Abroad Unit was established in 2004 to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Representations (2 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I can inform the Deputy that the Embassy of Ireland in Lithuania and the Consular Assistance Section in Dublin has provided consular assistance to the person in question since that person’s initial detention in Lithuania. The Embassy is in regular contact with the appropriate Lithuanian authorities in response to questions or matters which have arisen during the period of imprisonment....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (30 Apr 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Canada has been identified as a priority market under the Government's strategy for promoting trade, tourism and investment Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy. Our merchandise exports to Canada increased by 11% in 2012 to over €780 million and early indications are that this positive trend has continued into 2013, with merchandise exports up by 12% in the first 2 months of this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (30 Apr 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The European External Action Service (EEAS) supports the work of the High Representative in defining and implementing an effective and coherent foreign policy of the European Union. It does not have an economic or trade remit. Officers serving in EEAS missions serve overall EU interests and are not permitted to represent the interest of individual Member States, including their own. While...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (30 Apr 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Secretary General of my Department will arrange for a copy of his diary, edited to reflect the exclusions identified in Freedom of Information Act, to be placed on the Department’s website at the end of each quarter.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (30 Apr 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I warmly welcome the positive developments at the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue. Following the agreement reached by Serbia and Kosovo, I issued a statement commending the political courage and consistent efforts shown by the Prime Ministers of both countries; and thanking High Representative Ashton for her active engagement as facilitator of the process. However it was noted that...

Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: It has been indicated that the Government intends to hold a referendum on the Seanad later this year. No decision has been taken yet as to the number of referendums to be held on that occasion. I expect that issue will be addressed and decided in the near future.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: There are a number of health Bills. The consultative process on the health (amendment) (No. 2) Bill is under way and it is expected the Bill will be published this year. Further heads have been approved for the health (amendment) Bill and it is expected to be published this session. The Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill has already been enacted. A number of other...

Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Work is progressing on that Bill, but I do not have a date for its publication yet.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: That Bill has already been published.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Construction Contracts Bill has already been published. Regarding the Minister for Education and Skills, the Minister has taken action to ensure that contractors working on school projects comply with standards regarding employment conditions and safety at work. I could understand the Deputy raising this issue if no action was being taken but raising it when the Minister for Education...