Results 3,181-3,200 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Order of Business (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: No, the vote will be taken on Tuesday.
- Order of Business (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Time after time Opposition Deputies come into the Chamber to argue for extra time but when the Government provides extra time in most cases they are not in a position to schedule speakers to use it up. Cut out the claptrap. They have been offered two additional hours. They called for more time.
- Order of Business (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: We already agreed to take Second Stage of the Bill tomorrow and Committee and Remaining Stages next week.
- Order of Business (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: They now want extra time for Second Stage. They can have extra time if they want. It is clear this has nothing to do with the content of the Bill or putting in extra speakers.
- Order of Business (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It is simply politics. I have offered an extra two hours if they want it.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: We have had another example this morning of the party's "Father Ted" economics-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: -----whereby they take one percentage figure and add it to another and we end up with a calamity.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: On provision of youth services, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has in place a process of discussions, dialogue and consultation with the providers of youth services.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Where there is a difficulty with an individual youth service and the resources available for it, there is a channel of communication between the service providers and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: As I said, from time to time, because of changes in population, demand and the range of services provided, the allocations to individual services and projects may change.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: If there is a difficulty with any service, there is a channel of communication between the providers of youth services and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. Where service providers have difficulties, they can use that channel of communication to have the issues discussed.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Yes, but there is already-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Why intervene when there is already a direct channel of communication?
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The reason there is a direct channel of communication is we have a dedicated Department of Children and Youth Affairs which is dealing with this issue.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Deputy for raising this question which is both serious and relevant. I agree that the effect of the burglary of a person's home cannot be measured simply in financial terms in respect of the goods stolen or interfered with. There is also an absolute sense of violation felt by the victims. The sense that someone has been in one's home and bedroom tampering with one's personal...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Yes, I will. As I said, I will bring the Deputy's remarks to the attention of the Minister for Justice and Equality whose views are very much along the lines of restorative justice. Naturally, we should understand this end of the equation is considered after the damage has been done. Even where a financial penalty was imposed by the courts, a strong sense of violation would still be...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Government gives high priority to the issue of health and safety in the workplace. The HSA does a very good job. However, the employment landscape has changed. The numbers involved and the level of activity in construction which used to occupy much of the attention of the HSA have changed. The way in which the authority is conducting its business, for example in online activity, has...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: No, they are not. The Secretary General of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is due to meet the chief executive officer of the HSA today to discuss the content of the letter sent. The Government takes the issue of safety very seriously, as well as the views expressed by the HSA's chief executive officer. There is clearly a context in which this issue has to be discussed,...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Government does value children and childhood. This is the first Government to have a dedicated Department of Children and Youth Affairs, headed by a Cabinet Minister. This is the Government that delivered on a commitment that had been spoken about for 20 years, namely, to enshrine the rights of children in the Constitution. The Government spends a considerable sum of money in the...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: When it comes to rhetoric, nothing can take second place to the rhetoric of Sinn Féin.