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- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I thank Deputy Ó Ríordáin and acknowledge his welcome for the removal of forced labour, which is an entirely outdated concept, from our legislative provision. The Bill is expected this session.
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: That Bill is expected this session.
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister of State with responsibility for disability, equality and mental health is working on the assisted decision-making (capacity) Bill. It is a priority for the Government and is expected this session. To the best of my knowledge, the pyrite issue is to be dealt with in the finance Bill. I will have the matter checked and a reply sent to the Deputy.
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Ceann Comhairle has agreed to allow a topical issue debate on the matter when I am sure the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine will address the issues raised. The approach of the Government to the matter is open and above board.
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: If Deputy Joe Higgins had read the statement issued by the Chief Whip accompanying the Government's legislative programme yesterday, he would have seen that the Government had decided to legislate on the issue. Following the very successful, reasoned and dignified hearings which took place recently, the Minister for Health and the Attorney General will proceed to prepare the legislation. I...
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I saw a leaflet that Deputy Martin distributed in his constituency. It struck me that although he is less than two years in opposition he has already forgotten that in fact his Government had agreed with the troika at the time the memorandum of understanding was reached that it would bring in a property tax that would raise €500 million.
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Martin omitted any reference to that in his leaflet.
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The finance Bill will be published this session in February. Matters of detail in the finance Bill will be for the debate that will take place.
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Yes. The Government has committed in the programme for Government to reform the current law on employee rights to engage in collective bargaining, which is currently enshrined in the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 to ensure compliance by the State with recent judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. There will be consultation with employer and trade union organisations in...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Garda Síochána is doing an excellent job. What we need and what the Minister for Justice and Equality is determined we will have is a modern, effective and efficient police service.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The current Garda strength is 13,400. The total number of Garda stations, even after their rationalisation, will stand at 564. This is far more compared to the number in Northern Ireland or Scotland.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The rationale behind this is to put gardaí on the beat and where they are needed. They are not needed behind the desk in a police station but out in a patrol car, on the beat, working with the community to prevent and detect crime. According to figures published by the Central Statistics Office, the level of crime in 12 out of the 14 categories measured was down in 2012 compared to...
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 11, motion re referral to select sub-committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Agreement to Improve Tax Compliance and Provide for Reporting and Exchange of Information concerning Tax Matters (United States of America) Order 2013 and the Exchange of Information Relating to Taxes (Montserrat) Order 2013; and No. 3, Public Health (Tobacco)...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The issue Deputy Mattie McGrath raised is a very serious one. I share with him, as I am sure do other Members, the widespread outrage at the recent incidence of aggravated burglary and condemn, in the strongest possible terms, those who prey on vulnerable and isolated members of our community. The members of the Garda are determined to do everything they can to bring the perpetrators to...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: It does have to be said that it is a very small minority. People have a right to protest. Someone who is unhappy with a democratic decision made by the elected members of Belfast City Council is entitled to protest against that decision, and we defend that right. However, people are not entitled to fire petrol bombs at the police and intimidate and threaten elected public representatives,...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister was informed on Monday last, after the meeting to which I refer, and-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: -----he informed the Cabinet of the position on Tuesday.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom beannachtaí na hathbhliana a bhronnadh ar an Teachta Adams agus ar gach Ball den Teach. I am aware that the Deputy had surgery recently and I wish him a good recovery. The Government and I are extremely concerned with regard to what has been taking place in Belfast and elsewhere in recent weeks. I refer to the widespread street violence that has occurred,...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: As I stated, I spoke to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine this morning. He is very clear that he will be very open in providing information both for the public and the House on everything that has happened in this case. I can provide the Deputy with the information I was given this morning by the Minister's Department on the timeline. The FSAI first took samples in...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)
Eamon Gilmore: I agree with Deputy Martin that people should know, and have a right to know, what they are eating and the content of processed food in particular. There should be no differentiation in that knowledge between people who purchase expensive cuts of meat and those who purchase less expensive processed meat. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine briefed the Government on this matter...