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Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This Government does not accept that somebody should be asked to live on less than €188 per week. However, the Deputy's party is content to have people living on €87 a week. That is to have brass neck. The budget is a difficult one because it aims to restore the country's finances and get us out of the economic mess we inherited. It protects basic rates of social welfare and...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Fianna Fáil has a hard neck.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Its legacy to this country-----

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----was to bring in the IMF. This Government's legacy will be to get rid of the IMF.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Its legacy was to put this country into a bailout with the troika.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This Government will be sending the troika home. This budget is a tough and difficult budget. Nobody has said anything other than that for it but it is a budget that is necessary in order to bring about the recovery that my party promised we would do at the time of the general election and that the Government committed itself to doing when we signed the programme for Government and...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----bring about economic recovery to this country, and that is what we are doing. We undertook that we would deal with the problem in our banking system and we are doing so at less cost than Fianna Fáil said would be possible. We committed ourselves to renegotiating the deal with the troika-----

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----which Fianna Fáil said was impossible, and we are succeeding in doing that. We committed ourselves to putting the public finances on a sound, solid footing again after Fianna Fáil brought the country to the brink of bankruptcy, and we are doing that. We promised that we would-----

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----provide for increased employment in this country and we are now seeing increased investment and jobs coming into this country, something that was flying out of the country when Fianna Fáil left it to us.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: We promised we would restore economic growth to this country, which is happening after four years of recession under Fianna Fáil.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This Government, and the Labour Party in this Government since the Deputy fingered us particularly, is going to bring about the recovery that the people of this country need. The people of this country are sick of recession. We need recovery in this country. This is a difficult budget but it is a budget that is necessary in order to bring about the recovery that this country needs and to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government follows closely ongoing issues in Tibet and is concerned about aspects of this situation. Ireland together with our EU partners believes that constructive dialogue between the Chinese Government and the representatives of the Dalai Lama is the best way to address differences and tensions in Tibet and to reach a solution that respects Tibetan culture, language, religion and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations Funding (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: In view of the degree of detail requested, which is not readily available, I propose to follow up directly with the Deputy providing any relevant information at the earliest opportunity.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government decided in December 2011 to allocate a total budget in the order of €60m over 2012 and 2013 to resource the Presidency, with an additional allocation to be made in respect of security costs. €23 million was allocated in 2012 across a range of Departments and Offices. A further allocation of €36m has been included in the Estimates for Public Services,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government continues to attach particular importance to the welfare of the Irish abroad in general and especially to the position of undocumented Irish immigrants in the United States. A resolution of the situation for undocumented Irish migrants will continue to be pursued by the Government in our ongoing contacts with the US Administration and Congress. The advice of Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The EU and the US are two of the world’s largest trading blocs and already have very strong trading and investment ties with each other. The joint EU-US High Level Group on Jobs and Growth, set up following the last EU-US Summit in November 2011, was tasked with identifying policies and measures to increase EU-US trade and investment including a possible Trade and Investment Agreement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Illegal Israeli Settlements (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I had a bilateral meeting with the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, last Thursday (6 December) on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council. Given my commitments as host of the Council and Secretary Clinton’s own commitments, the meeting was necessarily brief. We covered a number of issues, mostly OSCE-related or touching on bilateral relations. Time did not permit a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I have reported elsewhere on the OSCE Ministerial Council held in Dublin last week. This was a very large international meeting with a very full agenda. I did not as Chairman attempt to raise also the issue of Syria, which is outside the remit of the OSCE. However, important consultations relating to Syria did take place on the margins of the meeting involving US Secretary of State...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: On 1 January, I became Chairman-in-Office of this important multilateral organisation for 2012. The responsibility for chairing the OSCE, the world’s largest inter-governmental regional security organisation, is a significant honour and challenge for Ireland and for me personally. From the outset, our Chairmanship objectives were to ensure balance and coherence across the three main...

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government was elected to resolve the deep crisis inflicted on the country. This is a crisis with its roots in the greed and recklessness of the banks and the developer class, as well as the irresponsibility and political opportunism of the party opposite that they supported. For too many of the people, the crisis is about surviving. It is about surviving the loss of a job, with a...