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Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: That is not what we are pursuing for.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The proposal for a standing charge is one we have to address.  The discussions we are having- this is well known - pertain to the free allowance, the question of a standing charge, the arrangements for metering and the arrangements that would give rise to differences for people who use water to wash their cars, as distinct from those who require water for their children or to meet...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I have not changed.  I do not agree with having a flat charge.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I did not agree with having flat charges then and I do not agree with having them now.  I clearly stated we needed a system based on the availability of a free allowance.  Such a free allowance needs to be constructed in a way that takes account of the circumstances of different families.  Clearly, families have particular needs where there are children or medical issues and...

Order of Business (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. a9, motion re by-election for Dublin West; No. b9, motion re by-election for Longford-Westmeath; and No. 4, Children First Bill 2014 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the proceedings on Nos. a9 and b9 which shall be debated together shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after 25...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Sinn Féin representative today chooses to raise as the Leader’s question hardship on a family. I am quite prepared to address that. The hardship that families have endured in this country over the past few years would be a hell of a lot worse if this Government had pursued the daft economic policies that the Deputy’s party had recommended to us. Instead of now being...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: On the issue of carbon tax, which the Deputy has raised, it is my recollection that Sinn Féin supported a carbon tax.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The carbon tax was not introduced today. It was introduced in 2010. This Government delayed the implementation of the carbon tax on solid fuels in the first instance until after the 2012-13 season and then we decided to introduce it in two phases, last year, 2013, with the implementation of the first €10 per tonne of carbon. The second phase is being introduced today, the second...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Families are suffering because of the recession we had, the collapse of the banking system, what happened in the property bubble and the bad decisions made by the previous Government, which Sinn Féin supported. Deputy Doherty is in no position to come in here and rant and rave about what hard-pressed families are suffering. He is the Deputy who, as a Member of the Seanad, told the then...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Does he still think the bank guarantee is such a good idea, as he did in September 2008?

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Anybody who got it so dramatically wrong on that occasion is in no position to lecture us on how to deal with the problem now.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: One day Sinn Féin will say it is for a carbon tax and when it is implemented, it will say it is against it.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Another day Sinn Féin will say it is for a wealth tax and when that is implemented, it will say it is against it.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Who is hurting now? We accept and acknowledge that fuel poverty is an issue in this country.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: That is why we have sought to-----

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: -----address the issue of fuel poverty by introducing retrofitting in houses-----

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: -----for example, the €30 million the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy O’Sullivan, has provided to provide energy efficiency in local authority houses in 2014.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I agree that the Leader companies and local development bodies have been doing an outstanding job. This is a good example of a bottom-up approach to local development, bringing together the resources of statutory bodies, local groups and the voluntary and community efforts. I pay tribute to the work of local development companies and those who work with them. I am aware of the concerns in...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: It is important that the talks under way should continue. I understand from the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government that the ILDN has resumed its participation in the talks and I very much welcome that. It is in the context of those talks that a resolution should be found to the issues in dispute between the local development companies and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: There are currently five countries that are candidates to join the European Union, Turkey, Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia, each of which is at a different stage on its path towards membership. Turkey has been a candidate since 1999 and is currently in accession negotiations with the European Union. The most recent chapter in the negotiations was opened last year, following...