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Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy asked the questions.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: If he asks a question he should at least-----

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy asked a question and accused me of not answering it and when I attempt to answer he keeps interrupting me.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This is typical Sinn Féin. It has been wrong so many times. It was wrong, for example, when it voted for the bank bailout.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: At the time, Deputy Ó Caoláin stated Sinn Féin members will support-----

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy has been wrong. Sinn Féin has been wrong. The Deputy stated Sinn Féin Members would support the Minister in the passage of the legislation. He was wrong then and he is wrong now.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: His colleague, Deputy Doherty, stated Sinn Féin supported the Bill because it was in the national interest. Sinn Féin was wrong then and it is wrong now.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Sinn Féin was wrong about the bank bailout and Sinn Féin its wrong about the stability treaty.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Ó Caoláin asked questions and accused me of not answering them-----

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----but he interrupts every attempt I make to answer them. He has interrupted me approximately ten times since I started answering the questions. I will tell him what we put on the table.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: We have put on the table that project bonds should be used for projects and proposals in this country. We put on the table that funding through the increased capital funding through the European Investment Bank should be made available for a stimulus package in this country and the Minister, Deputy Howlin, has been in discussions with the European Investment Bank and the European Commission...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: With regard to stimulus packages for this country it is not about what we will announce in the future as we are already seeing it take shape. The NAMA announcement of €2 billion-----

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----to employ 35,000 people in the redevelopment of NAMA properties will stimulate activity in the construction industry and get people back to work. Structural funds which have not been used in the European Union need to be used to address the problems of youth unemployment. Measures are now on the European agenda and being worked on because this country and the Government put them there.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: We are seeing progress being made and Sinn Féin cannot take it because all Sinn Féin can do is talk down what is happening and talk down this country.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I am sick and tired of Sinn Féin taking every opportunity to talk down this country, to talk down the people of this country and to talk down the opportunities that should be there for them for employment.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The case of Chen Guangcheng has been raised frequently by the European Union including at the EU-China human rights dialogue on 16 June 2011. Mr. Chen, a blind human rights defence lawyer was, until recently, being held under house arrest in Shandong Province in China. Mr. Chen is no longer in China. He arrived in the United States on 19 May where he will take up a fellowship at New York...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (23 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Ireland strongly supports the European Union's efforts to work with and encourage the parties to the Middle East peace process to reach a comprehensive settlement based on a two-state solution, in which Israel and a State of Palestine will coexist side by side in peace and co-operation with each other and their neighbours in the region. In our view, this is the only way the long-term...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (23 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Details are set out in the following table of a total of nine retired officials of my Department who were temporarily re-engaged or who were already contracted to the Department during the period in question: GRADE POSITION HELD DURATION ESTIMATED COST OF CONTRACTIN 2012 1 Assistant Secretary Head of Task Force in connection with Ireland's Chairmanship of the OSCE, 2012 Contract from 7...

Written Answers — Petrochemical Embargo: Petrochemical Embargo (22 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Given the major concerns which exist over the Iranian nuclear programme (as documented in a series of UN Security Council and International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions since 2006), and given Iran's continuing unwillingness to engage seriously on these concerns or to address the serious findings highlighted in the IAEA's reports, the international community has had little option but to...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (22 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand the legislation referred to by the Deputy has passed into law in the Saint Petersburg region. While this type of legislation purports to protect young people, it is more likely, in my view, to result in further stigmatisation, and even criminalisation, of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) young people. In fact, I am aware of reports that an individual has recently...