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- Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Sinn Féin was opposed to the treaty that set it up.
- Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Sinn Féin voted to guarantee them.
- Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Are you going to say anything at all about the treaty?
- Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: You have spoken for 15 minutes without referring to it.
- Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: In fairness, you are always polite, Pádraig.
- Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Who said that?
- Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy is doing a good job of that.
- European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I welcome and appreciate Deputies' contributions to this debate, although I do not share some of their sentiments. As our national Parliament, the Houses of the Oireachtas are the right and proper place for an informed and measured debate on our engagement with our partners and neighbours in Europe. As there will be ample opportunity later today and during the coming period to address in...
- Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: This country has come a long way in the past 12 months. Through the hard work and sacrifice of the Irish people we have re-established political and financial stability and we have laid the foundations for economic recovery. The choice facing us now in the referendum on the European stability treaty is whether we build on what we have achieved or go backwards. Nobody is trying to pretend...
- Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Not at all.
- Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Only what I said is on the record.
- Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (28 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I am not in a position to comment on the requests for meetings with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. I can confirm, however, that officials from my Department continue to closely monitor developments in relation to Maghaberry prison including the referred case. We continue to encourage resolution of the outstanding issues in that prison.
- Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (28 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: As I have previously reported to this House, the decision to close the Irish Embassy in Iran was taken following a review of overseas missions carried out by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade which gave particular attention to the economic return from bilateral missions. In light of the current pressures on public finances, the Government decided that the low volume of trade over a...
- Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (28 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: As Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE for 2012, I presented the priorities for our Chairmanship to the OSCE's Permanent Council in Vienna on 12 January. These involve a lot of policy objectives and thematic concerns across the full range of the OSCE's work but do not include a list of specific country priorities. Western Balkan issues are, however, of ongoing interest within the OSCE. ...
- Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (28 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The question of nominating a youth delegate to participate in the State's official delegation to the UN General Assembly has been examined by my Department previously. Following consideration of the financial and human resource implications, for the Department and for Ireland's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, it was decided that youth delegates would not be included in...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (28 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The following tables set out the amounts claimed on a monthly basis for the two Ministers of State attached to my Department for the period since March 2011, which includes a breakdown of mileage claims paid in that period. It has not been possible to compile a full list of each individual trip relating to the mileage claims in question in the time available. No claims for mileage have...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (28 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Minister of State for European Affairs, Ms Lucinda Creighton T.D. PERIOD AMOUNT KMs 10th to 31st March 2011 â¬366.23 620 1st to 30th April 2011 â¬460.75 780 2nd to 31st May 2011 â¬351.47 595 1st to 30th June 2011 â¬1,131.19 1915 1st to 28th July 2011 â¬1,020.73 1728 1st August to 30th September 2011 â¬635.05 1372 1st to 31st October 2011 â¬450.24 1582 1st to 30th November...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Neither myself, the Ministers of State, or senior civil servants in my Department, have personal entertainment expense accounts. The Department has a general budgetary allocation to cover incidental official entertainment requirements and in 2011 the following amounts were spent: Vote 28 (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) â¬95,342 Vote 29 Now vote 27 (International Cooperation) ...
- Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (28 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Proposed draft legislation by the British Government to deal with this specific issue as referred to in paragraph 20 of the Weston Park accord was formally withdrawn by the then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Peter Hain MP, on 11 January 2006. The draft legislation, the Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, had been opposed by the majority of the Northern Ireland Assembly parties and...
- Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (28 Feb 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Proposed draft legislation by the British Government to deal with this specific issue as referred to in paragraph 20 of the Weston Park accord was formally withdrawn by the then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Peter Hain MP, on 11 January 2006. The draft legislation, the Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, had been opposed by the majority of the Northern Ireland Assembly parties and...