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Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The legislation required to give effect to the commitment in the programme for Government will be introduced.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not have a date for that Bill, but we are looking at ways of promoting more widely the various initiatives the Government has introduced in the past couple of years on non-bank funds. Yesterday I attended a meeting with the chief executives of the chambers of commerce and this was one of the issues we discussed. One of the difficulties is that many business people who should be able to...

Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I met representatives and relatives of the victims of the Stardust tragedy. They gave me material which I am studying. I do not have a date for the insurance Bill.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: That Bill is due for publication later this year.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Is that the road traffic Bill?

Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The heads of the Bill were approved by the Government last year and the Bill is due to be published this session.

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank Deputy Donnelly for agreeing with the four principles I set out in my speech on Tuesday, for what I believe is the way forward, now that we have come out of the bailout, jobs are being created and the economy is growing again. Over the next couple of years we have to ask for whom is this recovery. As far as I and the Government are concerned, recovery is not just a matter of getting...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The debt solutions Deputy Donnelly refers to are solutions the Government promoted. Over the past couple of years we have given priority to dealing with the mortgage crisis many are experiencing. We have introduced and discussed with the banks a range of measures which can be taken to address these problems, including the introduction of the personal insolvency service, the arrangements for...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: We made it clear from the beginning of this crisis we wanted to avoid people losing their homes. I said several times that during the recession people’s biggest fear was losing their homes, not their jobs or businesses. That is why we put in place a range of options and measures, which all financial institutions can use to deal with the mortgage problems.

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: When I answered questions here about mortgage issues and put these options forward very often they were derided. I am glad to see Deputy Donnelly advocating that banks use the instruments-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and methods the Government advocated in the first place. Bank of Ireland should use those options, like every other financial institution.

Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 19, statements on the Government's priorities for the year ahead (resumed). Tomorrow's fortnightly Friday business shall be No. 46, Criminal Law (Incest) (Amendment) Bill 2012 and No. 47, Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012.

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I have no hesitation at all in saying that the pay of senior executives in Rehab and any organisation funded by the State through the HSE should be made public. We are discussing this issue, in a fashion, because the Government took an initiative in this regard. The Minister for Health is conscious that a large number of organisations receive substantial amounts of State funding for the...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: There are two issues. The first is the obligation of organisations in receipt of substantial sums of taxpayers' money from the State for the delivery of services to be fully transparent and accountable. That should be the case. There is also the issue of the very good work that organisations such as Rehab do, along with many of the other charities that have been in the public domain in...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The hypocrisy of Fianna Fáil knows no bounds. Twice when Fianna Fáil was in government it unilaterally cut the pay of people who work in our public services without a by your leave or agreement from anybody. This Government, by contrast, engaged in negotiations with the trade unions representing staff who work in our public services, including those who work in our health...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: As I said, nurses' pay was the subject of negotiation and agreement with the trade unions representing nurses. The number of nursing staff increased by 100 in the first month of 2014, reflecting the take-up of posts under the graduate initiative. Nearly 500 nurses and midwives have commenced employment in recent months on that graduate scheme. More than 200 others are going through the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 40 and 44 together. I am deeply concerned about developments in Ukraine in recent days. I have strongly condemned the Russian action in Crimea, which severely threatens the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and have called on Russia to withdraw troops immediately to their bases. Russia’s actions are in clear breach of international...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Language Issues (5 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department is responsible for two Votes – Vote 28: Foreign Affairs and Trade; and Vote 27: International Cooperation. Expenditure by my Department on translating and printing Irish language publications, documents and advertisements in each of the past three years is set out in the table below. This expenditure includes the translation and printing of passport application forms and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Recent and Forthcoming Foreign Affairs Councils: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (4 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a matter we can certainly examine. In regard to the humanitarian response in Syria, the UN-devised humanitarian response plans require a total of $6.5 billion for their operation in 2014. This represents the largest humanitarian appeal in the UN's history. The international community has responded by pledging a further $2.3 billion in funding. In the six weeks since the second...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Recent and Forthcoming Foreign Affairs Councils: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (4 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I am not satisfied that it has been observed. That issue will have to pursued in the coming weeks and months. I welcomed the approval of the resolution in late February. We should bear in mind that it is a recent resolution. It sets out clearly the obligations of parties to the conflict to uphold humanitarian principles and international humanitarian law, as well as the actions which...