Results 8,121-8,140 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach should tell us whether the Government intends to appeal this decision. It would be extraordinary if the Government were to commit public moneys to appeal a decision, the consequence of which would benefit only the two Government parties. I put it to him also that this is a situation where the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government will have a central role....
- Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: It is very serious.
- Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach told us yesterday, and keeps telling us, that he derives his mandate and authority from having a majority in this House. As Deputy Kenny has pointed out, the majority he now enjoys in this House is less than the number of vacant seats. The High Court has now decided that there is an unreasonable delay in the holding of the Donegal South-West by-election, and it is fair to say...
- Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The question that is being asked of the Taoiseach is not a complicated legal one.
- Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: He is not required to do a microscopic reading of the judgment and give us a learned opinion. What is being asked of the Taoiseach is a political question. The High Court has found there is an unreasonable delay in holding the by-election. The Taoiseach says it is a matter for the Dáil. An all-party committee of the Dáil decided some time ago that by-elections should be held within six...
- Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Now that the High Court has declared its-----
- Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The issue is simple. The High Court has found that the delay is unreasonable. People are waiting for these by-elections. The Government has a call to make, and the Taoiseach, without hiding behind the necessity of considering the judgment and so on, should be capable of giving a political response to that.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Later today, there will be a major demonstration of students outside Leinster House. There is a commitment in the revised programme for Government that reads as follows: "Conscious of the economic pressures on parents today, this Government will not proceed with any new scheme of student contribution to Third Level education." That commitment has been interpreted by the partners in...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I agree there must be a sustainable strategy in respect of the public finances and growth. The Taoiseach seeks to suggest the commitment made in the programme for Government was made in a different economic environment. The commitment was made in the revised programme for Government, published on 10 October 2009. This does not date to before the banking crisis but was produced at a time...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I am only asking about it.
- EU Summits (3 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his participation in the E.U. Summit in Brussels on 28 and 29 October 2010 [39735/10]
- EU Summits (3 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach if he will make a statement on any discussions he had with other E.U. leaders on the margins of the E.U. Summit in Brussels on 28 and 29 October 2010 [39736/10]
- EU Summits (3 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the proposal to make a treaty change to accommodate the establishment of a permanent mechanism for financial stability and the stabilisation fund. I understand it is the intention that the President of the Council will report back to the December summit. Does the Taoiseach expect that the President of the Council, Mr. Van Rompuy, will make a proposal to the...
- Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in wishing Dr. Jim McDaid well in his retirement. On yesterday's statement by the Minister for Health and Children in which she announced a voluntary redundancy scheme in the Health Service Executive, from that announcement, it would appear that it is intended to have a scheme for about 4,000 HSE staff. This voluntary redundancy scheme has been a while...
- Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The issue here is not whether there should be voluntary redundancy scheme. Indeed, this is something the Labour Party has been advocating since the publication of our document on the reform of the HSE as far back as May 2008. The issue is that having delayed until now to bring forward the scheme, is it practical to have it carried out in this short timeframe? Some 4,000 staff in any...
- Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Quite a process must be followed under the Croke Park agreement, including consulting and making arrangements for re-deployment and so on. Are these dates, 19 November and 30 December, absolute or is it intended that if practical difficulties area encountered in the scheme, the dates will be extended?
- Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I join with the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in extending my sympathy and that of the Labour Party to the Minister, Deputy Micheál Martin, and his wife, Mary, on their tragic loss. I also join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in condemning absolutely the assault on the Minister for Health and Children. In the course of a newspaper interview published on Saturday, the Taoiseach indicated the...
- Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: For all three or four?
- Decentralisation Programme (2 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach stated that 3,180 staff had been moved to various locations as a result of decentralisation. How many of those staff were moved from Dublin? My understanding is that, to date, approximately half of the re-allocation of staff has been between locations outside Dublin and concerns staff who are already based outside Dublin. The Taoiseach stated that some of the decentralisation...
- Decentralisation Programme (2 Nov 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: It is not because we need to know how much double counting is involved. The Taoiseach stated that if somebody moves from Limerick to Wexford, that is a move according to plan. However, if there is a corresponding move by somebody from Wexford back to Limerick or from somewhere else to Limerick to fill the vacancy that arises, that is double counting. My understanding of the original plan...