Results 801-820 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: They figure this is a way in which they can put the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Government in the dock and that it is another issue with which to have a thump at the Minister, Deputy Shatter, and the Government. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, has been a long advocate of the establishment of an independent Garda ombudsman commission. He and the...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: No. That is not the case.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I have answered the question.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The question Deputy McDonald asked was whether I was satisfied that no organ of the State put the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission under surveillance. Yes, I am.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I recall the question Deputy Collins asked me last week. She asked me if the Minister for Education and Skills would meet representatives of the TEEU and the USI. The Minister was sitting beside me. He told me he had planned to meet the USI and I gave Deputy Collins that answer last week. It is a little unfair for Deputy Collins to twist that into a refusal to meet the TEEU. I do not run...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I do not see that there is an issue here.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: If the TEEU wants to meet the Minister for Education and Skills, it requests a meeting with the Minister and I imagine it can be arranged. If the Union of Students in Ireland wants to meet the Minister for Education and Skills about the issue, similarly, it will ask the Minister about the arranging of that meeting. No Minister in this Government is refusing to meet representative bodies on...
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 21, ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013 - Report and Final Stages (resumed), to adjourn at 2 p.m. if not previously concluded; No. 2 - Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 3 - Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I can only express surprise that none of the three questions on Leaders' Questions this morning referred to the suffering that a quarter of a million households in this country have endured as a result of the storm damage last night. I had prepared a detailed reply in anticipation that some member of the Opposition would consider the plight of these people sufficiently important to have...
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Over 2,000 ESB Networks staff are out repairing the electricity supply network. They will be supported by contractors that they are bringing in. They are bringing in crews from Northern Ireland Electricity and they have been mobilised in the worst affected areas. It is expected that the restoration process will take a number of days. As the damage is assessed, more detailed information...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Second, I stand for an independent Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission-----
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----to examine allegations of any misconduct on the part of the Garda Síochána. It is important there is public confidence in the GSOC. What I do not stand is the kind of clap-trap which Deputy Collins has just come out with.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Collins is now seeking to politicise what-----
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Fianna Fáil sees this an opportunity to have a go at the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Government. That is bad politics, Deputy Collins.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: It is important public confidence in An Garda Síochána is restored. We have an independent Ombudsman commission. It is important we all respect that independence of the-----
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: That is untrue.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The Government respects the independence of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. It is important that is underpinned and reinforced. As for the issue of whether or not the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission should have reported to the Minister for Justice and Equality about the issues in respect of which its investigation was conducted, the commission has itself...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: It is important that this issue is fully explored. For this reason, I support the process under way by the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions. As I understand it, that committee, on the conclusion of yesterday's meeting with the chairman of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, decided to do two things. First, to request the full report presented to the...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The serious issue here is the possibility that an independent body, whose job it is to investigate complaints or allegations of misconduct against the Garda Síochána, might have been under surveillance and that confidentiality in respect of information of which it is seized has been breached. I think that is the serious issue here. The GSOC brought in experts to do the sweep of its...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I welcome the fact that the chairperson of the GSOC was before the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions yesterday to answer questions. I also welcome the fact that the committee intends to continue to have this issue examined. I understand it is inviting the Minister for Justice and Equality to attend-----