Results 9,101-9,120 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: -----and let poor Minister Cullen off the hook at last?
- Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I have not received a reply to my question.
- Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: What of the task force? Is the Minister on it?
- Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I refer to the Minister's reply to the issue raised by Deputy Sherlock, which is the Government's handling of the lost at sea report.
- Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The Ombudsman sent a report to the Oireachtas and we have a role with regard to the Ombudsman's reports.
- Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The Ombudsman said she made a recommendation which was rejected by a Department. This is highly unusual. It happened on only one previous occasion, when the issue was resolved by an Oireachtas committee. We ask that the same procedure apply and that the matter be dealt with by the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. For some reason, the Government does not want that to be...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that medical card holders are being charged for medical reports which are sometimes required by applicants for driving licences or for renewal of driving licences in the case of older drivers; if such reports should be awarded free to medical card holders; her views on same; and if she will...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: In reply to Deputy Kenny, the Taoiseach stated that if the Government did not recapitalise Anglo Irish Bank, there would be a bill to the taxpayer of â¬65 billion.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: That is probably right but that is because a guarantee was given to Anglo Irish Bank on 30 September 2008 when he should have done something different to the bank at that stage.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The reason Anglo Irish Bank would have cost â¬65 billion is because of the guarantee. It is interesting that when we proposed an inquiry into what happened in the system, the Taoiseach would not agree to it.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: When he set up some kind of half-baked investigation, he took care to exclude from that investigation the decisions made by the Government to provide the guarantee to Anglo Irish Bank because he wants to cover the close relationship that he and his party had with the bankers and developers who caused the economic crisis in this country.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The consequences are the figures provided to us for the live register. Although the Taoiseach has not told us the figure, the January statistic was in the order of 436,000 and he has indicated the current figure is around the same. The Taoiseach has said the matter has stabilised. I will tell him how stable it is for somebody who has lost a job. Some 340 people on average have lost their...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: That is the official figure and does not include immigrants who have returned to their country of origin or young people who have given up hope in this country and gone to Australia or somewhere else in the hope of finding a job and economic future for themselves. There is no stability in being unemployed, especially when people cannot get a social welfare payment or a reply from the social...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: That is the current position because the Government has become dysfunctional not only as regards the economy and the provision of employment but even now in the administration of normal public services. We have read in the newspapers that there is a concern in the Government about jobs, which is correct. The Greens are concerned about jobs - their own jobs - but that is not what the people...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach is thinking about reshuffling his Cabinet and juggling the jobs in Government. We have read that there will be major changes in the composition of the Government.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: I will ask one straight question because we are talking about employment and jobs. Will the Taoiseach, as part of that reshuffle, appoint a Minister with a dedicated responsibility for employment? Will he establish a new Department of Employment that will function and drive some employment strategy? The Labour Party made a proposal before the budget for the establishment of a jobs fund and...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: We can only judge the Government's performance by results. Under the stewardship of the Taoiseach, this country was the first into the recession and will be the last out of it. We are now in the third calendar year of a recession. Let us look at where the Government's policies have got us. Its banking policy is not working. Credit is not being extended to businesses and they are closing...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Young people who are graduating this year will be in their thirties before they see any of those jobs. The Taoiseach keeps forgetting that he has support across the House for addressing the issue of public finances and reforming the public service.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Stop muttering. If the shoe was on the other foot, I know exactly the response we would have got. We supported the objectives of the Government to get the deficit down. Both the Labour Party and Fine Gael produced detailed pre-budget proposals. The Taoiseach chose not to run with them, but he should not come back and say that we have not produced constructive proposals, because we have....
- Public Procurement Policy. (3 Mar 2010)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the corporate procurement plan in place in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8818/10]