Results 10,381-10,400 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I am very disappointed with that reply. I did not seek to raise this issue in a particularly political way. The matter needs to be resolved. There is no educational justification for closing down the special needs classes. The justification at the time was financial. It was announced in February in the aftermath of budgetary decisions that were made. The saving at the time was estimated...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The child of somebody who is well off will have the money to hire a speech therapist and additional teachers to get extra help, including grinds. Maybe if they are well off enough they will be sent to a private school. Other children, however, will not get the educational leg-up they need unless it is provided through the State school system. This is their chance. These children are...
- Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: So there is no need for a guillotine. Why does the Taoiseach not withdraw it?
- Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: There is no need for the guillotine at all.
- Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the costs that have accrued to date to his Department arising from the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15593/09]
- Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Two questions arise from the Taoiseach's reply. As the Taoiseach has said the Moriarty tribunal has reopened public hearings. This is apparently as a result of the draft findings of the tribunal which were circulated to interested parties. Can the Taoiseach give the House any indication as to when those public hearings will be completed? When are we likely to eventually get a report from...
- Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The issue here relates to cost. It has been suggested in reports regarding this document that had it been made available to the tribunal at an earlier stage, it would have foreshortened the work of that tribunal-----
- Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: -----therefore having implications for its eventual cost.
- Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I accept that the content of the document, its implications and its impact on the matters under investigation are matters for the tribunal. I do not wish to comment on that, but I do want to raise a question with the Taoiseach. Is it true that a Government Department withheld a document for ten years claiming legal privilege on it and has now made that document available for the second...
- Public Relations Contracts. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the group established within his Department to oversee the awarding of public relations contracts by Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16608/09]
- Public Relations Contracts. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: These guidelines, which were published in 2005, provided for a number of procedures, one of which was that where a Minister was engaging a consultancy firm or PR firm, then this would be notified to the Secretary General to the Government. How many times has the Secretary General been notified of consultancy or PR contracts that come under the terms of the guidelines? The procedures...
- Public Relations Contracts. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Were there cases where the Secretary General to the Government made recommendations to the Taoiseach in respect of public procurement procedures?
- Proposed Legislation. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for the remainder of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16609/09]
- Proposed Legislation. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: This is a fascinating Bill. It repeals 1,350 obsolete Acts predating independence, some going back to penal days but which are not entirely without relevance. I note an Act dating to 1731 providing for the relief of the creditors of James Mead and George Curtis, late bankers of Dublin. Nothing much has changed. The repeal of pre-independence legislation is fascinating. We will finally...
- Proposed Legislation. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Is there any chance the Government would prioritise legislation relevant to people living in the here and now? For example, where is the civil unions Bill, the heads of which were published last year and which we were promised would come before the House on a number of occasions? Is there a method for prioritisation? The Government has been very lax regarding the amount of legislation being...
- Proposed Legislation. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: I have a great sense of history. I have always wanted to see an end to the penal laws.
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the final cost that accrued to his Department in respect of the McEntee commission; if all these costs have been discharged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16610/09]
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: We are dealing with the cost of these commissions and we have debated them in the House. A unanimous view in respect of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings was sent by the House to the British Government and the House of Commons. Has there been any response to the agreed motion conveyed at the time?
- National Forum on Europe. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach the reason for the decision to close down the National Forum on Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15589/09]
- National Forum on Europe. (16 Jun 2009)
Eamon Gilmore: The research and findings following last June's Lisbon treaty referendum result demonstrated a low level of knowledge among the public about the European Union, its institutions and their workings and interactions. Accordingly, does the Taoiseach believe it was a wise decision to close down the National Forum on Europe? Does he also consider it desirable that this decision was taken...