Results 11,661-11,680 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: He would be the second Offaly man to tread the world stage.
- Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Before agreeing to this proposal, I wish to ask the Taoiseach whether some arrangement will be made today for the Minister for Health and Children to come to the House to offer an explanation on two matters she spoke about yesterday. The first is her decision to cancel the vaccination programme for young girls against cervical cancer. The announcement of the cancellation of the vaccination...
- Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: On the civil partnership Bill, do I understand correctly from what the Taoiseach has said that the Government will be proceeding with that Bill in 2009? Can he indicate how early in 2009 we might expect the Bill to be published and presented to the House? The Government announced in the budget the amalgamation or abolition of a number of State agencies. I asked questions previously in...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: First, I wish to join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in congratulating Senator Obama on his election as President of the United States and to welcome the promise of a more multilateral approach towards foreign policy by the United States. It is interesting, as one looks across the Atlantic at the celebrations that have been taking place in cities and streets across the United States, what a...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Moreover, George Bush was only there for eight years.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: In just over ten minutes time, the Central Statistics Office will publish the latest unemployment figures. Last month, these figures showed that more than 240,000 people were on the live register, which constituted an increase of 80,000 over the figure for the same month the previous year. The latest available figures from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment state there were...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: The figure of 252,000 unemployed is shocking. That is almost 100,000 more people out of work than this time last year. It is a shocking level of job losses. Two thousand jobs per week have been lost in the course of the past year. The Taoiseach's business as usual response, that FÃS courses will be provided and that he is continuing with the economic policies of the Government is the...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: You cut that.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: You cut it in the budget.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: You cut the back to education allowance.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: You ought to be.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: No other country has lost that much employment.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Some 100,000 people are out of work in the past year.
- Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his July 2008 visit to the United States. [29514/08]
- Official Engagements. (5 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his visit to the United States in July 2008. [30110/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way the proposed tax on second homes will operate; if the money will be retained by the local authority in which the second home is situated. [38423/08]
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest position in regard to sewerage schemes (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38424/08]
- Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise with the Taoiseach a particular set of decisions made in the budget relating to increases in a number of health charges. The charge for attending an accident and emergency department in a hospital was raised in the budget to â¬100, bringing it now to almost seven times what it cost in 1997, approximately â¬15. The charge for an overnight stay in a hospital has been raised...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: That answer shows how out of touch the Taoiseach is with the reality of people's lives and the difficulties they have in making ends meet. I do not know if the Taoiseach is aware but where one turns up with a child at a hospital without money to pay the charge, the hospital refers the debt to debt collectors.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)
Eamon Gilmore: Solicitors send letters to the people concerned. Does the Taoiseach believe it is fair or reasonable that a family on that level of income, of â¬500 or less a week, should pay the charge? They have a sick child, cannot get a doctor and even if they could, the call out charge for a doctor would be of that order anyway. The Taoiseach is right. They decide, as most parents would, faced...