Results 11,881-11,900 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore

Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I seek clarification on that matter. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government told Deputy Ciarán Lynch yesterday there would be a cap on spending limits for the 2009 local elections. Deputy Lynch and I understood that to be a promise of legislation made by the Minister responsible. Is the Taoiseach pulling back from that position?

Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Is this a Minister of State, Deputy John McGuinness-type opinion or is it a real promise of legislation?

Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It is not the property services Bill.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Why was this included?

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Why?

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the British-Irish Council will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29619/08]

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his attendance at the meeting of the British-Irish Council on 26 September 2008. [31952/08]

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: In the context of the British-Irish Council, what is the Taoiseach's state of knowledge about the current operation of the Northern Ireland Executive? We know the Executive has not met since June and that its working arrangements do not appear to be particularly good.

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Was the issue of the Northern Ireland Executive discussed at the British-Irish Council meeting?

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Was the issue of Sellafield or the United Kingdom's plans to ramp up its production of nuclear energy discussed at the British-Irish Council?

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It was not raised by the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan.

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: That is surprising.

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting in Belfast on 16 June 2008 with the President of the United States, Mr. George Bush. [25413/08]

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Belfast on 16 June 2008. [25414/08]

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his meetings with Northern Ireland political leaders during his visit to Belfast on 16 June 2008. [25415/08]

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 19: To ask the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the political parties in Northern Ireland since 10 July 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29617/08]

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 20: To ask the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the British Government in regard to Northern Ireland since 10 July 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29618/08]

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 21: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the continued failure of the Northern Ireland Executive to meet; if he has raised this issue with the British Prime Minister or the political leaders in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30954/08]

Official Engagements. (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I share with the Taoiseach the hope that the efforts being made to get the Northern Ireland Executive meeting again will succeed. It is disappointing it has not met for quite some time. Is the Taoiseach optimistic that meetings of it will resume in the near future? With regard to the Omagh bombing, what was contained in the "Panorama" programme was extremely serious. Apparently GCHQ was...

Order of Business (8 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The arrangements that the Taoiseach has outlined are wholly unsatisfactory for a number of reasons. We are flying blind. A guarantee scheme was enacted last week but we still do not have the details or the scheme. The essential information which the public wants is not yet available. The Taoiseach is uncertain about when this will be introduced. He speaks about introducing it next week...