Results 11,921-11,940 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: A Cheann Comhairle, if you wish I will preface every sentence by asking, "Will provision be made in the scheme to which this amendment refers...?"

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes, a Cheann Comhairle.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: With the greatest of respect, the Ceann Comhairle referred to the Constitution. We have a constitutional right as Parliament to examine legislation and to form an opinion on it. There is a proposal before the House that we amend the Bill passed here early this morning to provide a new method for the scheme to be presented to the House. We must make up our minds as legislators as to whether...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: A Cheann Comhairle, let me put it very simply. Taxpayers are being asked to underwrite a guarantee for every euro and cent in every bank in this country. We all want that money to be secure. There are concerns, however, about this. One concern is that some of the money loaned by the banks which has got us into this hole has been loaned out for property speculation.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Up to €60 of every €100 deposited in Irish banks has been loaned out for property speculation.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am speaking to the amendment. This is about taxpayers' money. We spent a long time in the Chamber over the past two days on this debate. This morning reminds me why we face this problem in the first place. There were issues that were ruled out of order in the House and could not be raised in debate. If they had been allowed to be addressed——

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I recall over the past ten years coming to the House to raise issues about what was happening in the property market and land speculation.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I have argued in this Chamber that the State should intervene in what was happening in property speculation.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: If an intervention had been made we would not have this problem now.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I want to raise three matters. First, there is an item of legislation on the Government's list, the financial services regulation Bill, which is to modernise financial services legislation in accordance with the Government's better regulation agenda. It is in section C, which is Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved by the Government. In view of the week we have just had,...

Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Does the Tánaiste intend to bring any proposals to the House to address the problems faced by people who have become unemployed and who are becoming——

Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: We can, a Cheann Comhairle. Yesterday, while we were all in here working, a report was published that showed we have had the highest rise in unemployment in the history of the State in the past 12 months. Unemployment is now higher than it was ten years ago.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: If we could spend two days in this House working late into the night to dig the banks out of the problem they got themselves into the very least we can do here is mention the problems of people who have become unemployed in that time.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The final issue I want to raise is something that may have escaped our attention while we were occupied with the banks. I understand the Morris reports dealing with the issues relating to the gardaí in County Donegal were received by the Government last Thursday and are due to be published next week. The Tánaiste will recall that when the first report was published last year I asked for a...

Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: On the financial services regulation Bill, the world has changed since the Government could do business by way of having advisory forums meandering on forever and a day. That is the reason we found ourselves dealing with an emergency situation. The Government clearly was not on top of the requirement to strengthen the regulation of financial institutions.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The heads of this item of legislation, which is No. 52 in the Government's order of legislative priorities, list C of division 3, have not yet been prepared — there is reference to an advisory board — about the regulation of financial institutions. Given what we have just seen it is hardly unreasonable to ask that the Government might now accelerate matters regarding the regulation of...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (1 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he is bringing forward to tackle the increasing problem of drug driving on roads here; if he has reviewed roadside drug testing schemes that are in place in Australia to evaluate their suitability for use here; the amount by which he will increase the funding for the Medical Bureau of Road Safety; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (1 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed recent policy proposals to reduce speed limits by 20 km/h; his plans to reduce speed limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32529/08]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (1 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing financial burden and practical difficulties being caused to residents of apartments and estates by the non-regulation of management companies; the reason for the delay in publishing the proposed legislation; when the Property Services Regulatory Authority Bill will be...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Many people, at some stage in their lives, have been approached by a family member, friend or business colleague who has asked them to be guarantor for a bank loan. Most people would be cautious and reluctant to do that and would want a certain amount of basic information before going to the bank and signing a guarantee for somebody, no matter how close they are to the person. People would...