Results 12,261-12,280 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: That would be fun. I would enjoy it. We will have the last laugh this time. Will the Taoiseach confirm that the shamrock was in a Waterford Crystal vase? Will it be in Waterford Crystal next year?

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Will it be made in Ireland?

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with a Sinn Féin delegation on 10 March 2008. [11300/08]

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his most recent contracts with the political parties in Northern Ireland. [11301/08]

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 17: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his attendance at the investment conference in Northern Ireland on 8 May 2008 and his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Gordon Brown. [19446/08]

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: What is the Taoiseach's assessment of the possibility and timetable for the devolution of policing and justice functions to Northern Ireland? What is his expectation in that regard? Has he received a communication from the Justice for the Forgotten group in respect of the Barron report and its wish for the tabling of an all-party motion in the House to give effect to and to promote the...

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The report on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. What are the plans for the establishment of the North-South parliamentary body, which was contained in the Agreement?

Order of Business. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: On 9 January last, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government established a committee to review the electoral boundaries for local elections. He gave that committee the requirement that it had to report before 20 June. Under the terms of reference he gave to the committee, it is quite clear there will be quite significant changes in electoral boundaries for the local...

Order of Business. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the problem. The problem has been that in the past, local election boundaries have been kept under wraps until the very last moment. A committee has been established to deal with this. It is a new procedure under the Local Government Act 2001. I am asking for an assurance that when the report is received by the Minister, it will be published and made available straightaway. There...

Order of Business. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: As I understand it, this is procedure which is relatively new. I think it comes under the Local Government Act 2001. I do not think we have been around this track before. I understand that it is the first review of local government boundaries since 1998 so there is no normal way. This is not something that comes up every year but is a one-off report that looks at the populations involved....

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It is now virtually impossible to pick up a newspaper or listen to a news bulletin without learning of a further crisis in the health service. Last week, we had the story of failures in X-ray services in the north east. Last Monday night, a "Prime Time Investigates" programme showed the dilapidation of our health service, including the case of an elderly woman trying to cope with caring for...

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: If one takes 100 people who are working in a hospital out of it, one will affect the service the hospital provides.

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: When parents show up in Crumlin hospital with a sick child, they will not want to hear about service planning, budgetary discipline, the millions of euro allocated in this or that year or which Administration introduced what legislation. They will want to have their child attended to and cared for. If there are 100 fewer staff in the hospital, this will be less likely and it will be more...

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It is gobbledegook to patients. It is gobbledegook to a parent who comes into a hospital with a sick child but is told that the child cannot receive any service. The Taoiseach must sort this out and reform the HSE so that we do not end up in a situation where different hospitals or services are not functioning from one week to the next. It is long past time to sort out the mess in the...

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his visit to the United States over the St. Patrick's Day period 2008. [10895/08]

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the main issues discussed at his meeting with President Bush in Washington on St. Patrick's Day 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11858/08]

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his meetings and discussions with political leaders during his visit to the United States. [11859/08]

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he had with political figures in the United States regarding the position of undocumented Irish in that country; his assessment, in view of these discussions, of the prospects of them having their positions regularised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11860/08]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the specific date for the publication of the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill due to be brought before the House this term. [20779/08]

Written Answers — Active Citizenship: Active Citizenship (27 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to implement the recommendation of the Task Force on Active Citizenship to introduce a national active citizenship theme culminating in a national active citizenship week. [20555/08]