Results 12,981-13,000 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Apparently the promoters gave Fianna Fáil two halves of $10,000 and the donation only got half way to Fianna Fáil. The Taoiseach can now only half remember what happened and frankly the rest of us do not believe half of it. The question I am asking the Taoiseach is about his appearances before the tribunal and I ask him again on what dates is he due to appear before the Mahon tribunal...

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, should look it up on the top of whatever tree he climbed.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: We are hurting.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: On what dates is the Taoiseach due to appear before the tribunal this side of Christmas? Has the tribunal informed the Taoiseach that he is to appear before it again in the new year and on how many occasions he is due to do so? What assurances can the Taoiseach give us that he is not a lame duck Taoiseach leading a Government of dead-beats?

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: What are the dates?

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Of what dates in December has the Taoiseach been notified?

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Can the Taoiseach not answer?

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach did not answer.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Taoiseach. What about the new year?

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Has the Taoiseach been told he will be back in the new year?

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Did they tell the Taoiseach?

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Last Thursday, in the Taoiseach's absence, I raised the nursing homes Bill with the Tánaiste. I understood from his reply that the Bill would be published this Thursday and would be first taken in the Seanad and then completed in the Dáil prior to Christmas. I made it clear to the Tánaiste that the arrangement would not be acceptable to the Labour Party because complex and sensitive...

EU Issues. (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach his priorities for the December 2007 EU summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29089/07]

EU Issues. (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach his plans for official trips abroad during the remainder of 2007 and the first half of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29090/07]

EU Issues. (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his address to the Association of European Journalists in Dublin Castle on 10 November 2007. [29412/07]

EU Issues. (4 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach stated he will sign the EU reform treaty on 13 December. In doing so, he will have the support of the Labour Party and, as Deputy Kenny indicated, the Fine Gael Party. Do all the parties in government support the signing of the EU reform treaty considering that the leader of one of them was one of just 11 eurosceptics who signed the minority report at the European Convention?...

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (29 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the increasing privatisation of leisure facilities here; if he foresees a future role for the State and local authorities in extending the provision of leisure facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31447/07]

Order of Business (29 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: There should be universal suffrage.

Order of Business (29 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government's legislative programme, published on the day the House resumed in September, listed 17 Bills for publication in this session. Only two, however, have been published. We have not been overburdened with legislative business from the Government during this session. No legislation is listed for debate in the Dáil next week, which is understandable because it is budget week....

Order of Business (29 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: There was a great deal of talk over the past two nights during which the Minister for Health and Children said she wants a bipartisan approach to health. We will see what happens.