Results 13,121-13,140 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: Those people are entitled to a little better from the Taoiseach, for his management, not the individual staff and consultants who are working in the health service, his responsibility and accountability for the way he spends taxpayers' money on the health service because we are not getting value for the money that is being spent on it. It is a mess and it is time that something was done by...
- Written Answers — EU Regulations: EU Regulations (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on removing the deadline imposed on farmers for slurry spreading in view of the fact that the changing climate is having a detrimental effect on this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27078/07]
- Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach speaks about this like a man heading the Government for the past ten weeks and not the past ten years. What happened in Portlaoise is the worst in a recent series of misdiagnoses including a woman in Galway who was misdiagnosed twice, the case of Rebecca O'Malley in Cork and the cases in Barringtons Hospital about which we were supposed to have had an inquiry but which has not...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: That it was discovered.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: How was the Minister informed on 20 August?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: She was told on 29 August.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: During recent days and during the course of exchanges here today we have been asked to accept that this will improve when centres of excellence are established and that they are the answer to all of this. The problem I have with this and the Government's problem of credibility is that centres of excellence were recommended seven years ago in the O'Higgins report and it still has not...
- Order of Business (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: On 19 October, the High Court granted the first declaration of incompatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights to Ms Lydia Foy, whom the court found had been treated by the State in a way which was incompatible with the convention. Under the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003, the Taoiseach is required to lay before the House, within 21 days of such an order being...
- Order of Business (6 Nov 2007)
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- Order of Business (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: I wish to draw the Ceann Comhairle's attention to the fact that there is a legal requirement to have this laid before the House within 21 days and, as I said already, the order was granted on 19 October. I am simply asking when it will appear before the House.
- Task Force on Active Citizenship. (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: It would be very hard to compete with the Taoiseach if he is at Dublin Airport welcoming fans back from the premiership matches.
- Task Force on Active Citizenship. (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: The finding of the report that caught my eye was that just 54% of those who responded said they feel they can influence decisions to alter their local area. The recommendation of the task force was that an effort should be made to try to increase this number to 65% by 2010, which would be a desirable achievement. I question whether the problem is not so much the willingness of people to...
- Cabinet Committees. (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet sub-committees currently operating under the auspices of his Department; when each last met; and when the next meeting is planned. [20164/07]
- Cabinet Committees. (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: Are all three Government parties represented on each Cabinet committee? The dates of meetings were quickly mentioned by the Taoiseach and I did not get them all noted. He indicated a date for the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on science, technology and innovation. When did it last meet? I understand from the Taoiseach that the Cabinet committee on climate change and energy security...
- Cabinet Committees. (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach did not answer my question. I wanted to know when the Cabinet committee on science, technology and innovation last met. I will put the question another way. Has it met since the Government was formed in June?
- Cabinet Committees. (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: I am surprised the Taoiseach does not have an answer to the question he was asked on the dates the committees met. I presume the Taoiseach knows whether this committee has met since the Government was formed in June. This is also true of the Cabinet committee on climate change and energy security. Am I to understand that in a country where we aspire to develop a new economy based on...
- Cabinet Committees. (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Taoiseach for telling us the frequency with which the committees are supposed to meet. We are five months into the life of the Government. It is surprising, to say the least, that the Cabinet committee which deals with the area of science and technology, with its importance for our economy, has not met since the Government was formed in June. It seems to indicate that the foot...
- Cabinet Committees. (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: That is also dealt with by the full Cabinet.
- Task Force on Active Citizenship. (6 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the recent report of the task force on active citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20165/07]
- Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (1 Nov 2007)
Eamon Gilmore: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the European Commission provides through his Department grants in relation to the development of the Irish language in rural areas of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26509/07]