Results 1,701-1,720 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Literacy and numeracy are the foundations of learning and freedom, which is why it is right to support families in meeting the costs of education. There are other important social initiatives in this budget. We have provided the resources to restart the construction of social housing and there is funding to tackle some of the worst problems of the bubble era, including Priory Hall, the...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: This is the budget that will take us out of the troika bailout. It will underpin recovery and help to create more jobs. It does everything possible for hard-pressed families and is pointing the way to a better future. When the Government took office 31 months ago, the country was faced with the worst economic crisis in its history. Our economic sovereignty had been surrendered; 250,000...

Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: That term is not used in the letter.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Where does it say logjam?

Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Where does it say logjam?

Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy made that up.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Mattie McGrath should change the dial.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Guiding Principles (16 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: On 16 June 2011, the UN Human Rights Council endorsed "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework”. The Commission Communication of October 2011, entitled “A renewed EU strategy 2011-14 for Corporate Social Responsibility” invited EU member States to develop national plans for the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legislative Programme (16 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I sponsored two items of legislation in 2012 - the European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2012 and the Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012. Regulatory Impact Assessments are carried out on all legislation as necessary. However, most of the legislation brought forward by my Department does not...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 2: Tobacco Products Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The taxpayers of this country pay all of us who come into this House sizeable salaries. In addition to that, the taxpayers of this country also provide resources for Deputies in the form of parliamentary assistants, personal assistants and so forth. Frankly, I believe it is unacceptable to taxpayers in this country that Deputies Daly, Higgins, Boyd Barrett and Mathews would come in here and...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 2: Tobacco Products Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputies should at least come in here on an informed basis. Let us deal with the facts now. First, on tobacco consumption, the proportion of the population that is smoking has fallen. According to the National Tobacco Control Office, 21.7% of the population is currently smoking, compared to 27% in 2003 and 31% in 1998. There are several factors contributing to the decline in the...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 2: Tobacco Products Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: There is a direct correlation there. On the question of illegal consumption, the Revenue Commissioners estimate that the total consumption of non-duty cigarettes in the State is 19%. Of that, 6% is made up of cigarettes purchased legally in other States, that is, cartons that people buy on their holidays abroad and bring home with them. The other 13% is due to smuggling. A number of...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 2: Tobacco Products Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I move: (1) THAT for the purposes of the tax charged by virtue of section 72 of the Finance Act 2005 (No. 5 of 2005), that Act be amended, with effect as on and from 16 October 2013, by substituting the following for Schedule 2 to that Act (as amended by section 49 of the Finance Act 2013 (No. 8 of 2013)): “SCHEDULE 2 RATES OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX (With effect as on and from 16...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 1: Alcohol Products Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy was against it.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy McDonald should go back to whoever wrote her script because it is wrong.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Does that include pensions?

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Are pensions included in the Deputy's definition of assets?

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy does not even know if pensions are included. She does not know her own party policy.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Does Deputy McDonald not accept that jobs have been created?

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: How would Deputy Wallace pay for it?