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Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, will bring forward proposals for that Bill before the end of the year. The Deputy can be assured that the commitment given in the programme for Government will be delivered on. When the Order of Business is concluded in a few minutes, the House will be asked to agree a motion to approve the commencement of the legislation for...

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: First, the Priory Hall issue is being dealt with. As I have said, the process that has been put in place is intended to be activated quickly. I will not prejudge the outcome of that. It will be dealt with quickly. The residents of Priory Hall have waited a very long time. I accept that there were judicial issues, legal issues, etc., for a period of time. The problems in Priory Hall are...

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Our objective has always been to put in place the pathway and architecture to enable households and families to secure a settlement of their mortgage arrears difficulties with their financial institutions. That has to be done on a case-by-case basis. Progress is being made on it. We will continue to monitor it because at the end of the day-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Absolutely.

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Let me tell them publicly.

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I say to the banks that we want the issue of mortgage arrears with households resolved and we do not want any issue of attitude, arrogance or any other term that Deputy McDonald wants to put on it. We want this problem solved. That is why we passed the legislation. That is why we established the personal insolvency service. That is also why such provision was included in the...

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Let nobody be in any doubt about our determination as a Government. We have put in place the legislation and the method - the personal insolvency service - for persons to resolve their mortgage difficulties, and the banks and everybody else need to get on with that. The Central Bank has set targets and we will monitor it, month by month, until the problem is fully resolved.

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: There are more persons today with medical cards than at any time in the history of the State.

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: There are currently 50%-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: -----who have medical cards. This is at a time when, as we are all aware, there has been extreme pressure on the public finances. It has always been the case that medical cards are reviewed upon renewal. The Government's approach is that medical card applications should be looked at sympathetically. The financial circumstances of individuals and their medical needs are taken into...

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: It is perfectly clear that Deputy Healy raised this issue to make a political point and a political charge against the Government, particularly the Labour Party.

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: We are dealing with two matters. The Government has protected provision for special needs education and I have outlined the details, including additional special classes and the measures taken to protect special needs assistants and resource teachers. The question arises as to why we find individual cases or a particular problem in an individual school-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: ----- where a child clearly needs provision and ask why the matter is not being addressed. The Minister for Education and Skills is doing a number of things to square these two points. He has appointed Mr. Eamon Stack to carry out an assessment of the allocation model to discover why the protection of resources does not appear, in some cases, to be translated on the ground. The Minister...

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: With regard to Priory Hall, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, has initiated a process and within a short period of time it will work up solutions with stakeholders. The process started this morning and the Minister expects to have a report shortly. The Priory Hall issue is being dealt with quite quickly by the Government and I hope for a...

Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I am not familiar with the details of Kate Crowley's situation, as referred to by the Deputy. The Minister for Education and Skills has likewise indicated that he is not aware of it. I assure the Deputy, however, that the Minister will examine the case, find out what has happened and respond to the Deputy very quickly indeed. It is fair to say that where somebody has a need, that need...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European External Action Service (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The European External Action Service (EEAS) reported to EU Member States in July last that High Representative Ashton had raised the allegations of surveillance at EU Offices with both US Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Advisor Susan Rice. I have received no further clarification as yet. The EEAS have informed us that while no formal response has as of yet been...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Paragraph 34 of Strand One of the Good Friday Agreement provided for the establishment of a consultative Civic Forum. Section 56 of the Northern Ireland Act1998 required the First Minister and the deputy First Minister, with the approval of the Assembly, to make arrangements for obtaining the views of the Civic Forum.The Forum was set up in October 2000 and was suspended along with the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Ministerial Council (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The North South Ministerial Council meets in three formats: Plenary, Institutional and Sectoral. The next Plenary meeting is scheduled to take place in November 2013 and to be chaired by the First Minister and deputy First Minister. While the Northern Ireland administration will therefore propose the agenda on this occasion, it is likely that discussions will touch on financial, economic...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Application Refusals (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Passports Act, 2008 requires that before issuing a passport to a person, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade shall be satisfied as to the identity of each applicant and that the person is an Irish citizen. The issue of a passport is the culmination of an important and legally binding process. The checks and balances within the passport process embrace the standard principles that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Issues (19 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I am taking the question to refer to the informal meeting of Foreign Ministers in Lithuania on 6/7 September, rather than to the most recent Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 21 August, which focussed specifically on Egypt.At our meeting on 7 September, EU Foreign Ministers and High Representative Ashton exchanged views on the renewed political process in the Middle East, and the direct...