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European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I am entitled to make a contribution. I want to address the issue of loss of sovereignty, which was raised by Deputy Wallace. The whole point of this exercise is to recover our sovereignty. In many respects we lost our economic sovereignty when the deal was struck with the troika at the end of 2010. We are trying to regain our economic sovereignty.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: We are sending it home, with the troika, and restoring the country's economic sovereignty. We are getting people back to work and restoring the country's economic fortunes. Sinn Féin's only answer is the fairytale it calls its economic policy.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government's economic plan is about restoring the country's economic sovereignty and getting us out of the economic mess in which we find ourselves. Everybody in the country understands this and that this is difficult and will not happen overnight. Sinn Féin has a fairy tale that we have to make a €3.5 billion budget adjustment, but it also claims that it can produce fairy...

Leaders' Question (15 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: -----to make social welfare payments, to pay for all of the services which the Deputy rightly demands every day in this House? This Government will restore and is restoring the country's economic sovereignty. The steps we are taking will get us out of the economic difficulty we are in. Some of the decisions we have to make and are making are difficult. We are making them, we will make...

Leaders' Question (15 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...and taking responsibility for it. I am very much aware of what is in the Proclamation. The problem we have and the problem the country has is that when we took office, the country had lost its economic sovereignty.

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (17 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The wording of successive EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreements has stated that the Agreements apply to "the waters falling within the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Morocco". Morocco regards the Western Sahara and its waters as a part of its territory. However, Ireland and our EU partners do not recognise Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara. Western Sahara...

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: That is why our programme and strategy is to work our way to economic recovery. That cannot be done by some kind of abracadabra economics which Deputy McDonald seems to advocate from time to time. It must be done consistently and over a period of time. She talks about people external to this country. The reality, given the state of the economy we inherited this time last year, was that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Rockall Island (11 Jun 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: During the 1960s and 1970s the issue of Rockall was a source of legal and political controversy in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. The UK claims sovereignty over Rockall and has sought to formally annex it under its 1972 Island of Rockall Act.While Ireland has not recognised British sovereignty over Rockall, it has never sought to claim sovereignty for itself. The consistent position of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (6 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...take Questions Nos. 40 and 44 together. I am deeply concerned about developments in Ukraine in recent days. I have strongly condemned the Russian action in Crimea, which severely threatens the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and have called on Russia to withdraw troops immediately to their bases. Russia’s actions are in clear breach of international law and of...

Written Answers — Rockall Island: Rockall Island (24 Mar 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...21 metres above sea level. During the 1960s and 1970s the issue of Rockall was a source of legal and political controversy in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over Rockall and has sought to formally annex it under its 1972 Island of Rockall Act. While Ireland has not recognised British sovereignty over Rockall, it has never sought to claim...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (6 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Ocean, protrudes 21 metres above sea level. During the 1960s and 1970s the issue of Rockall was a source of legal and political controversy in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. The UK claims sovereignty over Rockall and has sought to formally annex it under its 1972 Island of Rockall Act. While Ireland has not recognised British sovereignty over Rockall, it has never sought to claim...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Prime Minister signed a new “State Building Contract” programme worth €355 million which, together with €10 million to support civil society, will help the government to address short-term economic stabilisation needs and implement governance reforms aimed at promoting inclusive socio-economic development. This meeting in Brussels has been followed up with a...

Written Answers — Development of the European Union: Development of the European Union (2 Jun 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. The development of the European Union has frequently been marked by periods of tension between, on the one hand, the process of a degree of pooling of sovereignty and intensified cooperation and, on the other, increased reliance on the nation state and its protection. Not surprisingly, this tension sometimes appears stronger at times of economic...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Fianna Fáil left office in February last year it left behind it a budget deficit of €22.4 billion, 444,000 people unemployed, a banking collapse that ended up costing the taxpayer €64 billion and our economic sovereignty surrendered because the country could no longer pay its bills. One can only marvel at the sheer neck of the 19 Fianna Fáil men on the benches opposite.

EU Presidency: Statements (9 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...what we have done since the Union's foundation. Despite many predictions of doom or imminent downfall, including from within this House, Europe has weathered many ups and downs, building post-war economic recovery, surviving the oil crises, celebrating the post-communist reunification of Europe and enduring the current economic and financial crisis. Throughout, Europe has shown time and...

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: ...a long and difficult slog to get to this point but it has been worth it. This package of measures will make a marked difference to Ireland's debt sustainability, our prospects of regaining our economic sovereignty and the process of economic recovery. We will reduce our borrowing requirement by €20 billion over the next ten years. We will reduce our deficit by an annual figure of...

European Summit: Motion (8 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...their vital national interests. That is, of course, exactly what the Taoiseach will be doing in Brussels tonight and tomorrow. Similarly, the Taoiseach is not in the business of handing over our economic sovereignty - quite the contrary. This Government intends to be the one that retrieves our economic sovereignty, which has been severely diluted by dint of being dependent on funding...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukrainian Conflict (2 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...and cooperation with Kiev in the human rights field at the twenty-sixth session of the UN Human Rights Council currently underway in Geneva. The draft Resolution reaffirms our commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders. There have been several positive developments in recent weeks – not...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (19 May 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...sense of duty, of service to the Republic, compelled him to turn analysis into action. He sought and was elected to public office, to turn ideas into policy and policy into action. The problems of economics were only one of his many concerns. From his earliest days in public life, he was determined to address the then festering sore that was Anglo-Irish relations and the deeply troubled...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (28 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...(FAC) implemented the second phase of measures involving the imposition of travel restrictions and an asset freeze against 21 Russian and Ukrainian individuals involved in undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. That number has since been progressively increased to 61 individuals, both Russian and Ukrainian. At the last Foreign Affairs Council on 12 May, in...