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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 — 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 — 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...

National Recovery Plan 2011 - 2014: Statements. (25 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: .... The most striking feature of all of this is that the Government has no mandate for this plan. It is negotiating a deal behind closed doors, that will bind the next Government in a fiscal and economic straitjacket for the duration of the IMF-EU programme. A number of commentators have suggested that there may be room for manoeuvre in how the programme is implemented and that the IMF and...

Financial Stability Development in Ireland and Elsewhere: Statements (16 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: ...some of the things the Taoiseach has said in the House today, that, for example, our exports are growing and that this is a good country in which to do business. I believe we will get through the economic crisis the country is now facing. I believe also that the majority of people in this country want to put their shoulder to the wheel to help us do that. We have a big problem, namely,...

Lisbon Treaty: Statements. (18 Jun 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ...the Charter of Fundamental Rights by others who were campaigning on the "Yes" side. I was concerned too that a "No" vote would send our country into a period of added uncertainty at a time when, economically, we have enough uncertainty to contend with. It must be said, however, that it was not an easy treaty to communicate. It was not based on one particular big idea, but rather...