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Written Answers — Údarás na Gaeltachta: Údarás na Gaeltachta (27 Sep 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 25: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mó post atá cruthaithe sa Ghaeltacht i mbliana le cabhair Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [20993/07]

Written Answers — Úsáid na Gaeilge: Úsáid na Gaeilge (27 Sep 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 37: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a fhoilseodh sé an staidéar agus na moltaí faoi theorainn na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [20994/07]

Departmental Appointments. (2 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the non-established civil servants or contract staff appointed to his Department since the general election 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20152/07]

Departmental Appointments. (2 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I am interested to hear that the Taoiseach's relationship with the Sunday Independent is now akin to Deputy Ó Caoláin's relationship with An Phoblacht. How does the liaison between the political advisers and special advisers from his Department and other Departments work in practice? Do regular meetings take place between the Taoiseach's advisers and advisers from the line Departments and...

Departmental Appointments. (2 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Has the number of assistant Government press officers increased as a result of the increase in the number of parties participating in Government?

Cross-Departmental Teams. (2 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach when the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnership last met; when the next meeting is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20153/07]

Cross-Departmental Teams. (2 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: There are two questions I wish to pursue with the Taoiseach. He stated this cross-departmental team held its last meeting this morning. On how many occasions has the cross-departmental team met since this question was last asked in the House on 27 February last? Second, can I briefly pursue with the Taoiseach his response in respect of the residential construction sector? As I understood...

Cross-Departmental Teams. (2 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I share the Taoiseach's wish that there will be a soft landing, as has been referred to, and that we will not see grief. There have been indications for some time that we are moving towards a significant reduction in house construction activity. The Taoiseach referred to the lending practices of the banks, which have been in place for building land for some time. Indications have also come...

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: We should not have to legislate for standards. We should have them. Six years ago the Government published a national health strategy which stated that by the end of 2003 no adult would have to wait for longer than six months for a procedure and no child would have to wait for longer than three months. A report by Fergal Bowers for RTE today says that at present 12,000 adults are waiting...

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach's recitation of figures will be poor consolation to those people who are waiting for an operation. I wish to deal in particular with the HSE embargo. This type of staggering from in one month announcing an embargo on recruitment to the next month announcing its continuation is hardly the way to run the health service. It is also inconsistent. I do not know if the Taoiseach...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (2 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I rise to pay tribute to the late Joe Sherlock, friend and comrade over many years, and an outstanding representative of the people. Three weeks ago when I attended his funeral in Cork and stood at his graveside, I was struck by the great affection that the people of Cork had for Joe Sherlock and the great respect they had for him. I remember in particular, when the funeral was over, people...

Order of Business (2 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I agree with Deputy Kenny on this issue and express concern regarding the delay in the formation of the committees of the House. Such committees do not deal merely with legislation, they also deal with important matters such as consideration of the Estimates. Does the Taoiseach intend to schedule debates on Estimates in the House pending the establishment of the committees, which, in due...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Tell him about Beaumont Hospital.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív, stated that the HSE is an impossible organisation with which to deal and that he can make neither head nor tail of it. He was a member of the Cabinet that invented, designed, framed and legislated for the HSE and brought it into being. If he can make neither head nor tail of it, what chance has a patient who is...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: We have professional people, namely, consultants, doctors and nurses, in our health service and most people's experience of it, once accessed, is good. The problem is that people are unable to access frontline services as a result of the cancellation or postponement of procedures and because appointments are not being made. One must go through a maze of bureaucracy in order to find out what...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I am fascinated by the manner in which the Taoiseach describes the Government's relationship with the HSE. He seems to think it is the function of Government to advise the HSE or to have a word in its ear with, perhaps, a member of Cabinet then taking a kick at it when it is sufficiently popular to do so. Will the Taoiseach take any responsibility for the HSE? The function of the HSE is,...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach believes his role is the provision of advice to the HSE by way of a word in its ear. I put it to the Taoiseach that the embargo in respect of recruitment did not arise out of thin air. I do not believe the HSE simply decided one morning to introduce an embargo on staff recruitment.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Did the Taoiseach or Government tell the HSE not to recruit more staff? Is he insisting its budget is now more important to him than the patients it serves?

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The current embargo has been in place for a month and is now to be extended for another month. Will the Taoiseach issue a direction to the HSE to recruit frontline staff so that the service can at least continue at whatever unsatisfactory level it operated up to now? If, as the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív, says, it is not working, will the Taoiseach...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Local management is blamed.