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Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Taoiseach.

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will list the persons appointed to State boards or agencies operating under the aegis of his Department since 1 January 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20154/07]

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: What changes, if any, have been made since the reformation of the Fianna Fáil Government, with the participation on this occasion of the Green Party, following the general election? Is it the case, as the Taoiseach previously stated publicly, that those selected by him for appointment to boards are his friends? Has there been any move towards the method proposed in March by the Green Party...

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: What understanding exists between the parties in government with regard to the making of appointments to State boards? Is there an arrangement by which the smaller parties in government can make or recommend nominees for appointment to these boards?

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Is there an understanding or agreement in terms of allocations, ratios, proportions and so on between the parties in government with regard to the making of appointments to State boards?

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: There is no agreement.

Standards in Public Office. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach his views on changes to the code of conduct for office holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20155/07]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach the action he will take arising from the report of the MacEntee commission into aspects of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20156/07]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he has raised or intends to raise with the British Prime Minister the report of the MacEntee commission into aspects of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20157/07]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Following the publication of the MacEntee report, the Taoiseach stated that there should be a broader debate on the issue of collusion. The Justice for the Forgotten group is particularly anxious that this debate should take place. What are the plans in that regard? Last week, the Garda Commissioner announced that he was establishing a cold case type arrangement within the Garda to re-open...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: On behalf of the Labour Party, I join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in expressing my personal sympathy and that of my party with Mary Keegan and her family on the death of the late Seán Keegan. For someone to have served through four decades as a public representative from the time of his election to Westmeath County Council in 1955 to his time in Dáil Éireann in the 1980s is a great...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: When I asked the Taoiseach yesterday about the legislation he plans to have enacted in this session, one of the Bills he mentioned was the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005, which is the Bill that enables and empowers the Government to close down tribunals. I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Sargent, will recall that when this Bill was initially published, the Green Party expressed strong...

Fire Services: Motion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to share time with Deputy Ciarán Lynch, who proposed the original motion.

Fire Services: Motion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank Deputies Lynch and McManus for the comprehensive argument they made last night in support of the Labour Party motion. As someone who lives in Shankill, just two miles from Bray, I have close connections with the community in that town. Therefore, I understand the real sense of shock that was felt in Bray and throughout the country at the untimely and tragic deaths of Brian Murray...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress of his consideration of legislation to regulate lobbyists as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22809/07]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the Electoral Acts to provide for increased transparency in the funding of political parties and for greater scrutiny of political party expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22810/07]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (11 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will introduce a system of postcodes; if he will publish the National Postcode Project Board's feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis on the potential introduction of postcodes; if the report put a price tag of €80 to €90 million for the full implementation of postcodes; the amount of this that...

Written Answers — Renewable Energy Resources: Renewable Energy Resources (11 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm comments by a senior advisor from Sustainable Energy Ireland that Ireland's real target for renewable energy for electricity for 2020 is 6% rather than 33% as outlined in the Energy White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23047/07]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the costs accrued to date to his Department in respect of the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20158/07]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: As I understand it, the figure given by the Taoiseach in respect of the total cost to date of the Moriarty tribunal, which is almost €30 million, is in respect of administration of the tribunal and the legal fees paid to the tribunal's lawyers. Does his Department have a ballpark figure for what will be the likely cost, including third party costs, that may be made by the tribunal to those...