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Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I agree with Deputy Bruton on the need for a debate on the Shannon issue and hope the Ceann Comhairle, as indicated, will allow Private Notice Questions on the issue later today. One of the committees proposed to be established by the Government is a transport committee. The Labour Party intends to propose to that committee that the Ministers currently and previously in the Department of...

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: No wonder he cannot find him in the phone book.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: What is the name of the Department?

Port Development. (18 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will bring the harbours Bill before Dáil Éireann in order to facilitate the plans of the Drogheda Port Company; if there will be separate legislation needed to establish Bremore Port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24278/07]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (18 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for his decision not to provide a default speed limit on non-public roads in view of the fact that it means that no urban speed limit is applied to estates not taken in charge by the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24277/07]

Benchmarking Awards. (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the additional costs accruing to his Department arising from the benchmarking process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21547/07]

Benchmarking Awards. (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: When will the second round of the benchmarking process which is under way be completed and when will a new benchmarking report be published? Over the weekend there was newspaper speculation that this round would give rise to a ballpark increase of 3% across the board for public sector salaries. Has the Taoiseach's attention been drawn to these reports? Are they wide of the mark or close to...

Benchmarking Awards. (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach, in his reply, stated that the report will be available at the end of this year. Has any provision been made for the implications of the benchmarking report in the Estimates or in the pre-budget summary that was published last week? How is it intended to factor in the consequences of the benchmarking report with regard to the Estimates for public finances for next year?

Benchmarking Awards. (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Working on the assumption that the pre-budget figures published last week include provision for the normal pay rounds and a notional figure for benchmarking, what will be the increase in pay? In some Departments, the proposed allocation, or Estimate, for next year is either approximately the same as that for last year or, in some cases, slightly less. What is the ballpark pay provision in...

Benchmarking Awards. (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I am sorry to pursue this further but we received last week the figures for the public finances on which the budget will be based. As I understand from the Taoiseach's second reply, the pay provisions included in those figures reflect incremental pay increases for next year.

Benchmarking Awards. (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: That is fair enough. I presume they reflect the normal pay round increases for next year. I understood from the Taoiseach's first reply that there was also some kind of notional provision in the Estimates in respect of benchmarking. If not, and if a benchmarking report is issued at the end of this year, how is it intended to implement benchmarking in 2008?

Programmes for Government. (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the principal areas of the programme for Government that are his Department's responsibility with regard to implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19886/07]

Programmes for Government. (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the programme for Government. [20159/07]

Programmes for Government. (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the areas of the programme for Government for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20160/07]

Programmes for Government. (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: They were bought.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach is reported in today's newspapers as quite rightly describing the murders at the weekend of Paul Quinn and John Daly as horrendous and of describing the killers as vicious thugs who must be treated accordingly. He stated further that as a community we have to stop being tolerant of these people. The community is not tolerant of crimes such as murder, shootings and what we saw...

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I know the Garda have to collect the evidence and perhaps it would have a better chance of getting evidence if members of the force were working more in the community than they appear to be. The availability of gardaí in some communities is very low. I suggest that a Garda presence in the community would increase the possibility of getting evidence. Second, the Taoiseach has been urged by...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in expressing my sympathy and the sympathy of the Labour Party with the family of the late John Wilson. There are few people of whom it can be said more truly than of John Wilson that he led a full life. He was an outstanding sportsman, a great teacher, a scholar and an outstanding public servant. His commitment to public service and to the country...

Order of Business (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: We have not agreed that.

Order of Business (23 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: What are the Government's plans for the introduction of legislation to give effect to the boundary changes outlined in the Constituency Commission's report, which we received today?