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Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Apr 2007)

John Gormley: I thank the Minister for putting down these amendments. In particular I indicate how important it is for our water supplies not to be privatised. It is crucial that we retain control of our water supplies and not let them get into the hands of private operators. The Minister may be aware that water will very quickly become a very scarce commodity, and it will be treated as such by...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Apr 2007)

John Gormley: We are and I am responding to what the Minister, Deputy Roche, has just stated. We have been waiting for quite some time since Committee Stage to deal with these very important amendments. I ask the simple question of what the Minister has been doing, and why he has been sitting on his hands or simply smiling smugly over here at us. We have tried to emphasise just how important it is to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 Apr 2007)

John Gormley: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the implementation of policy actions on foot of the Government's Lone Parents Proposals paper published over a year ago. [15330/07]

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (25 Apr 2007)

John Gormley: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has examined the recommendations made by CORI in its socio-economic review 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15329/07]

Risk Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme 2007: Motion (26 Apr 2007)

John Gormley: Will I not have a chance to speak?

Risk Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme 2007: Motion (26 Apr 2007)

John Gormley: Perhaps I will have one minute or even 30 seconds to say that I agree with previous speakers. Let us consider the situation when health insurance was first introduced. It was designed for the wealthiest 15% of society, it was not designed for 54%, as is now the case, because people have no confidence in the public health service which has been run down, especially by the Progressive...

Risk Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme 2007: Motion (26 Apr 2007)

John Gormley: It is true.

Risk Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme 2007: Motion (26 Apr 2007)

John Gormley: The Government is falling between two stools.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (26 Apr 2007)

John Gormley: I welcome the provisions of this legislation and the amendments. Amendment No. 5 which will amend section 29 of the Child Care Act 1991 is very welcome. We require accurate data if we are to deal with the situation. Even in other sectors of the health service, we do not have accurate data. We do not have accurate data in regard to stepdown facilities, as I discovered recently. Therefore,...

Commissions of Investigation: Motions (26 Apr 2007)

John Gormley: We owe a great debt of gratitude to Professor Des O'Neill who compiled a comprehensive report on this matter. The "Prime Time" television programme and Professor O'Neill's work shone a light on a dark chapter in our history. I compare the latter with other dark chapters of institutional abuse we have examined in recent years. Alarm bells should have rung when the Minister for Health and...

Commissions of Investigation: Motions (26 Apr 2007)

John Gormley: I know it well.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (26 Apr 2007)

John Gormley: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason, in view of the fact that the lack of controls on the arms trade is a major factor in fuelling conflict, undermining sustainable development, and ongoing violations of human rights, the Government has not sought to bring the Control of Exports Bill 2007 before Dáil Éireann since it passed in Seanad Éireann on...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (26 Apr 2007)

John Gormley: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of appointments he will make to State boards and other public bodies before June 2007; and the positions that will be filled and are expected to be made by the Government between now and then. [15615/07]

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

John Gormley: That was exactly Deputy Bruton's position.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

John Gormley: Deputy Bruton has changed his tune.

Road Network. (26 Jun 2007)

John Gormley: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The statutory role of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in respect of an approved road development lies in the issuing of directions as to how works of an archaeological nature are to be carried out on an approved route. The recent determination of statutory directions by my predecessor, Deputy Roche, arose in...

Road Network. (26 Jun 2007)

John Gormley: The committee meets for the first time tomorrow to advise on the conduct of the archaeological investigations to be carried out under the directions. It will continue to meet as often as is necessary over the course of the excavation of the monument. I assure the House that I am fully committed to preserving Ireland's internationally renowned archaeological heritage. It is my intention to...

Road Network. (26 Jun 2007)

John Gormley: ——and that it would, had it been in government, have insisted on the current route being followed. Fine Gael is not in government and what we are hearing from it at present is sour grapes and nothing more. To ensure the highest levels of transparency and accountability, I also intend to release the entire file on Lismullen to the media in the near future.

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (26 Jun 2007)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 729 and 755 together. It is my intention to hold discussions with both Dublin City Council and the Dublin Regional Authority who are both progressing plans for the Bay area, and liaise with other relevant Government Departments and stakeholders regarding the overall management and co-ordination required to positively advance a future framework for Dublin Bay....

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (26 Jun 2007)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 730, 752 and 777 together. Drafting of the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill — which will provide for, among other things, a new scheme for tenant purchase involving the sale of local authority apartments to tenants under certain conditions and revised terms — is being advanced as quickly as possible. It is anticipated that the Bill will be...