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Programme for Government. (12 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Is it the Taoiseach's intention to consult the Opposition parties on the proposed changes in the composition of the Standards in Public Office Commission, as was the practice?

Programme for Government. (12 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: These questions cover a wide area. My question deals with the implementation of the civic life section of the programme for Government. One of the subsections deals with ethics and investigations. This year the Government published the Ethics in Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2007, the purpose of which was to provide that where a Member of the Dáil or Seanad proposed to accept a...

Programme for Government. (12 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Does the Government intend to go ahead with it?

Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: At the beginning of this session the Government indicated that it intended to publish 17 Bills in this session. It has managed to date to publish three of those, two of which are the Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill, which simply transferred the roads functions from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to the Department of Transport arising from the...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: ——if the Government is not able to get out its own legislative programme. What is wrong?

Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: This is quite astonishing. Why is the Government not able to get out its own Bills?

Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: They have been asked before.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: You have.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Operations: Defence Forces Operations (12 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on his recent visit to Sweden to attend the final ground exercise for the Nordic battlegroup. [34155/07]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (12 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on his address to the RACO biennial delegate conference in Kilkenny on 27 November, 2007. [34156/07]

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Under the Standards in Public Office Act 2001, this House is required to pass a resolution appointing a former Member of the Houses of the Oireachtas to the Standards in Public Office Commission. When this arose six years ago there was agreement in the House and former Member and Minister Liam Kavanagh was appointed to the commission. Yesterday, during Question Time, I asked the Taoiseach...

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Second, I object strongly to the fact that there has been no consultation on this matter. I want to make it clear that, when the resolution required to appoint former Deputy Michael Smith as a member of the commission is brought before the House, the Labour Party will oppose it in these circumstances. I say this with some regret because it is a matter on which there should be agreement in...

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Is it intended to move the resolution next week?

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: This is not about Deputy Michael Smith's personal suitability or otherwise for appointment. Actually, he is former Deputy Michael Smith. He was a recent Member of the House and I still refer to him as "Deputy Smith". I have the height of regard for him and I do not want to make an issue of him, but a number of elements are the wrong way around. First, the Act requires that the appointment...

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I did not say that.

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: No, it does not.

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a resolution of the House.

Written Answers — Prison Discipline: Prison Discipline (13 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures being planned by the Irish Prison Service for the introduction of mobile phone jamming equipment; the reason this plan is necessary if adequate measures are in place to prevent the smuggling of mobile phones into prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34526/07]

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (13 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the concerns expressed by a person (details supplied) that the building of large scale prisons, such as Thornton Hall, will do nothing to reduce violence in prisons and that smaller units are a better way to minimise violence and provide opportunities for rehabilitation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Northern Ireland Issues. (18 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his plans for the future of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation. [29415/07]