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Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion. (7 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Is the Minister withdrawing the comment?

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion. (7 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I can understand why the Green Party did not manage to stop US military aeroplanes landing in Shannon Airport, but I cannot understand why it did not get an inspection regime.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion. (7 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: There is some irony in the fact that, while the former Minister, Mr. Michael McDowell, a free marketeer, managed to keep the incinerator out of Ringsend, it will now be built on a Green Party Minister's watch.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion. (7 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: What is new about this Government is not its composition, but the circumstances in which this phase of single party Fianna Fáil rule is taking office. When the Labour Party left office in 1997, the economy was growing at a rate of 10%. Now it is growing at less than 2%, the lowest rate in 20 years. In 1997, jobs were being created at a rate of 1,000 per week. To date this year, jobs are...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion. (7 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: In many cases and if they can find a buyer, that property is worth €100,000 less than what they paid. If the home is an apartment or in a mixed development, they may pay €2,000 per year in rip-off charges to a developer under the masquerade of a management company because the Government has repeatedly refused to accept this side's calls for the regulation of property management...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion. (7 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I was struck by one of the comments made by the Taoiseach in proposing this Government. He stated: "Nowhere is the need for a new approach more acute than in the health service." If that is the case, he has made a bad start because nowhere should he have exercised his authority as Taoiseach to effect a change of ministerial responsibility more than in respect of the Department of Health and...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion. (7 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: There are plenty of jobs in Government which the very able Minister for Health and Children could do. What was clear from last year's general election, however, was the absence of a public mandate for the strategy and approach to the health services being taken by this Minister.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion. (7 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: A clear majority of the people, including many of those who voted for candidates who are now in Government, rejected the approach to health services being taken by the Minister, Deputy Harney. If the Taoiseach really wanted a new approach in health, that is a ministerial change he could and should have made. He has conveyed the impression of being a tough guy at the helm but he was not very...

Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State (8 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the Taoiseach say when he intends to announce the appointment of the remainder of the Ministers of State?

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I also wish to raise the issue of the Morris tribunal report. Publication of that report yesterday on the day when the Government was being formed was an act of political cynicism. It reminded me of the press officer in the UK who circulated a memorandum on 11 September 2001 suggesting to Ministers if they had any bad news to release, it would be a good day to do so. I heard the...

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It was clear that the timing of events yesterday was meant to coincide with main news bulletins. That is very admirable news management and I congratulate the people who organised it.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I am trying to save some time in the future. If that practice continues into the future, then the Members of this House, including the members of the Government, will be going through those lobbies considerably more often than they might expect.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I was not threatening. I was promising.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to reassure the Tánaiste that I do not make threats. However, I promise that if what happened yesterday is repeated there will be consequences.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: What information does the Tánaiste have on when the other Morris reports will be published? She clearly expects that they will be published in a matter of weeks.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on amending the 1932 bus licensing legislation; if the new Dublin Transport Authority will in effect be the new bus licensing authority for the Greater Dublin Area; the powers as regards bus licensing he will transfer from his Department to the new DTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17314/08]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (8 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recommendation to double the penalty points at bank holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17326/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (8 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the terms a contract bed in a private nursing home and long stay maintenance charges are defined in primary legislation, regulation or guidelines issued by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17731/08]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (8 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to clarify and update legislation on eligibility for health and personal social services; if it is intended to address eligibility for chiropodity services, in the context of that legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17732/08]

Decentralisation Programme. (13 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants in his Department who have applied for relocation under the Government's decentralisation programme; the grades in each case; the number of such applicants who have been transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6174/08]