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Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (2 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Defence if the contract has been awarded in relation to the publicity and awareness campaign to promote recruitment to the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26011/08]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in the years 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008 who had full medical cards and who now are only in receipt of a general practitioner card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26152/08]

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to raise three matters. I am sure the Tánaiste will join with me in welcoming the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt——

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——who suffered a terrible ordeal over six years at the hands of FARC, a gang of narco-terrorists with an apparent interest in eco-tourism. I understand the Government is to table a motion in respect of next week's debate on the economy. When will that motion be issued to the Opposition and will it set out in detail the measures the Government intends to take arising from yesterday's...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: This is about legislation.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: We have a set of circumstances——

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The HSE is responsible for every single euro of income tax collected in this country.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: That is what we are talking about. That is the size of the HSE budget. A newspaper article in today's The Irish Times states the HSE is to be regionalised.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: RTE is confused about this. It thinks this is a bad idea on a bad day and that the Government has left it to Deputy Charlie O'Connor to explain it.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: There has been no ministerial announcement about this.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Am I correct that the motion on the economy will not be available until after the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday?

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: What is the status of the HSE announcement? Is this Government policy or an internal HSE idea? If it is Government policy, why has no ministerial statement issued in this regard?

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: This is a pretty significant announcement. The Government rushed through legislation to centralise operations in the HSE.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: We are now to return to regional structures and there has been no ministerial announcement in this regard. What is the status of this announcement? Is this a Government plan to regionalise the HSE?

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not understand it.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not understand it, a Cheann Comhairle. If legislation was required to go from a regional structure to a centralised structure then it must be required to go back again.

Written Answers — School Text Books: School Text Books (3 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average cost of a set of text books for the three years of the junior certificate; the role his Department has in recommending, directing or otherwise authorising official texts books for each subject of the junior certificate course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26077/08]

Departmental Staff. (8 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the non-established civil servants or contract staff currently employed in his Department; if changes are planned in respect of these personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14625/08]

Departmental Staff. (8 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the role and responsibility of the special political advisers or other non-Civil Service staff employed by him; if changes are planned in regard to these personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14626/08]

Departmental Staff. (8 Jul 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand the Taoiseach has arranged a press conference for 3.15 p.m., immediately after Taoiseach's Questions, at which he intends to announce the decisions that were made by the Government this morning with regard to the state of the public finances and the economy. As regards the questions currently before him, will he tell the House if the Government has made any decision concerning...