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Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Bear with me, a Cheann Comhairle, there is promised legislation in this.

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: There is no mention of Poolbeg in this statement. It states Government policy on waste management is in the programme for Government and that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, has the Government's full support in implementing it. It also states there will be a levy on incineration in legislation to appear in the future. What is not clarified -...

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The only incineration policy this statement is addressing is the singeing of the Minister's electoral behind in Ringsend.

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Is the contract signed by Dublin City Council in compliance with Government policy or not? This statement tells us about what will happen in the future with waste management policy. It also tells us a few actions the Minister, Deputy Gormley, could perhaps have taken in his first two years in office which could have prevented his current difficulties in Ringsend. What is the status of the...

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: What about the lost at sea report raised by Deputy Creed yesterday? There were statements about the report in the House last Thursday. The Ombudsman has asked the Oireachtas to reach a conclusion on the matter, which is why she referred the report to it. I wrote to the Taoiseach on Friday suggesting the report should be referred to the appropriate Oireachtas committee. Has he considered...

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: So the contract stands?

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (10 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on national road safety in view of the recall of thousands of vehicles by a number of global car manufacturers including 26,000 vehicles by a company (details supplied); if he has been briefed by the company or representatives of other car manufacturers here on this matter; his further views on whether regulations should be introduced...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (10 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent resolution of the air traffic controllers' dispute at Dublin Airport which caused the closure of Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports for more than four hours in January 2010; if all the outstanding industrial relations issues between the air traffic controllers, their representatives and Irish Aviation Authority...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Those of us who were privileged to be in this House in July 1990 will always remember the occasion when Nelson Mandela addressed the House. Today, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his release, it is appropriate to remember a man who persevered all his life for what he believed in pursuit of the rights of his people, who suffered enormously for his beliefs and made such a difference...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: In what respect am I out of order, a Cheann Comhairle?

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a report commissioned by a Department. If the Ceann Comhairle had waited, he would have heard the question, which is to ask the Tánaiste when that report will be laid before the House, which is perfectly in order.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I know the Tánaiste has many reports crossing her desk and I wanted to describe the nature of the report so that she would be able to give me an accurate reply. When will the report we have read about this morning in the Irish Independent, which was obtained by that newspaper under freedom of information provisions and which concerns the waste of space, the €7.8 million spent on the space...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It has become utterly dysfunctional and, apparently, the HSE now has a proposal that will centralise all of the processing of medical cards. This is removing the access people have to local offices to pursue their application, and sometimes maybe talk with the official dealing with it-----

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----by sending it into some centralised office. My colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, is tabling a motion for the health committee that there should be no further centralisation of medical card processing until the health committee has an opportunity to examine the dysfunctionality which is already evident in the dealing with the over 70s medical cards. Will the Government agree to that...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Tánaiste for being more forthcoming in reply to the question about Halifax than the Taoiseach was yesterday.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am obliged. The question I was pursuing yesterday with the Taoiseach is what efforts the Government has made or is making to save the jobs at Halifax and in respect of the people who have mortgages with that bank. I made the point that in many cases these are 100% mortgages, some of which might now be more exposed than would otherwise be the case. The Tánaiste has confirmed that the...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: She is perfectly in order.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: On a point of order, Deputy Burton is perfectly in order in asking about this particular matter. With respect, I do not think the Ceann Comhairle should interrupt her when she is perfectly in order. Second, I draw to the Ceann Comhairle's attention that he repeatedly interrupts Deputy Burton every time she raises matters on the Order of Business.

Written Answers — Dental Treatment Services: Dental Treatment Services (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the cap on the dental treatment services scheme will operate; if its implementation will mean that medical card holders that need dental treatment towards the end of the year may not be given it free of charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6972/10]

Freedom of Information. (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the number of applications made to his Department under the freedom of information legislation during 2009; the number of requests that were granted; the way these figures compare to each year from 2002 to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3176/10]