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Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----we have a proposal from the Government that the Bill dealing with the regulation of banks be guillotined at 1 p.m. without the amendments to it being dealt with.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Three and a half hours have been allocated for Report and Final Stages of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009. There are 127 amendments to be dealt with, one of which, amendment No. 120, is ten pages long. This matter was raised by the Chairman of the Select Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Seán Fleming, with the Committee on Procedure and...

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Many of these amendments, Deputy Fleming stated in his letter, have far-reaching consequences, yet their context, purpose and rationale were not made clear to Members and the ensuing debate was "seriously compromised".

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand the Committee on Procedure and Privileges made a decision last night that, in future, where Ministers introduce amendments to their Bill - which in this case amounted to two and a half times the size of the Bill itself - they should present an additional explanatory memorandum.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Bill being presented and being complained about is to be rushed through in three and a half hours without the explanatory memoranda sought by Deputy Fleming or the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. This is a planning Bill - if a planning applicant came in at the last minute with additional information that was two and a half times the size of the original planning application, we...

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I want the Tánaiste to tell us if the Government intends to withdraw the item today so it can be processed further, in line with the decision made by the Committee on Procedure and Privileges that proper explanatory memoranda be presented with the Bill.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I will oppose this item. I thank the Tánaiste for apologising to the House on behalf of the Government for what has happened and I acknowledge her remarks that there was a 12 hour debate on Second Stage but these amendments were submitted by the Minister after the Second Stage debate had concluded. We are talking about planning legislation, which is complex at the best of times. The...

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Tánaiste for agreeing to have a discussion on the cystic fibrosis unit in St. Vincent's hospital next week. She will recall that when we had a discussion on this yesterday the Labour Party Whip requested that there would be such a discussion. I understand it was discussed by the Whips and I am glad that time is being provided for it. I am sure the Tánaiste will have seen the...

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is because a Bill is promised, the legal costs Bill.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I know it is late in the session but it is perfectly in order. The legal costs Bill is promised to provide for the regulation and assessment of legal costs and publication is expected in 2011. Given that an OECD report on legal costs which recommended reform of the legal profession was published in 2001 and, subsequently, a Competition Authority report was published on the same area, I ask...

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----in order that the kind of practice that the Taxing Master described as grossly excessive can be brought to an end.

Written Answers — Active Citizenship: Active Citizenship (1 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent work of the task force on active citizenship. [6734/10]

Written Answers — Educational Projects: Educational Projects (1 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 309: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider allocating funding for the establishment of a much needed early start unit for Travellers at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29174/10]

Tribunals of Inquiry (6 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach the total costs accruing to his Department arising from the Moriarty Tribunal up to the end of May 2010; if an estimate is available of the final cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26376/10]

Tribunals of Inquiry (6 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Does the Taoiseach have any further information as to when the remaining witness who was to be called to the Moriarty tribunal is likely to appear? The sole member had decided to hear evidence from Mr. Andersen but there was some dispute as to whether the latter was willing to attend. I understand lawyers for Mr. Andersen have clarified that he is willing to attend. That was some months...

Tribunals of Inquiry (6 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Kenny asked about the statement made by the Minister for Finance in July 2008 to the effect that legal counsel to the tribunal would no longer be paid once public hearings had ceased. We had all understood that public hearings had ceased and then information emerged that one further witness was to be heard. If, to all intents and purposes with the exception of one witness, public...

Regulatory Reform (6 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach the progress made regarding the implementation of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Report on Regulatory Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26377/10]

Regulatory Reform (6 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Is it intended that the high level group will make any specific recommendations about reducing the amount of red tape that business has to deal with and about simplifying the regulatory regime that now applies to many areas of life? With regard to his Department's unit dealing with better regulation, my understanding is that this was conducting some kind of review of all of the regulatory...

Regulatory Reform (6 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It has been ongoing for a long time. The former Minister with responsibility for enterprise, the Minister, Deputy Mary Harney, launched a programme back in 2000 which she said would alleviate the significant burden of administrative requirements on small businesses, yet we still hear of cases where some of the requirements on business are absolutely ludicrous. For example, ISME recently...

Leaders' Questions. (6 Jul 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I too have been reading the report from the Government dealing with the problems mortgage holders are having in repaying their loans. The report includes 41 recommendations. There will be a lot of letters written back and forth between lenders and borrowers but the only firm recommendation I can see is that the one-year moratorium on legal action by lenders cannot be extended. That stands...