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Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I answered.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Is Deputy Gilmore deaf as well as stupid? I answered 20 and 21 December but the Deputy keeps interfering.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I do not know.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I do not know.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: They did not tell me. They will tell me when I finish because that is what they do. If Deputy Gilmore was there explaining some of his past he would find out about it.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I would like to deal with the casino issues because the Deputy raised them. Having received a report from Department of Finance officials, I do not think that anybody, including myself, did anything improper in meeting various people from various organisations. The point being forcibly made and the story that ran for two days in a national newspaper is that I gave personal approval to some...

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It is proposed to take No. 5, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a Council decision concerning co-operation between asset recovery offices of the member states; No. 6, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Fisheries (Miscellaneous Commercial Licences) (Alteration of Duties) Order 2007 (back from committee); No. 6a, motion re...

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Minister for Foreign Affairs is acutely aware of this issue and has been very active in dealing with it for a number of years. The issue of immigration is extraordinarily fraught in the current campaign and we have to keep in touch with our various contacts on all sides to progress a bilateral arrangement in any way we can. There are a lot of difficulties around this and the most...

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: We have taken note of what Deputy Gilmore and others said last week, when I was asked a number of questions on the matter in the House and by organisations outside the House which were supportive of the Bill but wanted certain amendments to be considered. I can confirm that we discussed the matter and the Bill will not be published for a while. We will not attempt to bring it through the...

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The heads of the child care Bill have just been completed and the legislation is due next year.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I will bring the matter to the attention of the Minister.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The health amendment Bill is listed for 2008. If the reports are produced before Christmas, the Whips can consider the issue of time.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Tánaiste and Minister for Finance has not made me aware of any changes to the practice of providing the documents in place in previous years.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: As I understand it, that is the intention.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: What legislation is the Deputy referring to?

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I will check the matter for the Deputy as I do not have the legislation listed.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Bill is listed for this session but that can roll into January. I do not have a date.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: That is a matter for the Minister. I understand the latest information is that the Bill will be taken in January.

Written Answers — Departmental Publications: Departmental Publications (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Department of the Taoiseach's Annual Report 2006 was presented to Government in April 2007. The Annual Report was subsequently published simultaneously in Irish and English, as required by the Official Languages Act, and copies were supplied to both Houses of the Oireachtas.

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (4 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150, 152 and 153 together. My Department has not carried out a study of opening hours of the public offices under its control. However, the Deputy will be aware that access to public services and choice in how those services are delivered (including opening) are two of the core principles of the Quality Customer Service Initiative. My Department uses...