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Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Apr 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government has had nine years to reform it.

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Apr 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: How much longer does the Government need? The normal term of a Government is five years.

Electoral Registration Commissioner Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Apr 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Andrews represents one of the few constituencies where the population is falling.

Electoral Registration Commissioner Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Apr 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: On behalf of the Labour Party I thank all Members who contributed to this debate. The electoral register is the spinal cord of our democratic life. If it is damaged, the body politic is disabled. An accurate electoral register is essential for the accuracy and integrity of our elections. For some time now the Labour Party has been drawing attention to the unprecedented inaccuracy of the...

Written Answers — National Cancer Strategy: National Cancer Strategy (26 Apr 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to ensure tighter regulations of sunbed use, in particular the banning of the use of sunbeds for all those under the age of 18 as called for by the Irish Cancer Society; her views on the fact that at present there are no rules or regulations governing sunbeds despite the high level of skin...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (26 Apr 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to address concerns from hospital consultants to establish a national re-admission study to assess the number of patients who had to be taken back into hospital with the same illness within a short period of time after discharge; her views on management moves to instruct consultants to...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the excessive delay in reintroducing height restrictions for heavy goods vehicles; if he has submitted the draft regulations to the European Commission for consideration and for referral to other Member States in accordance with the Technical Standards and Regulations Directive (details supplied). [16244/06]

Written Answers — Road Signage: Road Signage (3 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he proposes to take to consolidate regulations with the aim of curbing the proliferation of road traffic signage in urban areas, particularly in relation to bus lane and cycle lane signage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16245/06]

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings delivered to date under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; the number of such units which were for social housing and for affordable housing; the number of private house completions since the commencement date of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a...

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I understand that up to the end of 2005, just over 2,000 units of accommodation were delivered under Part V of the Planning and Development Act and that he expects another 8,000 over the next three years. This is a far cry from the predictions made by the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey, when he...

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister of State says it will all happen in time. How much more time does he need to provide for the housing needs of people who cannot afford to buy their own home or those who need social housing? He has had nine years to do it, including six since the Planning and Development Act was passed, but has only produced 2,000 under Part V. He says this is because old planning permissions...

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: How much time does the Minister of State want? He has had more than nine years to do it, but he has doubled the number of people on council waiting lists in that time. House prices are three or four times what they were when the Government came into office and working families on two incomes cannot afford to buy houses they could have bought on one income then. How much time does the Minister...

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: They ran out at the end of 2002 and the Minister of State handed them back.

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Supply for whom? It was not for those who cannot afford to buy.

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: They cannot afford to buy a home of their own.

Election Management System. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: How much money will the Minister make available to local authorities for this new exercise? Has he considered a suggestion made by the leader of the Labour Party in the House yesterday, namely, that the Minister should introduce short legislation to empower the Central Statistics Office to transfer the names, addresses, nationalities and ages of the people included in the census to the...

Election Management System. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Has the Minister not considered it?

Election Management System. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: How much money is involved?

Election Management System. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister is very strong on manners.

Written Answers — Biodiversity Plans: Biodiversity Plans (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Government Departments which have dedicated biodiversity units; the number and names of local authorities that have appointed heritage officers and dedicated biodiversity units as set down in the National Biodiversity Plan 2002-2007; the number of Government agencies and Departments which have...