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Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund: Motion (30 Nov 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister did, he accused me of being a hypocrite.

Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund: Motion (30 Nov 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Withdraw it.

Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund: Motion (30 Nov 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: I want the remark withdrawn. I do not accept that.

Lansdowne Road Stadium. (30 Nov 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will expand on his recent comments that the difficulties between the Irish Rugby Football Union and Wanderers Rugby Club regarding the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road represents a family dispute; his views on the fact that if this dispute is not resolved in the near future, the redevelopment of the stadium will be delayed; and...

Community Development. (30 Nov 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: The area of Mountwood and Fitzgerald Park is one of the areas of disadvantage in my constituency. It is an area which contains old local authority flats and maisonettes which are now undergoing redevelopment. For many years there has been a community development project based in the area, which has done excellent work in the local community in providing educational supports, community...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date for the completion of the next census of psychiatric hospitals; the number of patients of psychiatric hospitals that have been resident for 20 years or longer; the number of deaths in psychiatric hospitals in 2005; her Department's policy towards long-term stays in psychiatric hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (5 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there will be no further examination of the question of vaccine trials involving babies and children in institutional settings in the 1960s and 1970s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41470/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 398: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of outstanding applications for the carer's allowance; the reason it is taking 12 weeks to process such applications; the action he will take to provide for the speedier processing of such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41235/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason there has been a delay in the processing of a claim for unemployment benefit for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41238/06]

Financial Resolution No. 1: Income Tax (6 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: As I understand it, the purpose of this resolution is to raise the thresholds for the relief on income tax for preferential loans as distinct from the ordinary loans that people take out. I was interested to hear the Taoiseach's presentation to the effect that people who get loans at below the market interest rate should not enjoy an additional benefit from having got such a loan. This...

Financial Resolution No. 1: Income Tax (6 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not think so. Let me put it this way — the preferential loan is normally obtained to meet the purchase of a house which for many people includes the payment of stamp duty.

Financial Resolution No. 1: Income Tax (6 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Anybody who looks at the small print of the Budget Statement for what might be done for stamp duty will see in B.13 that things are being done. There is a new stamp duty relief for Stock Exchange members. That is an interesting idea for the first-time buyer who needs to trade up from the small home or the one or two bedroom apartment, to more suitable accommodation when he or she has a...

Financial Resolution No. 1: Income Tax (6 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: He rowed back from that. It created the impression that something was going to be done about stamp duty which has not happened.

Financial Resolution No. 1: Income Tax (6 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: It is the time.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (6 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Transport the arrangements in place to routinely publish the many elements of the quarterly service performance reports from Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann and Dublin Bus that are not commercially sensitive. [41617/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (6 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport the arrangements in place to ensure that the numbers for each of the penalty point offence categories are routinely published; the arrangements that are in place to ensure that his Department is routinely informed of the latest data and trends; and if he will provide this Deputy and the Houses of the Oireachtas with the latest figures provided...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 30: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the report of the working group on domestic partnerships published on 28 November 2006; if he will introduce legislation to provide for civil partnerships; when he expects that such legislation will be published and enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41913/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (7 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent report of An Garda Síochána advisory groups, published on 7 November 2006; if he will implement the recommendations of the report; if a timetable has been set for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41912/06]

Social and Affordable Housing. (12 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: It may take a person ten minutes to travel from the airport to Drogheda but it took people ten hours to get through a pothole in Bray.

Local Authority Housing. (12 Dec 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of approved applicants for local authority housing in 1996; the number of such applicants in 2005; the percentage of housing output represented by social housing in 1996; the percentage in 2005; the number of social housing units completed to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the...