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Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government delayed it.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Hold on. In the Ministers' rush to concentrate——

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: ——on the future, they are trying to rewrite history.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Do not forget that it was the parties on this side of the House which passed the legislation to provide for the Luas.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: We put that legislation through and when the Government parties came into office in 1997, they could not make up their minds whether it should go underground or over ground and they delayed it for years.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The reason I turned up uninvited for the photocall was that the Government had a Luas carriage garaged for three years before it was put on the streets of the city because of the delays.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Luas is a success and it would have been a success three years earlier if the Government has not delayed its introduction. It also delayed providing buses for Dublin city, while the Minister's party argued with the ideological mullahs in the Progressive Democrats about how many buses there should be in Dublin and whether those buses should be privately or publicly operated. There were no...

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government is now talking about rebalancing VRT and labelling new cars for fuel economy. It has been talking about rebalancing VRT and fuel economy for ten years but, again, has not done it. The Minister for Finance made a passing reference to it in the last budget but the Government still has not delivered on it.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I have been seriously interrupted by two unruly Members, who are in training to be on this side of the House in two months.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I will hand over to my colleague, Deputy Wall.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding provided to the Road Safety Authority for the enforcement of standards on heavy goods vehicles; his policy in respect of increasing this funding in future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12640/07]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce primary or secondary legislation to set higher standards for the testing of HGVs in view of the very high percentage of Irish trucks found to be in breach of standards in the UK. [12639/07]

Written Answers — Garda Inspectorate: Garda Inspectorate (4 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the report of the Garda Inspectorate on the study it carried out into the findings of the Barr Report on the shooting of Mr. John Carty; if the recommendations made in the report will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12908/07]

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (4 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will use the powers available to him under Section 22 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 2003 to provide for the traceability of alcohol sold for consumption off premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12910/07]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 89: To ask the Taoiseach the appointments to State boards, other bodies under the aegis of his Department, or other public appointments of any kind, which will be due to be made by him between 29 March 2007 and 4 July 2007. [13212/07]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the appointments to State boards, other bodies under the aegis of his Department, or other public appointments of any kind, which will be due to be made by him between 29 March 2007 and 4 July 2007. [13210/07]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the appointments to State boards, other bodies under the aegis of his Department, or other public appointments of any kind, which will be due to be made by him between 29 March 2007 and 4 July 2007. [13207/07]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the appointments to State boards, other bodies under the aegis of her Department, or other public appointments of any kind, which will be due to be made by her between 29 March 2007 and 4 July 2007. [13209/07]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the appointments to State boards, other bodies under the aegis of his Department, or other public appointments of any kind, which will be due to be made by him between 29 March 2007 and 4 July 2007. [13201/07]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Apr 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the appointments to State boards, other bodies under the aegis of his Department, or other public appointments of any kind, which will be due to be made by him between 29 March 2007 and 4 July 2007. [13208/07]