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Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The health information Bill is due to be published in late 2012. Work is ongoing in respect of the unique patient identifier and on research, ethical approval and some patient safety issues. As I stated, publication is expected to be in late 2012. The national monuments Bill is expected early next year.

Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Gaeltacht Bill is expected this session. The policy of the Government is to support the Gaeltachts and the Irish language and to do everything it can to improve the circumstances in which hopefully it will grow and increase.

Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government this week gave approval to progress work on the taxi regulation Bill, which the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Kelly, brought to the Cabinet this week. Consequently, the taxi regulation Bill is being progressed.

Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The national vetting bureau Bill is due this session. It is being treated as a priority by the Government and a considerable amount of work already has been done on it.

Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand the Deputy is referring to the consolidated companies Bill. The state of play is it is expected the Bill will be published late in 2012. I understand the Deputy is asking that certain pillars of the Bill might be debated.

Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: That appears to be a perfectly good idea. I will ask the Whips, perhaps in conjunction with the Minister and the party spokespersons, to consider how that might be progressed.

Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: As for the regulation of lobbying Bill, I understand the heads are expected during the summer and the intention is to have it published by the end of this year. The clamping Bill, that is, the vehicle immobilisation regulation Bill, is also expected later this year.

Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The heads of the public service management (recruitment and appointments) Act 2004 (amendment) Bill are being finalised and it is expected this year.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: First of all, I want to confirm - as Deputy Cowen has said - that yesterday's meeting of EU leaders brought forward a number of proposals which will be worked on between now and June. They are aimed at stimulating growth and job creation within the EU. Those proposals fit in very well with the Government's plans to bring forward measures to stimulate the domestic economy. Yesterday's...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: With regard to the specific issue of water metering that Deputy Cowen has raised, the Government's decision is to establish a State water utility company, which will be done under Bord Gáis. Work is currently under way through Bord Gáis on the modalities of how that company will be established and what steps will then be taken following the establishment of the water utility company. When...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: First, it is important to recognise that the plans for water metering are at an early stage. The decision that has been made - perhaps some of this has arisen because some people speculated about what may or may not happen - is to establish the water utility company. That is being done through Bord Gáis Éireann. Those plans have to be brought forward in the first place.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: What the Taoiseach told the House, and what I confirm, is that it is expected there will about 2,000 jobs in water metering once that programme has been rolled out. The agencies which have responsibility for training will work in advance of that to prepare the courses and so on which will suit people on the live register who would be engaged in that work, but first we have to see the...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I think Deputy Kelleher-----

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Our priority here should be the people who are out of work for whom we need to find employment.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: NAMA has announced a reinvestment programme in its properties of €2 billion, the object of which is to provide 35,000 jobs in the construction industry. That is the start of an investment programme which will be overseen by the Government. In this case it is an investment by NAMA, which will be followed through by the work that the Minister, Deputy Howlin, and the Minister, Deputy Noonan,...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: First, the text of the treaty is not changed and will not change. Some who are arguing for a "No" vote in the referendum have been suggesting that somehow the treaty would change. It will not change and that is absolutely clear, arising from yesterday's meeting in Brussels. The Deputy asked how I see us getting out of the economic mess we are in and I am very happy to tell him.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes, post a "Yes" vote. First, we must ensure there is stability and certainty for the currency. We have seen much volatility with regard to the euro over a period of time and it is not in the interests of the people of the country that this volatility continues. The euro must settle down and we must have a stable currency. It is our currency and this stability is necessary to underpin...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Sinn Féin is wrong in several respects. The passing of the treaty will ratify an agreement under which we will write into our domestic law budgetary discipline measures as part of the fiscal responsibility legislation. Sinn Féin is also wrong in its assertion that the Government had been in listening mode and did not make proposals. In fact it was the Government as far back as last year...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I already listed a number of issues we put on the table.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I will give a number of specifics. We argued that project bonds should not be confined to major-----