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Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I join with Deputy Ó Cuív and with other Members in wishing a happy Christmas and new year to the Ceann Comhairle, to all the Members of the House, to the staff of the House and of our respective offices and political parties, and to the press who cover the events here in the House. This has been a long session, probably the longest session of any Dáil. We returned in early September and...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The only legislation promised in this area is a fines Bill in respect of fines that are imposed by the courts. In respect of the issue of bonuses, the Government has made it very clear that bonuses should not be paid in our banking system.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Two questions were asked. The issue raised in respect of motor taxation should be addressed to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. As the appropriate Minister, I will ask him to respond to the Deputies who raised the issue. The fiscal responsibility Bill is being prepared and it is intended to have it in the House in the next session.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The High Court judgment on plastic bags is being considered by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. If he decides legislative change is required, he will bring proposals to the Government. Deputy Ó Snodaigh also expressed concern about the legalisation of firing ranges.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I will ask the Minister to respond directly to the Deputy. I understand the Deputy's concern about the legal status of firing ranges.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: No legislation is promised in this regard. The grief that continues to be suffered by the survivors of the atrocities in Northern Ireland is the subject of discussion between the Irish and British Governments and the Executive in Northern Ireland. We are trying to find a framework that would enable everyone who suffered loss during the Troubles in Northern Ireland to have that loss recognised.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: No, there is no promised legislation.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department is responsible for two Votes - Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs) and Vote 29 (International Cooperation). The total amount of money allocated in 2011 to these Votes, net of Appropriations in Aid, is €695,383,000. Details of the allocation to each subhead are published as part of the Revised Estimates Volume and information on the outturn will be available early in 2012.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (15 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department engages the services of consultancy and public relations companies in the course of its work. They are used to provide specialist skills where they do not exist in my Department or to provide an external perspective where this is appropriate. I am very conscious of the need to achieve value for money on such expenditure. The commissioning of these contracts is in full...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (15 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I can confirm that no new committees, advisory groups or new positions have been put in place at my Department since the formation of the current Government.

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (15 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opened for signature in New York in September 2009. To date thirty nine (39) States have signed. Nine of the twenty seven European Union member states have signed. Five States have ratified the Optional Protocol: Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mongolia and Spain. The Optional Protocol will come...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The introduction of the integrated ticket was the subject of discussion for a very long time. Deputy Ross is right that the process lasted far too long and cost far too much. The Minister of State, Deputy Alan Kelly, managed to have the ticket introduced in a short number of months, which is something the previous Government failed to do for a decade.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: It talked about doing it for ten years and spent a huge amount of money on it whereas the Minister of State got it done within a short few months.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The integrated ticket will help public transport users to reduce their transport costs, in particular, those who use public transport on a regular basis, which is the example cited by Deputy Ross. On the National Transport Authority, the Deputy cannot have it both ways. He cannot argue on one day that the Government should not politically interfere, intervene or micro-manage the work of...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The setting of fares is a matter between CIE, its companies and the National Transport Authority and not something in which the Government is directly involved.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 11, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2011 (back from committee); No. 7, Appropriation Bill 2011 - Order for Second Stage, Second and Subsequent Stages; No. 2, Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011 - amendment from the Seanad; No. 3, Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010 -...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: If Deputy Ó Cuív tells me what his problem is with the proposal, I may be able to address it.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Fourteen of the Bills have been published, namely, the Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill; the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; the Water Services (Amendment) Bill; the European Financial Stability and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill; the Health (Provision of General Practitioners Services) Bill; the Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; the Competition (Amendment)...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: There will be a total of 18 or 19 Bills published by 10 January. I am prepared to go through each Bill individually.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: This Government has published more legislation in this session than the Deputy's Government often managed to get published in an entire year.