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Constitutional Amendments (13 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Two issues arise from that. I understand the Taoiseach said the Government is now considering a new wording. Do I understand from that the Government is considering a new draft of the proposal? Given that the original wording came from an all-party committee, does he intend to share the proposed new wording with the all-party committee? How does he intend to progress the new wording? Is...

Constitutional Amendments (13 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I ask the Taoiseach to comment on the wording.

Constitutional Amendments (13 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I understood from the Taoiseach's earlier reply that he said the Government was considering new wording.

Constitutional Amendments (13 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I appreciate that I am probably testing the patience of the Ceann Comhairle. Do I take it from that that the Government has decided to reject the wording was presented to it by the all-party committee?

Constitutional Amendments (13 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Has the wording of the committee now been dropped?

Departmental Expenditure (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach the total cost of the development and maintenance of the www.merrionst.ie website; the intended purpose of the website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32322/10]

Departmental Expenditure (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I have been listening to the Taoiseach's replies to Deputy Kenny and I am still not clear why it was necessary to set up a new website, given that the Government already has the www.gov.ie and the www.irisoifigiuil.ie websites for official purposes. There are also separate departmental websites for each Department and a citizens' information website. What was intended to be provided on this...

Departmental Expenditure (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach indicated the purpose of the website is to provide more information to citizens. Why would a citizen looking for Government information do a Google search for www.merrionstreet.ie? Where did the name come from and what was the idea behind it? If a citizen wants to find out what the Government is doing and does not know which site to visit, I would think that person would look...

Departmental Expenditure (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I looked at the website.

Departmental Expenditure (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I thought I was on the Fianna Fáil website. There is no difference between what is on that site and what one gets on Government party sites. It has various press releases, interviews and so on. It is not an information site but a form of propaganda, that is to communicate good news from the Government. That is fair enough and I am not objecting to that. However, there were already...

Departmental Expenditure (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I had to push the Taoiseach a bit.

Departmental Expenditure (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Bring them on.

Social Partnership (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach when he next plans to meet social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32314/10]

Written Answers — United Nations Reform: United Nations Reform (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the ongoing need for meaningful United Nations reform regarding, [i]inter alia[/i], to areas pertaining to climate change and disarmament [36088/10]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the present situation in Ecuador following a reported kidnapping of the country's President in recent weeks [36087/10]

Written Answers — Oireachtas Committee Reports: Oireachtas Committee Reports (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to implement the recommendations of the report published by a sub-committee of the European affairs and European scrutiny committees in so far as they relate to his role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32328/10]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will release funds to the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to enable them to upgrade works on the Maretimo stream, Blackrock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35879/10]

Written Answers — Task Force on Innovation: Task Force on Innovation (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 536: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will outline the progress made to date regarding the implementation of the report of the task force on innovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32321/10]

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to pursue the Taoiseach in respect of a number of the responses he provided to Deputy Kenny. The letter which Deputies Kenny and Ó Caoláin and I received from a Minister in the Taoiseach's Government refers to a three-stage process. One of these is agreement on the 3% target, with which the Labour Party concurred when the Government reached agreement on it with the European...

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That is not what the Minister, Deputy Gormley, has proposed. What the Taoiseach has just outlined now is an entirely different process, whereby we would have a meeting to run a ruler over the information with which we have been provided from the Department of Finance and understand that we all have the same information. That is an information-sharing exercise. I will ignore the Taoiseach's...