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Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (18 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date on replacement of branded drugs with their generic counterparts in order to save money; if she will ensure that the cases made for the exclusion of certain drugs from the scheme because they are more effective than the generic will be examined by experts and fairly considered; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (18 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the swine flu H1N1 vaccination programme has concluded; the amount of money spent on the vaccine programme; if there are excess vaccines that will not be needed; if so, if it has been possible to reclaim the cost of same from the manufacturers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20191/10]

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (18 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the recent report of the special rapporteurs on child protection appointed arising from the recommendation of the Sullivan Report following the A Case in 2006. [16718/10]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (18 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 498: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the full redundancy payments, as recommended by the Rights Commissioner, will be awarded to two former employees of a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19916/10]

Order of Business. (18 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Tánaiste, in reply to Deputy Kenny, stated that the issue of the holding of a referendum on the rights of children is the subject of Private Members' business tonight. I am looking at the Government's proposed amendment to the motion that will be proposed by Deputies Howlin and Ó Caoláin. That amendment asks the House to commend "the Government for prioritising the promotion and...

Order of Business. (18 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party does not wish to make a party political issue out of this matter. Agreement has been reached by an all-party committee, which we support. We are simply seeking to have that agreed position proceeded with. The motion before the House tonight states that the Government can set the date for the referendum. All we want from Government is a commitment that the referendum will...

Leaders' Questions. (18 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to stay on the same topic but to focus on the plight, in particular, of the 785 people who have been told this evening they are to lose their jobs at locations in Cork, Kildare and Dún Laoghaire, and on the worries of suppliers to Pfizer and those contracted to it. There are probably another 1,500 to 2,000 jobs in the wider economy that will be at risk as a result of this decision. ...

Leaders' Questions. (18 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I take it from the reply that the Tánaiste was aware at the time of the Pfizer takeover of Wyeth that there was a risk to jobs in Ireland. She said the chief executive of Pfizer promised to follow through on this but I would like to know the follow through undertaken by the Tánaiste. Following her conversation with the chief executive of Pfizer around the time of the purchase, did she...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (13 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent figures from the Central Statistics Office showing significant increases in 12 of the 16 main recorded offence groups between 2004 and 2008; the steps he is taking to counter this upward trend in crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19594/10]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (13 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the call from ADVIC, the advocacy group for families and friends of murder victims, for changes to the bail laws, particularly to bar those accused of murder from applying for bail in advance of their trial; his plans for dealing with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a company (details supplied) is contracted by the National Treatment Purchase Fund to carry out scans on patients on the waiting list for the Eye and Ear Hospital; if the CTs are actually completed in St. Vincent's using St. Vincent's equipment, and the private company concerned pays St. Vincent's for the work; the reason the...

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government does not seem to give issues relating to child protection a high priority. The Ombudsman for Children pointed out in yesterday's report that the HSE has failed to properly implement child safety guidelines over the past decade, leaving children at risk of abuse. The first of the reports to which the Taoiseach refers, which was published in September 2008, recommended...

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I will stick with the issue of the referendum. We have the report from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children, which contains a proposed wording for the constitutional amendment. In these matters, the wording is the most difficult aspect, and much time and effort was put into this on an all-party basis. The legislation to allow for a referendum is...

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Has the Government considered this at all yet? The report was published in February. When a referendum is being considered, there are normally just a couple of opportunities in the year for it to be held. One of those is the beginning of June, which is what I expected. I got the Dáil schedule from the Whips office earlier in the year and noticed there was a week at the beginning of June...

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach can do a bit of that himself.

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: How much time is left on Taoiseach's questions?

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I was anxious to move on to one or two other matters.

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I was anxious to move on to one or two other matters on which Government has promised constitutional change. Before I do so, I want to ask the Taoiseach about the children's referendum. I am not clear, from the answers he has been giving to us today, whether it is the case that the Government has yet to consider Deputy O'Rourke's report on the holding on a referendum or whether the...

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: These questions relate not just to the children's referendum but to other constitutional issues as well. I have only one or two brief questions on it.

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That clears it up. It is quite clear that the Government has not yet discussed the matter and the Attorney General has not yet been even asked for his opinion on it. That tells us plenty about where the Government is at on the holding of this referendum. There were commitments in the programme for Government about possible constitutional changes. There was a commitment in the programme for...