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Departmental Expenditure. (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am not getting into the detail of the issue of the Minister, Deputy O'Dea, at all. I am sticking with the communications unit.

Departmental Expenditure. (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: May I point out to the Ceann Comhairle that there is precedent for this? I distinctly recall that Deputy Kenny and I pursued questions about the withdrawal of the London flights from Shannon Airport-----

Departmental Expenditure. (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and the respective state of knowledge of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Transport. This is a value for money question. Given that €250,000 of taxpayers' money is being spent on the communications unit, we are entitled to probe what is value for money of that expenditure. The issue here is did the Taoiseach get any information from the communications unit about this matter and,...

Departmental Expenditure. (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: If the conversation with the Minister for Defence, to which the Taoiseach referred, took place before the Minister made a settlement with the person involved in the allegation and it was subsequently reported by the newspapers-----

Departmental Expenditure. (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It took place after it was reported in the newspapers.

Departmental Expenditure. (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: That was after it was reported in the newspapers.

Departmental Expenditure. (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Did the Minister not tell the Taoiseach before-----

Departmental Expenditure. (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Did the Minister not tell the Taoiseach about it before-----

Departmental Expenditure. (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a matter of public interest, it is not about whether-----

Freedom of Information. (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the number of applications made to his Department under the freedom of information legislation during 2009; the number of requests that were granted; the way these figures compare to each year from 2002 to 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3176/10]

Freedom of Information. (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Arising from the Taoiseach's reply and his reference to the remit of the Freedom of Information Act, I ask him to respond to the Labour Party's proposal that the financial regulatory bodies of the State should be covered by that Act. We have proposed that the Central Bank, the Financial Regulator, the NTMA, the NPRF and the State Claims Agency should be subject to freedom of information...

Freedom of Information. (16 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand that it is the Taoiseach's natural instinct not to extend the Freedom of Information Act. That has been clear for some time from the responses he has given on this subject. It is probably a fair summary of his position to say that he does not like it, but that is not a good reason for not extending it. I want to specifically pursue the functions which are going to the NTMA. We...

Written Answers — Dental Treatment Services: Dental Treatment Services (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the cap on the dental treatment services scheme will operate; if its implementation will mean that medical card holders that need dental treatment towards the end of the year may not be given it free of charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6972/10]

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I am obliged. The question I was pursuing yesterday with the Taoiseach is what efforts the Government has made or is making to save the jobs at Halifax and in respect of the people who have mortgages with that bank. I made the point that in many cases these are 100% mortgages, some of which might now be more exposed than would otherwise be the case. The Tánaiste has confirmed that the...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: She is perfectly in order.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: On a point of order, Deputy Burton is perfectly in order in asking about this particular matter. With respect, I do not think the Ceann Comhairle should interrupt her when she is perfectly in order. Second, I draw to the Ceann Comhairle's attention that he repeatedly interrupts Deputy Burton every time she raises matters on the Order of Business.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Those of us who were privileged to be in this House in July 1990 will always remember the occasion when Nelson Mandela addressed the House. Today, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his release, it is appropriate to remember a man who persevered all his life for what he believed in pursuit of the rights of his people, who suffered enormously for his beliefs and made such a difference...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: In what respect am I out of order, a Cheann Comhairle?

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a report commissioned by a Department. If the Ceann Comhairle had waited, he would have heard the question, which is to ask the Tánaiste when that report will be laid before the House, which is perfectly in order.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: I know the Tánaiste has many reports crossing her desk and I wanted to describe the nature of the report so that she would be able to give me an accurate reply. When will the report we have read about this morning in the Irish Independent, which was obtained by that newspaper under freedom of information provisions and which concerns the waste of space, the €7.8 million spent on the space...