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Order of Business (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: -----but do not worry we will get there.

Order of Business (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: With regard to the road transport Bill, responses have been received from the consultation process with the stakeholders and they are being examined. The Bill is expected to be published next year.

Order of Business (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The draft heads of the education (admission to school) Bill were approved by the Government on 23 July and forwarded to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection for consideration. The Bill is expected to be published this session.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: As the Deputy is aware, prior to the changes taking place between Loughlinstown hospital and St. Vincent's University Hospital, I convened a number of meetings with the HSE and the managements of the two hospitals. I invited the Deputy and other Deputies who had expressed an interest in this issue-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Because the Deputy had not expressed any interest in the issue to me. He is only interested in standing outside the hospital with a picket; he has no interest whatsoever in solving the problem.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: As Deputy Stephen Donnelly knows, we convened meetings with the managements of the HSE and the hospitals to discuss their plans. Arising from what the Deputy has just read, I will arrange another meeting-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and ask the managements of St. Vincent's University Hospital, Loughlinstown hospital and the HSE to address the issues he has raised. I would share his concern if the service was not being adequately delivered. I am a little surprised at the increase of 50% in the number of ambulances-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: -----because prior to the changes at Loughlinstown hospital for a period of two years or more trauma cases had been going directly to St. Vincent's University Hospital. However, I take these issues seriously and will ask the HSE and the hospital managements to meet me again to discuss the issues involved.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The first thing we must do is probe the facts to establish the position. It might be a good idea to ask the registrar concerned to come and tell us directly and probe the issue and statements he is making with the managements of the hospitals. We must establish the factual position. We can then set about resolving the issue. The outcome we want is to have is the highest level of service...

Order of Business (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 6, ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed); No. 2, Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad] - Second Stage; that tomorrow's fortnightly Friday business shall be No. 48, Censorship of Publications Board Repeal Bill 2013 - Second Stage; and No. 14, report on addressing the growth of social...

Order of Business (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The general practitioner medical services Bill to provide GP services for persons aged five and under will be introduced in this session. It is a priority and the Bill will be brought forward quickly.

Order of Business (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government is proceeding with a new prison in Cork, something which is long overdue. I cannot indicate a date for publication of the inspection of places of detention Bill at this stage, but the Minister for Justice and Equality is working on the Bill. I know the Deputy has come to accept that the courts system and the administration of justice are separate from the political system.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: This Government is actually implementing the Charities Act and establishing a charities regulatory authority, precisely so public confidence in charitable organisations can be assured. In December, the Minister for Justice and Equality got sanction from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to proceed with the filling of the post of CEO of the new charities regulatory authority and...

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: This Government is getting to grips for the first time with what is happening in organisations which are funded by the State and where issues have arisen regarding salaries that are paid or governance. It was this Government that commenced the audit, through the HSE, of the various organisations funded by the State, and that audit shone light on the salary levels and various other...

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Regardless of whether one is talking about Rehab, the Central Remedial Clinic, CRC, or any other charity, the first thing one must do is make it absolutely clear that the work these organisations do is very important. The people who depend on their services value the work they do and in whatever approach one might take or in anything one might say, one should be careful not to undermine...

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: My understanding is that it was raised at an Oireachtas committee by Rehab itself. The issue is that when one is talking about the disbursement of public moneys, there obviously must be accountability for that. Under the charitable lotteries scheme established in 1997, the promoters of certain private charitable lotteries that have products similar to those sold by the national lottery have...

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: First, this is not particularly new. As for the arrangement whereby State funding was provided to certain organisations that were running lotteries, the decision to wind down that funding over a three-year period was communicated to the organisations back in 2012. It is being done over a three-year period and as I stated, at the peak in 2009 and 2010, it involved a sum of €8.6...

Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ----- which in many cases are delivered on the basis of payments provided by the State. Second, it must ensure the controversies do not undermine public confidence in them. This is the reason the Government brought in legislation to provide for a charities regulator. This is the reason the Government is proceeding with the putting in place of that regulatory regime and it is the Minister's...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Ireland signed the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on 1 October 1971 and ratified it on 8 December 1989. In November 2002, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted General Comment No. 15 on the right to water. General Comments provide guidelines for States Parties on the interpretation of specific aspects of the Convention and clarify the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consultancy Contracts Data (23 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is responsible for two Votes – Vote 28: Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Vote 27: International Cooperation. Consultants are engaged only where specialised knowledge and skills are not available within the Department and, especially in the case of Ireland’s official overseas aid programme, known as Irish Aid , where independent...