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Commemorative Events. (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the commemorative events his Department plans to fund during 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10888/09]

Commemorative Events. (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Is the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union among the events which will be supported by his Department this year? A statement in the programme for Government states that the Taoiseach's Department has responsibility for commemorations, especially to organise a programme of commemoration activities to celebrate the key historical events in our...

Commemorative Events. (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Is there any reason the committee which was established to consider the commemoration of 1916 has met on only one occasion since its formation in 2006? Are there any plans for it to meet?

Public Service Reform. (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date by the implementation group on the Task Force on Public Sector Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14323/09]

Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to return to the reply the Tánaiste gave to Deputy Bruton about the legislation for the establishment of "an bord bail out", also known as the NAMA. When Deputy Burton asked about this legislation yesterday the Taoiseach clearly stated - Deputy Burton drew attention to the fact - that the legislation to establish this agency was not on the A list and was down somewhere on the C list....

Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I read in one newspaper this morning that spokespersons for the Government clarified the matter at some stage during the course of yesterday evening indicating that it was the Government's intention to hold the Dublin South by-election on the same day as the local and European Parliament elections, but not to hold the Dublin Central by-election on that date. I ask the Tánaiste for a clear...

Corporate Governance (Codes of Practice) Bill 2009: First Stage (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the drawing up by the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland and the approval by the Minister for Finance of codes of practice in relation to good corporate governance for companies admitted to trading on the official list of the Irish Stock Exchange; to provide for the enforcement of those...

Corporate Governance (Codes of Practice) Bill 2009: First Stage (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: What is being proposed here is an arrangement for the presentation of Revised Estimates and their consideration by the respective committees of the Houses. In normal circumstances, the House would agree to this but these are not normal circumstances. The changes being made in departmental Estimates are fundamental. There are major changes being made in this regard and we need to debate in...

Written Answers — Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the practical steps that can be taken in the context of Euromed to ensure the safety of trafficked people at sea. [15387/09]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Georgia. [15388/09]

Written Answers — Constitutional Amendments: Constitutional Amendments (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the constitutional referenda the Government plans to hold during the remainder of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15592/09]

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: In concluding the debate, I thank all Members who contributed to the debate on this Labour Party motion. I thank especially Deputy Shortall for introducing the motion to the House. In a way the Christmas bonus is a bit of a misnomer. It is not a bonus, it is a payment that pensioners, people on disability payments, and people who are on social welfare payments have now come to expect will...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the information available to the Garda authorities regarding the extent of the threat posed by so-called dissident republican paramilitary groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14250/09]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the stage of the garda investigation into the robbery of €7.6 million from a bank (details supplied) on 27 February 2009 in a so-called tiger robbery; the amount of the money recovered to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14248/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 717: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for his delay in proceeding to architectural planning for the proposed refurbishment of a school building and the construction of a new gym at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15724/09]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 734: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements he has made to provide for school accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford which is due to lose its rented accommodation on 20 April 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15874/09]

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach will have studied the assessment made by the International Monetary Fund which concludes that Ireland will pay a higher price to re-stablise its banks than any other country and that the cost to the Irish taxpayer may be €24 billion, the biggest Government bail out of banks of any developed country. He will also have seen the opinion piece written by Professor Krugman in the...

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That answer is a mixture of clutching at straws and denial. No matter how the Taoiseach spins this, the IMF has used the same methodology in looking at the banking situation across all of the countries in the developed world and it has come to the conclusion that the Irish bailout will be the most expensive. Clutching at straws by saying that this or that figure is out or was in an earlier...

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the term the IMF used.