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Written Answers — Forbairt Gaeltachta: Forbairt Gaeltachta (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 83: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta i leith an triúr áisitheoir pobail sna Gaeltachtaí beaga, An Rinn, Ráth Cairn agus Uíbh Ráthach, a chur ar ais ina bpoist; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [8977/09]

Written Answers — Polasaí don Ghaeilge: Polasaí don Ghaeilge (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 85: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na ciorruithe atá curtha i bhfeidhm agus atá le cur i bhfeidhm i 2009 ó thaobh na Gaeilge de agus ó thaobh na Gaeltachta de ag a Roinn; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [8976/09]

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: A referendum has been promised by the Taoiseach and legislation will have to be introduced to enable that to happen. Discussions have taken place between the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Opposition parties about the matters under discussion between the Government and our European partners on this issue. To my knowledge, withdrawal from the EDA is not part of that. I...

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: What about the European Defence Agency? Are we withdrawing from it?

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That never stopped the Ceann Comhairle previously.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This is a new dispensation, as the man might say.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is highly unfair, a Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place within his Department for providing assistance to certain independent Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3150/09]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the costs accruing to date to his Department arising from the work of the Moriarty tribunal; if an estimate is available of the expected final costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3151/09]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the costs accruing to his Department arising from the Moriarty tribunal at latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7462/09]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the action he will take arising from the Comptroller and Auditor General's Special Report No. 63 on tribunal costs in relation to those tribunals for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7463/09]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will confirm that as a result of a typing error the senior counsel daily refresher fee paid to lawyers at the Moriarty tribunal was set at a rate of €2,500 rather than the agreed rate of €2,250; the additional costs accruing to his Department as a result of the error; if the error occurred within his Department; if no effort was made to correct...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Regarding this error in the payment of fees to two senior counsel, can the Taoiseach clarify when the agreement was made between his Department and the tribunal on the fee of €2,500 per day? When did it come to his Department's attention that it should, in fact, have been €2,250 per day? What is the normal situation when an overpayment is made? If, for example, a civil servant receives...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Why is the money in this particular case not recouped? What exactly is going on in the Moriarty tribunal? There has been no report. We have heard there may or may not be additional public hearings. Apparently there is a draft report somewhere. When, and by what means, is it going to come to an end and publish a report?

Order of Business (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach in the course of his opening address to the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis last Friday evening indicated it was the Government's intention to reduce the limits for declaration of contributions to political parties. When will the legislation be introduced to do that? How will that be squared with the ethics legislation currently before the House, which provides for increases in...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach should not seek to minimise the impact of the job loss situation by relying on percentages. It is no comfort to people in Bausch & Lomb to feel that when they lose their jobs they represent a lower percentage of unemployment now than they would have in the 1980s. We have never had in excess of 350,000 unemployed. It is the highest number of people out of work in the State...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That answers half of the question I asked. Some 450,000-plus unemployed is a really shocking prospect. What we have to do is not just address the problems in the public finances but address very urgently what can be done to get people back to work and, second, what can be done to provide education, training and meaningful occupation for people who are coming out of work. The prospect that...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: It would be helpful if we knew how many weeks the Taoiseach had in mind. We should be told when the supplementary budget will be introduced. The Taoiseach should stop dancing around this. One of the issues about which I am concerned is the extent to which the Taoiseach and the Government are on top of this. On the public finances, the Government has now had five different attempts at it....

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That leaves us all with a sense that the Taoiseach is not on top of this. The extent to which information is being presented to us on a piecemeal basis is contributing to that degree of uncertainty. We have finally managed to extract from the Taoiseach the admission the Government will be introducing a supplementary budget. He has now told the House that in effect unemployment will be over...

Written Answers — Sports Participation: Sports Participation (3 Mar 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the latest ESRI-Irish Sports Council's report, Irish Sports Monitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8517/09]