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Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam has been renewed; if so, the date on which it was renewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7954/09]

Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Two weeks ago the House approved a proposal from the Government to recapitalise Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Bank. The legislation to give effect to the means for the recapitalisation is the national pensions reserve fund (amendment) Bill. Will the Taoiseach indicate when the Bill will be presented to the House?

Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: When will it be published?

Departmental Agencies. (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Is it still the practice that when a Minister proposes to appoint a State board, or to make appointments to an existing State board, that the proposed membership is notified to the Government two weeks in advance of the appointment? Did that happen in the appointment of the RTE Authority just announced? What is the understanding between the parties in Government with regard to the...

Departmental Agencies. (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach can speak about his own appointments if he wants to.

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The reaction of most people today to the news that the Garda has gone in to search the offices of Anglo Irish Bank is that it is about time. I do not want to say any more on the issue for the reasons that have been stated. The priority we all have to address, one on which we all agree, is the necessity and imperative of restoring confidence in the Irish banking and financial system. We must...

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I will try to be helpful. These questions are in the national interest. As I do not want to be adversarial about this, I invite the Taoiseach, with due respect to the answer he has given, to try to answer my questions a second time. The issue in respect of the senior civil servant at the Department of Finance is not whether or not the Department of Finance gave approval to the arrangements...

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: We have a duty to ask questions here. I will try to ask the questions——

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ——in as responsible and coherent a way as I can. These are questions I did not invent.

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: They have been raised in reports that are in the public domain. There is a responsibility on the Taoiseach or the Minister for Finance to address them when they are asked, and I am inviting them to do so. My other question is about the Financial Regulator. We know Mr. Neary is gone. However, has the Taoiseach made any inquiries about the regulator being told in September — and,...

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach should respond in the interest of making sure the country's reputation is not further damaged.

Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Labour Party does not agree to the guillotining of Second Stage of this Bill at 10.30 p.m. This legislation, which is now called the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009, introduces the so-called levy. The proposal will permit a maximum of two speaking places for Labour Party Members, most of whom would like to contribute to the debate on Second Stage. That...

National Archives. (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the number of files withheld by his Department in respect of the files transferred to the national archives regarding the year 1978; the number withheld under section 8(4)([i]a[/i]) of the National Archives Act 1986; the number withheld under section 8(4)([i]b[/i]); the number withheld under section 8(4)([i]c[/i]); and if he will make a statement on the...

National Archives. (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Were any of the files relating to the Dublin-Monaghan bombings withheld? On the wider issue of releasing files, given that any sensitive material — such as that relating to individuals, etc. — is withheld in any event and that information of a contemporary interest can be made available under the Freedom of Information Act, is there a good reason for retaining the 30-year rule? Many of...

Departmental Agencies. (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the appointments made by him to the boards of agencies or other bodies operating under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3147/09]

Departmental Agencies. (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand the Government has announced the appointment of a new RTE authority. I ask the Taoiseach why the authority was left vacant since the beginning of the year and whether he will take this opportunity to inform the House of the identity of the new chairman and members of the authority——

Departmental Agencies. (24 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: ——and their period of office.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (19 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the indication she has from the developers of the proposed co-located hospitals that they will proceed in the present economic climate; the stage of planning in each of these hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6539/09]

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (19 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the shortfall in funding for amputees whereby they have to pay a considerable amount of the cost of prosthetic arms and legs; her views on whether this is inappropriate and out of line with the practice in other countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6541/09]

Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Tánaiste informed the House that it was intended to place in the Oireachtas Library the annual report of Anglo Irish Bank and the PricewaterhouseCoopers report. I interrupted her reply to ask when this would be done. I ask her to clarify when these reports will be made available to Members. I asked the Tánaiste if the Taoiseach would take the opportunity of making a statement in...