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Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: With Checkpoint Charlie, it depends on the direction one is going.

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I would not venture too far into the Taoiseach's past either.

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: If the Taoiseach wishes to talk about the past I will do so. There is much colour in all directions. We will have fun on that. The buffer zone——

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——is referred to in the programme for Government and the Taoiseach was involved directly in its negotiation so I presume he knows what it means. In respect of people who move out of local government service or the Civil Service, particularly at senior level where this applies, how long will the buffer zone be? Is it intended that there will be one general zone or will there be different...

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: A few months.

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Two matters arise from the Taoiseach's replies to these questions. On the buffer zone I was surprised to hear the Taoiseach say he was thinking in terms of a few months.

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: As Deputy Varadkar said, it can arise that a county manager, director of planning or senior public servant is involved in a particular public project, retires and then starts to work for a tenderer for that project. I understood that the idea of the buffer zone was to have a period of time to allow the kind of turnover that would take place in that kind of case. I was surprised to hear that...

Commemorative Events. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the commemorative events planned for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11366/08]

Commemorative Events. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he has plans to mark the 90th anniversary of the first meeting of Dáil Éireann which will fall in January 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16014/08]

Commemorative Events. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: My supplementary relates to the meeting of the First Dáil. The 90th anniversary of that event will take place next January. To a large extent that event has been overshadowed. Given its significance — it was the first convening of democratically elected representatives of the people to establish the State — will special attention be given to the commemoration of the 90th anniversary...

Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: This morning we really have the tale of two turkeys. No sooner has one turkey bitten the dust in Belgrade than another rises to try to drag the President into the referendum campaign. Having noted the comments the Taoiseach made last week about discipline on the Government side——

Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——will he say whether there is anything he can do with the former Independent Deputy, who now supports the Government——

Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——to exercise some——

Order of Business (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I asked last week for a debate on the report of the Morris tribunal. The Tánaiste replied at the time that there were other reports pending and the Taoiseach indicated it would be published in mid-June. Can I have an assurance that the debate on the Morris tribunal will take place in this session of the Dáil, and not be postponed until after the summer recess?

Leaders' Questions (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Given the Taoiseach's increasingly busy schedule, he probably does not get much time for pushing shopping trolleys around the supermarkets in Tullamore, but I want to raise with him the problem of rising prices. I will focus on two aspects in particular, the first of which is the rip-off of Irish consumers by British retailers with shops located in Ireland. Last weekend, The Sunday Business...

Leaders' Questions (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Diesel used to cost less than petrol. However, the price of diesel is increasing each day. On my way to the Dáil, I noticed one petrol station at which diesel is priced at €1.39 per litre. No one can explain why the price of diesel has shot ahead of that of petrol or why it is continuing to rise. The only explanation appears to be that the oil companies, anticipating a shift by...

Leaders' Questions (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: That will not provide much comfort to the people obliged to pay these prices. I refer, in particular, to those on fixed incomes, such as pensioners, who are being affected by rising food prices. The price of a loaf of bread is 20% higher than it was at this time last year and the price of a litre of milk increased by 30% in the same period. Action is required in respect of this matter. It...

Leaders' Questions (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The relevant agencies are not dealing with them.

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he has plans to amend the code of conduct for office holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6167/08]

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (20 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are sufficient stocks of blue tongue vaccine available for distribution in the event of an outbreak of the disease. [19626/08]