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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (1 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the leaking of correspondence from staff in his Department in relation to preparations for the referendum on the Lisbon treaty. [16837/08]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (1 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied that efforts have been made that would enable persons displaced from their homes, villages and farms during the conflict in Kosovo to return; his views on the fact that international agencies are regarded as not having exercised sufficient efforts to achieve this aim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16836/08]

Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Where is the rest of the Cabinet?

Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: They cannot all be cleaning out their desks.

Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Does the Minister expect to be here every Thursday morning? He gave a reply to Deputy Varadkar yesterday concerning credit card surcharges. There was a commitment in the programme for Government that there would be a ban on surcharges on credit card payments for booking tickets for flights, matches and so on. In his reply to the Deputy yesterday, the Minister said that it cannot be done and...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (30 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that all appropriate retraining opportunities are available for workers who lose their jobs, especially in the construction sector; if he has plans to provide additional training opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16553/08]

Written Answers — Services Sector: Services Sector (30 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the figures showing a decline in business activity in the services sector in the first three months of 2008, especially having regard to the potential impact on employment; if he will take steps to ensure that this trend is reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16552/08]

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Did the Tánaiste see the RTE "Prime Time" programme last night about homeless people? If not, I recommend that he take a look at it. The programme showed that seven homeless persons died in this city over Easter. It showed the reporter on the programme trying to make telephone contact with the 24-hour emergency homeless service. He started ringing it at 10 p.m. but did not get through...

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Tánaiste's reply is a description of a failure of the Government. There is a national homeless strategy in existence. The different agencies got together and agreed how all of this would be tied up. The Tánaiste has described a failure of the Government to co-ordinate it and make it happen. The fact is that beds for homeless people have been provided and they are available, but they...

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I ask about the promised legislation on windfall taxes on property developers and land speculators. I again remind the Tánaiste that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government promised this legislation when he addressed a meeting of the Irish Planning Institute in Westport. He said that he had the support of his Cabinet colleagues for the measure and that it had been...

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: There was no question of examination when the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government spoke in Westport. He said that he intended to bring in new legislation to tap into windfall gains made by landowners and property developers. He said that the Attorney General had found a way around the constitutional difficulties with windfall taxes and that such a measure now had the...

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Nothing could be clearer today than that the Minister has been put in his place by the Tánaiste. I regret that because I support the Minister's position on this and would like to see the legislation progressed. This is a very bad start for the Tánaiste and if he treats the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government like that this week, how will he treat him next week?

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (29 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if proper procedures are in place to ensure that information given to her Department or the Health Service Executive that have implications for child protection are appropriately acted upon; if the recommendations of the independent inquiry in relation to a lecturer in child care policy in Athlone Institute of Technology will be...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the eligibility review unit was established in her Department; the progress made in developing proposals to update and clarify the law in relation to eligibility for services under the Health Acts; if the unit operates under directions as to the timeframe within which it should work; when its work is expected to be completed and...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (29 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a decision has been made on the appeal which has been lodged by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin against the decision of his Department not to grant them a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16042/08]

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: On 3 April 2008, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government told the Irish Planning Institute that he intended to bring in new legislation to tax the windfall gains made by landowners and property developers, that he believed the Attorney General had found a way around the constitutional difficulties with such windfall taxes and that such a measure now had the backing of...

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government promised it in Westport. He promised that this legislation would be introduced. The Taoiseach, to be fair to him, seemed to agree on 8 April because he said this would be in the property services regulatory authority Bill which would be brought in this session. Perhaps we might return to it when the Tánaiste has an...

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I want to pursue this issue a little further with the Tánaiste, not least because Loughlinstown hospital is in my constituency. The county coroner examined the case of 16 deaths and concluded that the C. diff infection was the direct cause in five and a contributory factor in another five. Loughlinstown is not the only example of this. As Deputy Kenny said, earlier this month we had the...

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Dr. O'Shea stated that a microbiologist was needed. He was not trying to explain the problem away. We all acknowledge that Dr. O'Shea and his colleagues in the hospital are doing their best to get the problem under control. The Tánaiste's argument that there will still be hospital infections even if there are microbiologists is a bit like saying that people still get sick after they visit...

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Why was this appointment not made? Why have there been 16 deaths, ten of which were related to hospital infections that were either brought into the hospital or contracted there? When will a microbiologist be appointed to help the hospital deal with the problem?