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Tributes to the Taoiseach (23 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a little unusual to be paying official tributes of this kind to a retiring Taoiseach two weeks before the date of his official retirement. Two weeks is an awfully long time in politics, particularly in the case of this man. Give him two weeks and one would never know what he might pull out of the hat. Your final day in this House as Taoiseach truly marks the end of a remarkable era...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I am conscious that it falls to me to ask the last question the Taoiseach will reply to as Taoiseach in this House.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I have been thinking of something easy that I could ask him this morning. I have settled on a matter he has been asked on before on 25 April 2007, almost 12 months to the day. He got quite upset then, apologising to the people of Meath because they would not be able to vote electronically in the upcoming general election. Instead, they would have to use the peann luaidhe.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: After the events of last Sunday in Parnell Park——

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: After last Sunday's events, I would not expect the Taoiseach to be apologising to Meath people this morning.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I heard him yesterday encouraging his successor to get a new Government jet. As he is tidying up his affairs, will he decide what should be done with the electronic voting machines?

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: A couple of thousand clapped-out voting machines that cannot and will not be used is a terrible legacy for the Taoiseach to leave the people. In the couple of working days he has left in office, will he take out the peann luaidhe and draw a line under the electronic voting machines?

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I have to remind the Taoiseach that on the day I was elected leader of my party he also said he saw out many of my predecessors. I think the peann luaidhe could serve me well for a long time to come yet. There is a serious point to this. These machines cost €60 million——

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: ——which I am sure the Taoiseach will acknowledge could have been better spent. It is two years since the Commission on Electronic Voting reported. It not only confirmed what those of us who had been critical of the particular system had said for a long time but added to it. None of the Taoiseach's Ministers want to touch this. Every time the line Minister, Deputy Gormley, or his...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (22 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 81: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the €50 collected as part of the €70 Private Residential Tenancies Board registration fee is ring fenced for allocation to the local authority in whose area it is collected to enable it to perform its functions under the Housing Acts; and the monitoring that is undertaken by his Department to ensure...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (22 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if additional funds other than those collected by the Private Residential Tenancies Board are allocated by his Department to support local authorities in performing their functions in relation to inspections under the Housing Acts. [14449/08]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (22 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 2 April 2008, if a licence has been issued; if so, the date on which it issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15009/08]

Ministerial Transport. (22 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the guidelines operated by his Department in regard to requests for use of the Air Corps aircraft for ministerial or official travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4656/08]

Appointments to State Boards. (22 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the appointments made to State boards or agencies operating under the aegis of his Department since June 2007 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6172/08]

Written Answers — Community Policing: Community Policing (17 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to receive the results of the review being undertaken by the Garda Commissioner of arrangements within An Garda Síochána for community policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14049/08]

Written Answers — Garda Management: Garda Management (17 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied with the rate of implementation of recommendations made by the Garda Inspectorate for Garda Reform, having regard to the fact that just one third of the reforms have been acted upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14048/08]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (17 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the income guidelines for a full medical card have not increased in the past two years; if her attention has been drawn to the effect this is having on many people, particularly those aged between 60 and 70 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14183/08]

Written Answers — Scéimeanna Feabhsúcháin: Scéimeanna Feabhsúcháin (17 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 396: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén staid ag a bhfuil an t-iarratas ar dheontas chun céim a dó d'Ionad Naomh Pádraig, Dobhar, an Bun Beag, Contae Dhún na nGall, a chríochnú. [14277/08]

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (17 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 574: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on reports that a considerable number of licensed premises and nightclubs in County Donegal are operating without valid liquor licences since 2006. [14278/08]

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Eamon Gilmore: I join Deputy Kenny and the Tánaiste in expressing sympathy to the Mills family on the death of Michael Mills. He had a long record as a political journalist and a political commentator. His views and opinions were taken very seriously because he took politics very seriously and examined what the Dáil and political parties were doing. As a journalist, he examined policy issues in a very...