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Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Regarding the Taoiseach's earlier response to the nursing homes support scheme Bill, he is implying it has been delayed because of a request by the Opposition. It is important to put the record straight on this matter. The Bill's provisions were announced by the Minister for Health and Children 12 months ago. There has been little legislation in the House since September. The main reason...

Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: There are some who claim they were not consulted at all.

National Centre for Partnership. (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent work of the National Economic and Social Forum and its planned work programme for the first half of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30821/07]

National Centre for Partnership. (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach addressed a seminar of the NCPP on 29 November at which he said public service pay should neither lead nor trail the market. What decision has the Government made in respect of the proposed pay increases for the Taoiseach and his Cabinet colleagues?

Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in commiserating with the families who have lost loved ones in the past week or so and the families of those who are still ill, the most recent victims of drugs in our society. I was glad to hear the Taoiseach's second reply to Deputy Kenny because I was a little concerned when I heard his first reply that there may have been a sense of playing down the...

Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not disagree with the Taoiseach on the demand for drugs. We may need a discussion on our society's deeper issues to determine why there is such an abuse of substances, but the most immediate matter that can be dealt with is supply. It is cheaper to buy a line of cocaine than it is to buy a pint in this city. Despite the drug seizures and convictions, there is an enormous supply of...

Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand the increases in salary for the Judiciary which are to take effect immediately and for Ministers which are to take effect in 12 months' time will require the making of statutory instruments. Is it intended that both sets of increases will be covered by one statutory instrument or will separate instruments be required? When will the statutory instruments be laid before the House?

Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand, therefore, that a statutory instrument will be introduced immediately in respect of the increase for judges.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: It will be done immediately.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: There will be a separate statutory instrument to be introduced some time next year to allow the ministerial increases to take effect?

Constitutional Amendments. (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if there are changes to the plans he has for constitutional referendums during 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29092/07]

Constitutional Amendments. (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Is it the Taoiseach's intention to hold the two referendums, the referendum on children and the referendum on the EU treaty, on the same date? Are there any other plans to hold constitutional referendums in 2008? I noted the comments made by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, on reform of the Seanad which I understand would require changes to...

Constitutional Amendments. (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Some matters arise from the Taoiseach's reply. While I understand the Taoiseach's preference is to hold the referendums on children and the EU reform treaty on the same day, do I take it that this is now unlikely to happen, given the timetable the committee has set for itself? Second, is there still some doubt about whether a referendum is required on the EU treaty? Do I understand from the...

Constitutional Amendments. (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I asked whether there is any doubt about the need for a referendum on the EU treaty.

Constitutional Amendments. (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: No doubt at all.

Written Answers — Transport Regulation: Transport Regulation (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to introduce new national or regional transport authorities to complement the proposed Dublin Transport Authority and implement Transport 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32797/07]

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: This budget is a monumental breach of the promises made by Fianna Fáil to the Irish people at the general election in May. We recall that when the Fianna Fáil campaign floundered last May, the Minister for Finance appeared at a press conference, thumped the table, steadied the ship and made the promises. Nobody was better placed than him to be informed of the state of the economy before...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Following the budget statement yesterday, the Minister for Health and Children announced increases in charges for accident and emergency departments and overnight stays in hospital and an increase in the threshold for the drugs payment scheme. Why were those increases not contained in the budget statement made by the Minister for Finance yesterday? Are there any other little increases in...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Income Tax (5 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the Minister set out the current position? I understand from her that the difference between the preferential rate of interest and the market rate is deemed to be a benefit-in-kind and is therefore taxable. What tax liability applies to somebody who gets a loan from a particular source at a rate of interest other than the market rate?

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (5 Dec 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the discussions he has had with the Department of Education and Science regarding the linguistic study of the Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32615/07]