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Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: He does have the power.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Like Deputy Kenny, I am also curious as to the timing of the presentation of the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill on Second Stage at this time. I raised this matter when the Bill reappeared on the Order Paper some weeks ago and inquired of the Taoiseach if the Bill was the same one introduced in 2005. I distinctly recall the vigorous opposition to that Bill at the time from members of the Green Party.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: At the time, I asked the Taoiseach if this was the same Bill or if there would be an amended version. Is it intended that the Bill presented today for Second Stage will be substantially amended by the Government before completing its passage in the House? The second matter I want to raise also concerns the Green Party, although I am sorry to say so because it is probably more than their...

Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: This morning, the Minister, Deputy Gormley, said he intended to donate his €25,000 pay increase to his party. However, as my colleague, Deputy Tuffy, pointed out, the Minister cannot do so under the Electoral Acts. This is because there is a limit of approximately €6,500 on the amount an individual can donate to a political party.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: At the rate the Government is paying itself, that will drive up the tonnage.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: An electoral Bill is promised. Is it intended to introduce it in time to amend the limits so that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government can do as he wishes?

Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: So he will have to keep the money for this year then.

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (15 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, when he pledged to progress the delivery of postcodes here, he was in possession of a cost benefit analysis of this system; if so, if he will publish details of same; the initial cost and the ongoing cost of this project; the amount of this that will be financed by the taxpayer; if there will be a general...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (15 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has met with the Department of Transport in view of Sustainable Energy Ireland's findings that transport energy efficiency has barely improved since 1995; the manner in which improvements can be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28961/07]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (14 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 47: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date in delivering on commitments made in the Agreed Programme for Government in relation to integrating environmental considerations into policy formulation, linked with existing social partnership mechanisms and, in particular, establishing Comhar as a body within the National Economic...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (14 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the Electoral Acts to provide for increased transparency in the funding of political parties and for greater scrutiny of political party expenditure, as strongly urged by the Standards in Public Office Commission in its most recent annual report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his participation in the meeting of the British-Irish Council in Belfast on 16 July 2007. [19876/07]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on meetings he has had with other participants on the margins of the British-Irish Council meeting in Belfast on 16 July 2007. [19877/07]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his participation in the meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council in Armagh on 17 July 2007. [19878/07]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the discussions that have taken place with the social partners arising from the conclusions of the North-South Ministerial Council in Armagh on 17 July 2007 regarding the establishment of the North-South consultative forum, first proposed in the Belfast Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19879/07]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he, his Department or anyone acting on behalf of his Department made representations to the Northern Ireland Minister for Social Development, Ms. Margaret Ritchie MLA, in connection with her decision to withhold certain funding under the conflict transformation initiative as a result of the refusal of the UDA to begin decommissioning its weapons; the...

Written Answers — Second Level Education: Second Level Education (13 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the recent study undertaken by the ESRI on behalf of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment which states that 25% of third year secondary students take up grinds; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that students derive no advantage from such systems; her views on whether...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (13 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 53, 54 and 80 of 2 October 2007, if the 17% increase in funding for the service provided in the 2007 Estimates allowed some further expansion in the number of psychologists in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28466/07]

Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: In recent weeks there has been much public debate about the quality and adequacy of cancer care services. It is fair to say that public confidence in these services is low. The solution proposed by almost everybody is the notion of centres of excellence. It is the strategy being put forward by the Government and the HSE, and all political parties as well as most medical professionals have...

Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach has described how we will have fewer centres providing cancer services. He has not said how these remaining eight or nine centres will be better. That is what the public wants to know about. For the past week or more we have been speaking about centres of excellence, and the expectation is that these will be better facilities than we have currently. How will they be better?...