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Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the report from the group of senior officials, operating under the auspices of his Department, who were asked to evaluate the implications of the Aer Lingus decision to end its Shannon-Heathrow service; the number of occasions on which the group has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20136/07]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 20 August 2007 (details supplied). [20135/07]

Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Arising from our discussion on Leaders' Questions, has the Government plans to introduce amending legislation to the Competition Act to allow for negotiations to take place between the State and professional bodies on the type of matters to which I referred? The Taoiseach circulated a briefing note on the proposal to have a joint committee on the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement....

Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Will the Taoiseach expand on this issue? I understood from the briefing note that the MPs would attend on a cross-community basis. Which MPs are likely to attend and which are not? I do not understand why this is confined to Westminster MPs. Why not give the opportunity to participate to MLAs? Why is it confined to Westminster MPs?

Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Who will attend and who will not?

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach refers to negotiations and talks which have been initiated under the chairmanship of Bill Shipsey SC and we hope they succeed. However, this problem has arisen because negotiations could not take place in the normal way. It was decided that negotiations could not take place with the IPU because of the provisions of the Competition Act 2002. When the Competition Bill was going...

Decentralisation Programme. (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department who have applied for relocation under the decentralisation programme; the number of such staff whose applications have been sanctioned; the number who have transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21546/07]

Decentralisation Programme. (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I recall that when the then Minister for Finance, former Deputy McCreevy, announced the decentralisation scheme, he told us it was designed to reduce the Dublin mindset in the running of the country, ease traffic in Dublin, reduce house prices and bring prosperity and plenty to the 50 places to which public servants would be sent. He said that 10,000 people would be moving to various places...

Decentralisation Programme. (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: They tell me they will not go. I understand that a building has been bought in Clonakilty to accommodate them. What am I to tell the members of the BIM staff when I meet them again? Are they going to Clonakilty or not? If they are not going, what will they be doing in Dublin? These people are experts on fish. They do not know anything about FÁS, education, schools or anything they may...

Decentralisation Programme. (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach mentioned Clonakilty.

Decentralisation Programme. (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: It is indeed.

Decentralisation Programme. (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Another great place.

Order of Business (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity of joining the Taoiseach and Deputy Bruton in congratulating Archbishop Seán Brady on his nomination to the College of Cardinals. I share, with the Taoiseach and Deputy Bruton, and I am sure all Members of the House, in the appreciation and respect for the work that Archbishop Brady has been doing, not only in his diocese but...

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I join Deputy Kenny and the Taoiseach in congratulating Anne Enright on winning the Man Booker Prize and to express my delight that she has a family connection with Dún Laoghaire. From the beginning of this week, approximately 4,500 recovering heroin addicts, almost 3,000 of whom reside in Dublin, have had their lives thrown into chaos as a result of the withdrawal of the methadone...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the Comptroller and Auditor General in his most recent report at the significant underestimation of tax revenues by his Department in each of the past three years; the steps he is taking to ensure a more accurate level of forecasting by his Department; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the report of the Revenue Commissioners on the effective rate of tax of the top 400 earners during 2003; the steps he is taking to ensure that all high earners pay their full share of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23673/07]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the costs accrued to date to his Department in respect of the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20158/07]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: As I understand it, the figure given by the Taoiseach in respect of the total cost to date of the Moriarty tribunal, which is almost €30 million, is in respect of administration of the tribunal and the legal fees paid to the tribunal's lawyers. Does his Department have a ballpark figure for what will be the likely cost, including third party costs, that may be made by the tribunal to those...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: To what tribunals do the new rates apply? What are the current daily rates at the Moriarty tribunal?

Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: What is the ballpark figure for the total cost, when the third party costs are calculated? Will the Taoiseach give us the figure because the percentages will confuse us all?