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Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Does the Taoiseach have any figures on which to go?

Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Is that just for this year?

Freedom of Information. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the number of requests received by his Department under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 in the first eight months of 2007; if he will provide comparable figures for the same period in respect of each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19882/07]

Freedom of Information. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Can the Taoiseach tell us how many FOI applications were made to his Department to date this year? In her commentary on the Freedom of Information Act and how it is operating, the Information Commissioner drew attention to seven other countries which have similar FOI legislation to that of Ireland. She pointed out that in none of these countries is a fee charged for an internal review of a...

Freedom of Information. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Is the Taoiseach telling us that €15 a throw will dissuade companies from making FOI applications?

National Security Committee. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if the interdepartmental committee on State security, established in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks in the USA, is functioning; the last occasion on which the committee met; when the next meeting is planned; the Departments represented on the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21545/07]

National Security Committee. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: In his reply I understood the Taoiseach to say the number of suspected terrorists under surveillance is quite small. I am sure we are all relieved to hear that. However, if that is the case, why did the Garda need to make 10,000 applications for access to private telephone records in 2006? Will the Taoiseach explain how many additional requests were made by the Garda, which has the power...

National Security Committee. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: We have 10,000 requests at home.

National Security Committee. (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: There were 10,000 requests to access telephone records.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Susie Long was a very brave woman who has done this country a great service. Her e-mail to Joe Duffy last January, which is reprinted in full in today's The Irish Times, is probably the most compelling narrative we have seen about what is wrong with our health service. She describes how she had to wait for seven months for a test which could have been carried out in three days and describes...

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach's answer is a total red herring. First, how does one know a case is urgent until one carries out the test? This woman was looking for a test to be carried out to establish her condition. To suggest there can be an urgent and non-urgent list, as if GPs, to whom patients present in the first place, can, without the benefit of the diagnostic tests, make such judgments in...

Order of Business (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The programme for Government contains a commitment to a carbon budget in addition to the normal finance budget delivered each year. Related to this are suggestions or indications in respect of the introduction of carbon taxes. Is it intended that the carbon budget will be introduced by the Minister for Finance as part of the overall budget or will it be introduced separately by the Minister...

Order of Business (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: It is promised in the programme for Government.

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (11 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will introduce a system of postcodes; if he will publish the National Postcode Project Board's feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis on the potential introduction of postcodes; if the report put a price tag of €80 to €90 million for the full implementation of postcodes; the amount of this that...

Written Answers — Renewable Energy Resources: Renewable Energy Resources (11 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm comments by a senior advisor from Sustainable Energy Ireland that Ireland's real target for renewable energy for electricity for 2020 is 6% rather than 33% as outlined in the Energy White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23047/07]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress of his consideration of legislation to regulate lobbyists as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22809/07]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 146: 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22810/07]

Fire Services: Motion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to share time with Deputy Ciarán Lynch, who proposed the original motion.

Fire Services: Motion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank Deputies Lynch and McManus for the comprehensive argument they made last night in support of the Labour Party motion. As someone who lives in Shankill, just two miles from Bray, I have close connections with the community in that town. Therefore, I understand the real sense of shock that was felt in Bray and throughout the country at the untimely and tragic deaths of Brian Murray...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: When I asked the Taoiseach yesterday about the legislation he plans to have enacted in this session, one of the Bills he mentioned was the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005, which is the Bill that enables and empowers the Government to close down tribunals. I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Sargent, will recall that when this Bill was initially published, the Green Party expressed strong...