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Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he has raised or intends to raise with the British Prime Minister the report of the MacEntee commission into aspects of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20157/07]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Following the publication of the MacEntee report, the Taoiseach stated that there should be a broader debate on the issue of collusion. The Justice for the Forgotten group is particularly anxious that this debate should take place. What are the plans in that regard? Last week, the Garda Commissioner announced that he was establishing a cold case type arrangement within the Garda to re-open...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: On behalf of the Labour Party, I join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in expressing my personal sympathy and that of my party with Mary Keegan and her family on the death of the late Seán Keegan. For someone to have served through four decades as a public representative from the time of his election to Westmeath County Council in 1955 to his time in Dáil Éireann in the 1980s is a great...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (9 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the long promised Judicial Council Bill is expected to be published; the consultation he has had with members of the judiciary regarding the contents of the Bill; his views, in view of a recent case, that there is still no procedure for dealing with breaches of conduct by judges apart from the impeachment process...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (9 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that more than 10,000 requests were made by the Gardaí during 2006 under the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 for access to personal telephone records; if he accepts the view of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner that such a number of applications suggests that innocent...

Order of Business (9 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the ordering of business for the remainder of this session. We have started this session at a pedestrian pace and much of the legislation the Government is bringing before the House is on Second Stage. In previous years, the same pattern was followed and we found ourselves, in the last couple of weeks, with a large amount of legislation being put before the...

Order of Business (9 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Which of those pieces of legislation does the Taoiseach intend to have enacted in this session? Will the business of the House be ordered in such a way that the legislation the Taoiseach wants enacted will at least get a decent debate?

Strategic Management Initiative. (9 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I have listened to the Taoiseach answering these questions for the past half hour and I confess I am still unclear on the reason the State is to pay another €500,000 for another study on the public service from the OECD. Among the various other studies that have emerged are that published earlier in the year by the NESF, the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, published in June,...

Strategic Management Initiative. (9 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Like the Taoiseach, I am not besotted with the latest gadgetry from the private sector. In respect of customer charters and evaluations carried out in the public sector, has this not simply created another tier of paperwork? If one calls a Garda station, one wants a garda to appear. One does not want to be sent a copy of the customer charter, or if one contacts a Department, one wants to...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in expressing my horror at the three gun murders which occurred since the House met last Thursday. Mr. Eddie Ward, another man in the wrong place at the wrong time, joins a list of people, including Ms Donna Cleary and Mr. Anthony Campbell, who have been gunned down in cold blood. There have been 14 gun murders this year. In 1997 prior to his election...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: That is a message of defeat. We know the problem in getting convictions arises because the associates of criminals do not co-operate. Some do so out of choice and some because they are afraid. We know there is a culture of intimidation and fear associated with these gangs, but that is not a new problem. It was encountered in the United States and Italy when the authorities in those...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach did.

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The witness protection scheme

Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I note that Deputy Ned O'Keeffe——

Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: ——has said the people of Cork were misled by the Government during the general election on the promised Amgen project and its 1,100 jobs.

Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Does the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment intend to come to the House today to provide an explanation of what has happened? When did the Government first find out that the project was to go on the backburner?

Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I am asking for time in the House with the Minister, which is in order.

Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Only slightly. There are 1,100 jobs involved.

Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Given that it was known last April that the project was in trouble, an opportunity should be provided for the Minister to explain to the House the steps taken by Government since April to address the problem. The Minister should also set out what public moneys have been spent to provide infrastructure for a project which appears not to be going ahead. The Minister should come to the House...

Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Tánaiste for that statement, but my question was whether the Minister will——