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Homeless Persons. (21 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for permitting me to raise this issue. It concerns the future of the two largest hostels for homeless people in Dublin, the Morning Star and the Regina Coeli hostels. I raise the issue by way of a question through the Minister of State who is taking the Adjournment debate to the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. a1: In page 4, line 4, after "acquiring" to insert the following: "(up to a maximum of 3.6 million Kyoto units by 2012)". The Bill as presented enables the Minister through the National Treasury Management Agency to buy carbon allowances, which will be known as Kyoto units in order to meet our Kyoto commitments. The Minister is proposing that he be given an open-ended...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: On a point of order. The Minister is correct. The amendment is inaccurately worded. It should read 3.6 million tonnes per annum.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: If the Minister wants to propose that amendment on the floor I would be happy to accept it.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I want to clarify matters. I think the Minister agrees that I can amend the amendment by the insertion of the words "per annum" after "Kyoto units" so that it is clear that we are talking about 3.6 million Kyoto units per annum. Where did these 3.6 million units come from? They came from the Minister. We know where we are at the moment. The Minister indicated that it is his intention...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I am disappointed the Minister has not accepted my amendment. That means we are either going to increase our emissions beyond the 25% or 26% above current levels or the Minister has no confidence in his own carbon reduction measures. If he had confidence in them, and we are not going to increase beyond 25% or 26%, then 3.6 million units is the limit of the amount we would be required to...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, lines 4 and 5, to delete "or future". Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand", put and declared carried.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, line 23, after "may" to insert "with the prior approval of Dáil Éireann". We had a long discussion on this amendment on Committee Stage so I do not propose to repeat it. The Minister is seeking not so much a blank cheque or a standing order, as Deputy Cuffe described it, but a direct debit. Whatever our debit on carbon will be, there will be a direct...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (21 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I move amendment No. 4: In page 6, to delete lines 25 to 28. There was a rather odd provision that the chief executive of the NTMA would not be permitted to express any opinion on what the Government did. In committee I drew a distinction, stating that it would be an understandable restriction to ban him or her from commenting publicly. However, it would be too restrictive to prevent the...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I join in supporting the motion tabled by my colleague, Deputy O'Sullivan. Every day, on the Order of Business, the Taoiseach tells Deputies to listen to the facts and examine the statistics. In no area do we have more statistics and facts available to us than in education. Many of them have been cited during the course of this debate. For example, Deputies heard how many classes have...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I appreciate that as an election approaches, it is always tempting to engage in one-upmanship. Deputy Gogarty spent more time criticising the proposers of the motion than he did criticising those who have been in Government for the past ten years. Whatever service he may have done to his own re-election ambitions and whatever service he may think he has done for his party, he did no service...

Written Answers — Social Finance Foundation: Social Finance Foundation (20 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance when the social finance fund announced in budget 2006 will start to issue loans to voluntary projects; the person who will be in charge of the fund; the number of staff members it will have; the responsibilities they will have; their salaries; the criteria they will use for assessing loan applications; the penalties that will be imposed on...

Written Answers — Family Law Act: Family Law Act (20 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 544: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a letter of freedom has been refused to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will reconsider the application in view of this Deputy's representations. [10013/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 757: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the planned redevelopment of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9447/07]

Written Answers — Agricultural Prices: Agricultural Prices (8 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the fact that the reported 5% rise in the prices paid to farmers in 2006 has been all but wiped out by rising energy, fuel and fertilizer costs; and the steps she is taking to address this issue. [9105/07]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (8 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the fact that she is prepared to administer ex-gratia payments to a number of organisations directly involved in the delivery of non-farm animal care and welfare services, she will accept, albeit non-statutory, responsibility for steering Ireland towards ratification of the European Convention for the Protection of Pet...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Ní thógfaidh mé 30 nóiméad, is dócha, mar beidh sé deacair an méid sin ama a chaitheamh ar Bhille chomh beag leis seo. This is the legislation the House must enact to clear the way to hold the general election. It is to rectify the flaw in the provision in the existing Electoral Act relating to the nomination of Independent or non-party candidates in a general election. I welcome...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: We are on death watch in the House with regard to this Dáil.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I hope the Government is in its final days. Certainly, the 29th Dáil is in its final days. This democracy is not served by prolonging its life. It appears that the Government has an agenda. Whatever it is, it is not in the people's interests or those of the country. It is the Government's own partisan interests to prolong the life of this Dáil to get as much out of it as possible and...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government does not want to present the Ministers who were responsible for the debacle, the waste of public money and the threat to our democracy to account for themselves. Let us repeat what they attempted to do. Let us look at what is contained in the report of the commission on electronic voting. It concluded that if the Labour Party and Fine Gael, in particular, had not challenged...