36 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed on the recent postponement of the An Bord Pleanála hearing into plans by the Dublin Port Company to infill 52 acres in Dublin Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children the categories of staff that will administer the H1N1 vaccine to the general population; if they will be replaced in their regular role; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children when private health care providers will be subject to regulation and quality evaluation by the Health Information and Quality Authority; her views on the provision of cancer services by private providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach his plans for official commemorations for the remainder of 2009 and for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the cost accrued to date by his Department arising from the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when redundancy payments will be awarded to the two staff members who lost their jobs as a result of the decision of FÁS to close the Carrick-on-Suir Jobs Club, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent Economic and Social Research Institute report which indicated that some 200,000 households, or one in three mortgages, could be in negative equity by end 2010; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the true number in negative equity could be far higher if house prices have fallen by 50% or more from their peak by that time; his plans to bring forward proposals to deal with this phenomenon; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he plans to discontinue the Law Reform Commission, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he plans to discontinue the public service modernisation unit, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he plans to discontinue the active citizenship office, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he plans to discontinue the Newfoundland and Labrador partnership, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he plans to discontinue the National Economic and Social Development Office, with the exception of the National Economic and Social Council, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he plans to implement the reduction in staff numbers in the Central Statistics Office, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he plans to implement the reduction in staff numbers in the Office of the Attorney General, as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he plans to implement the reduction in staff numbers in his Department as recommended by the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will implement the recommendations of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes in so far as they apply to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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225 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the concern expressed by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission regarding the delay on the part of the British Government in publishing its consultation document on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland; if he has raised this matter or plans to raise it with the British Prime Minister in view of the fact that the commitment to introduce a Bill of Rights was included in both the Good Friday and the St. Andrew’s agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach when it is intended to publish the promised progress report on the implementation of An Agreed Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 11 October 2009 with the US Secretary of State, Ms Hillary Clinton.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the British Government on Northern Ireland since 10 July 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the political parties in Northern Ireland since 10 July 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the position regarding correspondence sent to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on 20 May 2009 relating to a proposed new jobs initiative; if he has received a definitive response from the social partners to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if houses acquired under the leasing initiative will be distributed for social housing en bloc or in dispersed mode; if consideration been given to private purchasers who bought properties on the understanding that they would be living in an estate which would have 20% social housing under the Part V obligation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if under the leasing initiative a lease or rent review is part of each agreement; if a review can be down as well as up; if houses acquired under the leasing initiative are required to meet a particular building energy rating standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he has had discussions with other EU leaders regarding the outcome of the Lisbon referendum on 2 October 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the special meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on 17 September 2009 to coordinate the EU position in advance of the G20 summit.
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4 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with other EU leaders since the June 2009 summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he has received an agenda for the EU summit in October 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the number of staff, broken down by grade, currently employed in the Attorney General’s office engaged in the drafting of legislation; the number of vacancies in such grades or positions; the vacancies in the Attorney General’s office which have been advertised since the beginning of 2008; the positions which have been filled; if he is satisfied that there are sufficient staff and resources available to the Office of the Attorney General to facilitate the prompt and efficient drafting of legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the progress made to date on the programme of work set out in Transforming Public Services; the date the Annual Report on the State of the Public Services will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding Ireland’s commitment to the biofuels directive; the outcome of the public consultation process here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the recommendations contained in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes as it relates to her Department; the recommendations she has decided to accept; and the recommendations she has decided to reject.
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166 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans in relation to the means testing, reduction or taxing of child benefit.
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9 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the progress made to date by the task force on innovation; when he expects to receive the final report of the task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the terms of reference of the recently established Innovation Taskforce to support the development of the smart economy; when he expects that the task force will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the level of expenditure by his Department in the first six months of 2009; if it is consistent with the figures provided in his Department’s estimate for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the rules governing the receipt of hospitality by Ministers or Ministers of State from State agencies or State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1208 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason the sketch design for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has not been approved, in view of the fact that this was one of the schools listed in March 2009 to proceed to tender; when the sketch design will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm receipt of correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); if their application has been considered; if their application has been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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256 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to sporting clubs, which were granted tax exemption status and which are abusing the conditions under which the exemption was granted by using interest on a capital sum derived from the disposal of assets to defray day-to-day expenditure and thereby subsidise members’ annual subscriptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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154 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in regard to the securing of efficiency savings in respect of An Foras Teanga; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if it is intended to transfer Uadarás na Gaeltachta’s enterprise development functions to Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic renewal last met; and when the committee is expected to next meet.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the date of the last meeting of the Cabinet committee on economic renewal; and when the next meeting is scheduled.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the procedures in place within his Department to ensure the security of personal data held by electronic means; if he has satisfied himself with the adequacy of such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the discussions he has had with officials of other Departments regarding cuts in arts funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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