22 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the overseas development aid budget has been cut by close on one quarter during the past year, a percentage higher than cuts made in other areas of Government spending; his views on whether such cuts will have adverse consequences for the poorest of the poor globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the constitutional or legislative steps he expects will be required following the outcome of the EU summit in Brussels on 18 and 19 June 2009.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach his plans to bring forward proposals for Dáil reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recommendation contained in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that the system of Garda allowances on top of pay, and high levels of overtime should be reviewed with a view to making savings of €50 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on amending the law to allow the Criminal Assets Bureau apply to forfeit seized property after two years rather than the seven year wait; if he has an estimate of the additional revenue that would be raised if this change were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the position regarding the task force on active citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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561 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that plans by Drogheda Port Authority for a new deep water port at Bremore have been made available for inspection only in the superintendent’s office at Drogheda Garda station, that plans can only be inspected in the presence of members of the Garda and that no copying or photocopying of these plans is permitted; his views on whether this meets the need of the public consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance his most up to date forecast budget deficit for the year to 31 December 2009, including projected capital injections into the banking system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the constitutional referendums he proposes to hold before the end of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the progress of the structured church State dialogue initiated by his predecessor.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 7 June 2009 with the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and the Archbishop of Dublin.
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643 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the delay in the completion of a deed of covenant which would enable work to proceed on the re-development of a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 18, for which funding has been provided and all other preparations have been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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415 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received an update from the interdepartmental committee on the Dormant Accounts Fund suicide prevention measure; the position regarding this funding measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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408 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the delay in the completion of a deed of covenant which would enable work to proceed on the re-development of a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 18, for which funding has been provided and all other preparations have been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons working on temporary contracts, and the number of such contracts that are due to expire by the end of 2009 in respect of her Department and each of the State agencies or boards for which she has responsibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with political parties in Northern Ireland; 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 his recent contacts with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Gordon Brown; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the level of support provided by his Department to Independent Deputies who have committed to support the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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289 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the matters discussed at his meeting on 3 June 2009 with eight groups representing victims of child abuse in institutions run by religious orders; if he plans to meet this group again; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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290 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the matters discussed at his meeting on 4 June 2009 with representatives of the religious orders that ran institutions identified in the Ryan report in which children were abused; if the question of additional payments by the orders was discussed; if he plans further meetings with these orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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288 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science if, arising from his public statement of 26 May 2009, he has received a response to his call to the religious congregations to articulate their willingness to make a further substantial voluntary contribution arising from the Ryan report; if a meeting has been arranged with representatives of the congregations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children the measures in place to ensure that funding for new developments in the health services are spent on the purposes for which they have been approved; the areas in which such funding has been released; the areas in which it is withheld; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children when the contract for the cancer control programme’s cervical screening testing, currently held by a company (details supplied) will be re-advertised; the criteria which will be used; if it is intended to award the contract to a single operator; if there is an indication that Irish laboratories will be eligible to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the promised timetable for the review of the programme for Government; the format the review will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the estimated cost of the electronic tagging system proposed for Irish ewes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is assisting farming groups with regard to the establishment of advice clinics for farming families currently under financial pressure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he has received a response to a letter he sent to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on 20 May 2009 in which he proposed the use of social welfare funds to pay for a new jobs initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide the latest information on the number of pension schemes that currently fail the funding standard and the extent to which they fail.
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45 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to improve pension security for members of defined benefit schemes in the private sector.
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61 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to prepare a second white paper on defence for the period 2011 to 2020.
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37 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Defence the way the €30 million reduction in Defence spending announced in the 2009 budget will be achieved; the instances in which plans to acquire new equipment during 2009 will not proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding his policy on postcodes; the cost of implementation; the cost of consultancy on this issue to date; if he has examined whether GPS will make postcodes redundant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure that the ministerial car fleet will use bio-fuels; when he expects same to happen; if he will ensure that the bio-fuels used in the State fleet are sustainable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of meetings he has had with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to provide up dates as to each Department’s programme and progress in regard to the reduction of the use of illicit substances; the progress made at such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he expects the new national drugs strategy to be completed and published; the discussions he has had with community organisations on this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach his plans to meet other EU leaders in advance of the June 2009 summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach his priorities for the June 2009 EU summit; if he has received an agenda for the summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his participation in the Eastern Partnership summit in Prague on 7 May 2009.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in the first four months of 2009; the way these compare with the same period in each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the present planning status of a wind farm (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the findings of the European Court of Justice on 3 July 2008, that Ireland had breached its obligations under European Law in respect of environmental impact assessment which should have been sought from the developer before planning permission was granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he expects to bring legislation before Dáil Éireann regarding the amalgamation of bodies under his remit as announced in budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the recommendations he has made to the Department of Finance with regard to the artists’ tax exemption scheme in view of the fact this scheme covers artists, for which he has responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the reason for the decision to close down the National Forum on Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the final cost that accrued to his Department in respect of the McEntee commission; if all these costs have been discharged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for the remainder of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the group established within his Department to oversee the awarding of public relations contracts by Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the costs that have accrued to date to his Department arising from the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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647 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provisions being made to ensure that a unit in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be operational by September 2009 and that sufficient funding is being made available to fund the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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611 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has not been relocated to alternative premises as was intended nearly ten months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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