8 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the average amount expected to be paid by personnel in his Department arising from the pension-related deduction announced by him on 3 February 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the amount expected to be paid by personnel in his Department arising from the pension-related deduction announced by him on 3 February 2009; the personnel within his Department who will not be required to make the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[4745/09]
5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the staff or resources which have been allocated to the programme office within his office, established to support implementation of the report of the task force on the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[1035/09]
4 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings held to date of the Cabinet committee on transforming public services, which he chairs and when the next meeting is scheduled.
[1034/09]
70 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who have been taken off rent supplement in each of the past three years and switched to the rental accommodation scheme; and the estimated saving this represents to the Exchequer in each of the years.
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75 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of community welfare officers funded by her Department; and her plans to provide funding for the recruitment of additional community welfare officers.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Eamon Gilmore den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na ciorruithe atá curtha i bhfeidhm agus atá le cur i bhfeidhm i 2009 ó thaobh na Gaeilge de agus ó thaobh na Gaeltachta de ag a Roinn; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Eamon Gilmore den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta i leith an triúr áisitheoir pobail sna Gaeltachtaí beaga, An Rinn, Ráth Chairn agus Uíbh Ráthach, a chur ar ais ina bpoist; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
[8977/09]
10 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will confirm that as a result of a typing error the senior counsel daily refresher fee paid to lawyers at the Moriarty tribunal was set at a rate of €2,500 rather than the agreed rate of €2,250; the additional costs accruing to his Department as a result of the error; if the error occurred within his Department; if no effort was made to correct the error; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[7464/09]
9 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the action he will take arising from the Comptroller and Auditor General’s Special Report No. 63 on tribunal costs in relation to those tribunals for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[7463/09]
8 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the costs accruing to his Department arising from the Moriarty tribunal at latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[7462/09]
6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the costs accruing to date to his Department arising from the work of the Moriarty tribunal; if an estimate is available of the expected final costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3151/09]
2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the procedures in place within his Department for providing assistance to certain independent Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3150/09]
75 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress on the drafting of the new Bill for the heritage fund; when he expects this legislation to be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the latest ESRI-Irish Sports Council’s report, Irish Sports Monitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[8517/09]
6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the main features of the corporate procurement plan operated by his Department; if he plans changes to the plan in view of new spending restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[8414/09]
5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the main features of the corporate procurement plan operated by his Department; if changes have been made to the plan as a result of the recent announcement of spending restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[7521/09]
2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department, broken down by grade, who have applied for relocation under the Government’s decentralisation programme; the number of such staff who have relocated to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3149/09]
71 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fraud investigations being undertaken into a crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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226 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the consideration given to the condition of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; his plans for a new building for this school; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[7842/09]
137 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance if principal officers in the Civil Service are to receive the 1.1% pay increase recommended under the second report of the Public Service Benchmarking Body; the effect this will have on other Civil Service pay grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[7953/09]
122 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance if a category of saving product (details supplied) is covered by the State guarantee.
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104 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if arising from his interview (details supplied) he will state when he will introduce legislation to end prison terms for non-payment of fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[7588/09]
81 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will bring the promised legislative reforms before Dáil Éireann to deal with the increase in knife crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[7587/09]
3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the manner in which it is intended to achieve the 10% reduction in costs in his offices and that of his Ministers of State, announced by him on 3 February 2009; 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 change any of the functions or responsibilities of Ministers of State at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3148/09]
176 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children if the bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam has been renewed; if so, the date on which it was renewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way, in respect of the announcement of 3 February 2009, it is intended to effect the 8% reduction in professional fees in relation to services provided to or funded by her Department; the amount expected to be saved in her Department’s budget as a result of this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has had contacts with the new administration in the United States in view of reports that proposed tax changes may impact on US investment here and the possible consequences for job creation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the appointments made by him to the boards of agencies or other bodies operating under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3147/09]
3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the number of files withheld by his Department in respect of the files transferred to the national archives regarding the year 1978; the number withheld under section 8(4)( a ) of the National Archives Act 1986; the number withheld under section 8(4)( b ); the number withheld under section 8(4)( c ); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[1006/09]
63 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the shortfall in funding for amputees whereby they have to pay a considerable amount of the cost of prosthetic arms and legs; her views on whether this is inappropriate and out of line with the practice in other countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children the indication she has from the developers of the proposed co-located hospitals that they will proceed in the present economic climate; the stage of planning in each of these hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the practice of financial institutions lending money for the sole purpose of facilitating the purchase by a third party of shares or securities, or financial instruments derived from such shares or securities, in that same institution is contrary to any provision of law; his further views, in particular, on whether, in his opinion, such practices would contravene Section 60(13)(a) of the Companies Act 1963 or similar legislation; if the relevant legislation is somewhat deficient in this respect; if he proposes to change the legislation in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance the date and the circumstances in which his attention was first drawn, whether formally or informally, to the inappropriate warehousing of directors loans in advance financial year end at Anglo Irish Bank and facilitated by Irish Nationwide Building Society; if his attention has further been drawn to other such instances of the inappropriate treatment of directors loans by other financial institutions covered by the bank guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[6345/09]
6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he has satisfied himself at the rate of implementation of the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3146/09]
5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the progress to date with regard to the implementation of those areas of the programme for Government for which his Department has line responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3145/09]
2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the costs incurred by the communications unit within his Department during 2008; the projected costs for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[3143/09]
10 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his participation in the World Economic Forum summit in Davos in Switzerland.
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8 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach his priorities for the European Council meeting on 19 and 20 March 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[1037/09]
7 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach his plans for meetings with other EU leaders over the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[1036/09]
3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the constitutional referenda the Government plans to hold during 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position that obtains in the Democratic Republic of Congo in view of the announcement by the authorities in Kin-shasa that 2,000 Hutu refugees are to return to Rwanda from the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if progress has been made in the reported difficulties being experienced by the United Nations in obtaining peacekeepers.
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33 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in Nepal; the amount to be allocated in 2009 in view of the recent announcement of cuts in the budget for overseas development and recalling that more than €1 million was provided through Irish Aid in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the breakdown on the level of beef and dairy imports into Ireland by quantity and country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the price supports he welcomed under the CAP health check have failed to support milk prices; the minimum milk price at which he expected these supports to sustain; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance when he or his Department first became aware of the reported transfer of €7 billion from Irish Life & Permanent to Anglo Irish Bank, €4 billion of which was transferred on 30 September 2008, the day on which the bank guarantee scheme was announced; the investigation being held into the transfer of these moneys; if his attention has been drawn to any other transfers of money to or from Anglo Irish Bank in or around this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.