15 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the communications he has had with Barack Obama since his inauguration as President of the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed in his recent telephone conversation with the then President-elect, Barack Obama; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information applications received in his Department during 2008; the way these figures compare with the same period in each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the guidelines that exist in regard to the acceptance of hospitality by Ministers from State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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630 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive approval for their application for a permanent building; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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629 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm receipt of requests from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 seeking approval for the building of a sports hall; when the school will receive a reply from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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586 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in a school building project (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will allow the building work to proceed; the timetable for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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574 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will describe and list the forms and nature of assistance provided in State examinations to students with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expected publication date of the draft policy paper on next generation broadband networks; if he will implement the value for money and policy review of phase one of the MANs programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ensure that households that are not covered by the national broadband scheme and that do not benefit from any proposed upgrading of exchanges will be able to access broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach when the interdepartmental team on infrastructure and public private partnership last met; when the next meeting is due; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will say when he will meet the social partners to discuss issues in regard to the current national agreement.
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14 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the publication on 18 December 2008 of the Government’s framework for economic recovery.
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6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Government with the social partners under the Towards 2016 process is due; if an agenda has been agreed for the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the ratification by ICTU and IBEC of the Towards 2016 review and transitional agreement, 2008 to 2009.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the procedures used by his office to regulate and monitor the use of the Government jet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures planned by his Department to reduce carbon emissions through the actions of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money set aside or spent on the purchase of carbon offsets for flights by Ministers or other persons on Government business; the amount per flight it is intended to be used to purchase carbon offsets; the persons from whom carbon offsets are to be purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Bill entitled an Act to set a target for the year 2050 for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; to provide for a system of carbon budgeting; to make other provisions about climate change; and to provide for related matters
269 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science his plans to provide a permanent building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Defence his views on awarding the discretionary service medal to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in recognition of their involvement in the recovery of the bodies of those who died in the Niemba ambush in the Congo in November 1960; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding members of the Reserve Defence Forces who wish to serve abroad; if he expects that such personnel will be able to serve abroad during 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach his plans for the future of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his participation in the seventh plenary meeting of the North South Ministerial Council held in Derry on 23 January 2009.
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9 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 17 October 2008 with a delegation from Sinn Féin.
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8 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 17 October 2008 with a delegation from the Democratic Unionist Party.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the advisers, press officers, or other non-Civil Service staff appointed by him since 7 May 2008 and the duties of each; the annual salary costs for such staff; if this group of staff will be subject to the 3% reduction in payroll costs announced in July 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she will take to ensure that the social insurance fund is kept in surplus.
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120 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the target times that apply to the processing of jobseeker payments.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Eamon Gilmore den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a fhoilseofar an Straitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Eamon Gilmore den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a fhoilseofar an Plean Gníomhaíochta don Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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105 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress on the amalgamation of the National Library of Ireland, the National Archives and the Manuscripts Commission; if legislation will be required to enact the amalgamation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps his Department has taken towards meeting the commitment contained in the programme for Government to promote sport in schools; the work his Department has facilitated with the Department of Education and Science; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he expects to publish a Revised Estimate for his Department for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the Director of Public Prosecutions that the imposition of cutbacks on his office may limit its capacity to prosecute cases, particularly in the District Court; the steps he is taking to ensure that the DPP has sufficient staff and resources to discharge his duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if it is intended that the reduction of 3% in payroll costs will apply to the Offices of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Chief State Solicitor; the number of jobs that are expected to be cut as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1496 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay to the proposed new buildings for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if this school will be on the list of school building projects for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1049 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the potential implications for planning and for public money of a court decision overturning a planning permission (details supplied); if he has raised the implications of the decision with the Dublin Dockland Development Authority; if his Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential exposure of the taxpayer and the implications for planning generally of the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1021 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Defence the reason the competition in respect of Air Corps cadetships has been cancelled in 2009 for the second successive year in view of the fact that the Air Corps have been giving career talks to leaving certificate students on becoming a cadet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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737 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has received a proposal to initiate a fair trade flag for schools, along the lines of the green flag scheme; the consideration he is giving to the idea; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has held discussions with the incoming Czech Presidency of the European Union with regard to the objectives held for this Presidency, particularly in view of recent statements from the Presidency.
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162 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details of the recent meeting in Moscow between an EU delegation and Ukraine and Russia over gas supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter with particular reference to the need for Ireland to wean itself off the kind of energy vulnerability such stand-offs underline.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he has received a request from the relatives of the Omagh bomb victims for a meeting to discuss reports that intelligence information was available to the British authorities that might have averted the bombing; his views on the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his attendance at the commemoration ceremonies to mark the tenth anniversary of the Omagh bombing.
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1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the special EU summit on Georgia held on 1 September 2008.
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60 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to publish legislation based on his Justice for Victims Initiative; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by a group (details supplied) and set out in its report, A Better Deal: the Human Rights of Victims in the Criminal Justice System; his views on the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to ensure the recommendations contained in reports of the Garda Ombudsman Commission on investigations are acted upon by An Garda Síochána and the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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