111 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on progress on the big dig infrastructure works necessary in Dublin city centre to facilitate the construction of metro north, the Luas link-up and the Dublin rail interconnector; if adjustments have been made to the contingency plans of the big dig in view of the reports on the deferral of the Luas Line BX; the stakeholders involved in planning for the big dig; when he will start a public information and awareness campaign on the big dig; the major traffic changes that will be made in April 2009 or later in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport his views on the development of light rail systems for Cork, Limerick and Galway; if he will publish the feasibility studies for each of the projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meetings with the German Chancellor, Ms Angela Merkel, in advance of the December 2008 European Council summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meetings with President Sarkozy of France in advance of the December 2008 European Council summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meetings with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Gordon Brown, in advance of the December 2008 European Council summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his meeting with the Swedish Prime Minister, Mr. Fredrik Reinfeld, on 28 November 2008.
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10 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his recent meeting with the Finnish Prime Minister, Mr. Matti Vanhanen, on 27 November 2008.
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8 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his recent meeting in Dublin with the President of the Czech Republic, Mr. Vaclav Klaus.
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7 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his participation at the informal meeting of EU Heads of State and Government in Brussels on 7 November 2008.
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4 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he plans to have with other EU leaders in advance of the December 2008 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 December 2008 EU summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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518 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow has had their application for a higher education grant from Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council turned down; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children the way she will ensure that hospital consultants who continue to work under their existing contract spend the appropriate time caring for their public patients and use only the appropriate percentage of beds in public hospitals for their private patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to be able to implement the promises in the programme for Government on increasing the threshold for qualification in respect of parents of children under six years and parents of children with an intellectual disability under 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he has received the report of the task force appointed to implement the recommendations of the OECD report on reform of the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the progress made in relation to the reforms proposed in the report of the OECD on reform of the public service, particularly in regard to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance his views on a fiscal stimulus package to jump-start the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that other jurisdictions facing rising home repossessions are considering a foreclosure holiday whereby those at risk of losing their homes due to mortgage default will not face this risk for a certain period; his views on such an initiative appropriate in the Irish context; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors employed by the National Employment Rights Authority; the number of labour inspectors available for assignment on normal duties; the number of labour inspectors in training following recruitment; the status of the recruitment campaign to increase the Labour Inspectorate to 90 inspectors; 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 the number of workplace inspections carried out by the labour inspectorate to date in 2008; the way this compares with the same period in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if all of the recommendations made in the Sullivan report, following the A case have been implemented in the Office of the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the discussions that have taken place with the social partners regarding the establishment of the North-South consultative forum, first proposed in the Belfast Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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464 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the provisions being made to ensure that a unit in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will open in September 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will extend the deadline for the spreading of slurry and farmyard manure in view of the wet weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the timeframe for payments to 11,000 farmers under REP scheme four; if payment will be made to those farmers before Christmas 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach when he expects to receive the next report from the National Economic and Social Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for the remainder of the 30th Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the work programme of the committee chaired by his Department which oversees the awarding of public relations contracts by Ministers; if the committee has issued new guidelines in view of the restrictions in such contracts announced in July 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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363 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the consequences of job losses in Donegal County Council, he will provide additional funding to the council to prevent such job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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222 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to include motor neurone disease on the list of illnesses and conditions for inclusion on the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on doubts over the accuracy of the broadband coverage map and therefore the area to be addressed by the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will publish details of the cost benefit analysis on the introduction of post codes; the initial cost and the ongoing cost of this project; the amount of this which will be financed by the taxpayer; when he expects to bring a further proposal to Cabinet in relation to the introduction of postcodes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the level of expenditure by his Department for 2008 and the way this compares with the Estimates for 2008.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the arrangements in place for providing assistance to certain Independent Members of Dáil Éireann; the Members who benefit from this arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure the implementation of the national strategy on biodegradable waste which aims to divert 80% of biodegradable waste from landfill through segregated collection of biodegradable waste and the generation of compost; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure that landfills are not contributing to the pollution of the surrounding environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline, in regard to the budget 2009 announcement, the decisions to close a number of barracks and military posts; the estimated value of each such site, including buildings; the manner in which it is intended to dispose of each site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that adequate accommodation will be provided for all of those members of the Defence Forces who are to be relocated by 31 January 2009, arising from the announcement made on budget 2009 day of the closure of St. Bricin’s Hospital and a number of military barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach when it is intended to publish the 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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417 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1357 of 24 September 2008, the reason a Minister may not apply backdating to a non-statutory scheme such as the free fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in the review of the long-term illness scheme; her views on including other suitable illnesses within the terms of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children the proposals that have been brought to her attention to transfer maternity hospitals in Dublin to the campuses of acute general hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the number of members of staff of his Department who have applied for relocation under the Government’s decentralisation programme; the numbers who have relocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative measures she plans to introduce arising from the new social partnership agreement; the proposed timetable for each such piece of legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of money that has been spent on the National Sports Campus at Abbotstown since the scheme’s inception; if this figure included the cost associated with the planned stadium and land purchases; if this represents value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if the interdepartmental group established in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks to monitor the threat of terrorist attack is still functioning; the work programme of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the costs 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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155 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 25 September 2008, regarding the FÁS decision to close the jobs club in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under the terms enshrined in the Jobs Club Operating Manual issued by the Employment Services Unit of FÁS in 2000, that participants for the formal training course would be provided by way of direct referral from FÁS, in order that the club itself cannot be blamed solely for failure to meet targets set by FÁS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of recreational areas or parks that have received funding from his Department or its agencies in each of the past five years; the criteria attached to such funding allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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