1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the non-established civil servants or contract staff currently employed in his Department; if changes are planned in respect of these personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the average cost of a set of text books for the three years of the junior certificate; the role his Department has in recommending, directing or otherwise authorising official texts books for each subject of the junior certificate course; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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166 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in the years 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008 who had full medical cards and who now are only in receipt of a general practitioner card; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Defence if the contract has been awarded in relation to the publicity and awareness campaign to promote recruitment to the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Defence the progress made in the civilianisation of the Defence Forces arising from the pay agreement and modernisation agenda agreed with the Defence Forces representative associations in the context of the Towards 2016 partnership agreement; 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 to publish a review of the progress made with regard to the implementation of the programme for Government at the end of the Government’s first year in office; when he expects that the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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583 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his intentions with regard to the proposed new Shanganagh waste water scheme in County Dublin in view of his plans for other waste water treatment plants in the greater Dublin area, the length of time which has elapsed since the EIS, and the changes which have occurred in the meantime in construction activity, population projections and waste water treatment technologies and the considerable concerns in the neighbourhood, relating to environmental and traffic aspects of the proposed scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the introduction of a 14 day advance notice period for all farm inspections in the drawing up of a new charter of rights for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce a broadleaf thinning scheme which is vital to ensure the production of high quality crop; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach when he will next meet with the social partners collectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the responsibilities of the Ministers of State within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if a consensus regarding the future of the Lisbon treaty emerged at the summit of EU leaders in Brussels on 19 and 20 June 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the meetings he had with other EU leaders on the margins of the EU summit in Brussels on 19 and 20 June 2008; 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 recent meeting with the President of the European Parliament, Mr. Hans-Gert Pöttering.
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101 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the heads of the Bill on the review of National Archives legislation will be published in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way he will reconcile the increasing trend towards individual sporting pursuits as the area of strongest growth with the predisposition of the sports capital programme to overwhelmingly favour team sports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach when he expects to receive the report from the OECD on reform of the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative or other measures she will take to uphold the right to collective bargaining and particularly the right of a trade union to represent its members; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the results of a number of surveys showing that reductions in the cost of goods imported from outside the euro area, which should have followed on from the increase in the value of the euro, particularly against sterling and the dollar, are not being passed on to consumers; the action she will take to ensure that such savings are passed on; if she will provide additional statutory powers for the National Consumer Agency to deal with this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the timescale he envisages for the implementation of the proposals of the recent international conference on cluster munitions held in Dublin.
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98 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent announcement of a large number of new houses and extensions to existing settlements near Jerusalem and its implications for the possibility of peace initiatives.
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191 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance the number of public bodies here and so on who have been fined or had penalties imposed on them in the past three years; the cost related to them for non-compliance with EU and Irish tendering legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by the National Roads Authority on the status of the roll out of the network of motorway rest and service areas on the national urban road system; the target completion date and location for the first group of rest and service areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport if he will publish his cost benefit analysis on the recently announced new tranche of public private partnerships for the National Roads Authority’s national road maintenance and building programmes; the amount the new round of PPPs will cost; if projected savings through the PPP programme will be reallocated to the repair of secondary and regional roads; the number of Departmental projects that have been delivered through PPPs; the cost of each of these projects; 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 the agenda for the June 2008 summit of EU leaders; his priorities for the summit; 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 the agenda for the June 2008 summit of EU leaders; his priorities for the summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in developing inpatient beds for child and adolescent psychiatry; when the promised beds in Cork and in Fairview, Dublin will be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will meet a group (details supplied) who have been seeking to meet with her in relation to the Dunne Inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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386 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is the policy of his Department not to provide funding for men’s gender equality groups; his views on whether this is consistent with the Government’s commitment to equal treatment; if he will therefore reconsider his decision and grant funding to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that inflation remains persistently high; if he proposes measures to bring down the inflation rate; if he has or intends to instruct the National Consumer Agency to take specific steps to tackle inflation and predatory pricing; if he will take steps to protect the real incomes of workers during the upcoming national pay talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the deterioration of the Exchequer position over the first five months of 2008; if he has plans to present an updated profile of Government revenues for 2008 in view of the fact that he has acknowledged that the Exchequer is unlikely to recoup in the second half of 2008 the shortfall from the first five months of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will attend the EU-Asia summit which will be held in Beijing in October 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will attend the fifth summit of the Heads of State and Government of Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union in Peru on 16 May 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach his plans for official trips abroad between 7 May and the end of 2008; 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 the outcome of his meeting on 6 March 2008 with persons (details supplied).
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he has received a request for a meeting with the Justice for the Forgotten organisation; if he will meet with it; if he has raised with the British Prime Minister the contents of the motion passed by the House in March 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the consideration he is giving to the sports capital grant application made by a club (details supplied) in County Dublin; if, in view of the fact that this application is for the extension of sports facilities for girls, he will make the necessary allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will introduce a system of postcodes; if he will publish the national postcode project board’s feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis on the potential introduction of postcodes; the amount of the final cost of implementation of postcodes that will be financed by the taxpayer; if there will be a general consultation process before a system of postcodes is introduced; the type of postcode system he favours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his position on the funding allocated to independent radio production in the independent programme account as set out in section 116 of the Broadcasting Bill 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the serious concern expressed by the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors regarding proposals from the Commissioner that certain uniformed gardaí would be required to carry firearms in their Garda vehicles as part of the new regional response units planned for around the country; his views on the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received any of the outstanding reports from the Morris tribunal; if not, when he expects to receive them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his attendance at the investment conference in Northern Ireland on 8 May 2008 and his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Gordon Brown.
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10 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his most recent contracts with the political parties in Northern Ireland.
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9 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with a Sinn Féin delegation on 10 March 2008.
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7 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the discussions he had with political figures in the United States regarding the position of undocumented Irish in that country; his assessment, in view of these discussions, of the prospects of them having their positions regularised; 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 meetings and discussions with political leaders during his visit to the United States.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the main issues discussed at his meeting with President Bush in Washington on St. Patrick’s Day 2008; 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 outcome of his visit to the United States over the St. Patrick’s Day period 2008.
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