25 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the increasing privatisation of leisure facilities here; if he foresees a future role for the State and local authorities in extending the provision of leisure facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[31447/07]
72 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he plans to take to establish the number of people from other countries working illegally here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[31136/07]
3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the costs incurred by the communications unit of his Department in terms of salaries and expenses for the first ten months of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[29417/07]
508 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has assigned a lower scale of home tuition grant reimbursement for tutors of pre-school aged children than those who deal with primary and secondary school children in view of the fact that all of these tutors need to meet the same high standard of qualification and are performing the same type of work; if her attention has been drawn to the discriminating effect that this policy is having on tutors; if she will make retroactive amends to those qualified tutors who have received the lower rate of reimbursement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[30809/07]
307 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of citizens broken down by reference to each quarter in the past 10 years, who have approached himself or the Government in circumstances where a title of nobility or of honour was proposed to be conferred on the citizen by another State; the number of such cases in which the prior approval of the Government under Article 40.2 of the Constitution was sought; the number of such cases in which the prior approval of the Government was sought and given; the number of such cases in which the prior approval of the Government was sought but not given; the number of cases, if known to the Government, in which prior approval was neither sought nor obtained and, in such cases, the respective numbers where a title of honour or nobility was conferred or not conferred on a citizen by another State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[31105/07]
113 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current position in Pakistan; if he has plans to assist over the period leading up to the upcoming election and the elections themselves in January 2008 to provide observers or other such means, on its own or with the cooperation of the European Union, in order to ensure free and fair elections.
[30878/07]
83 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government has expressed its concern at the detention of opposition leaders and spokespersons and members of the judiciary, the suspension of the constitution and the declaration of martial law in Pakistan by General Musharraf.
[30877/07]
2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the progress to date in regard to the structured dialogue with churches, faith communities and non-confessional bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[27401/07]
46 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on changing the restrictions imposed on farmers for slurry spreading to facilitate a traffic light system; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[30083/07]
23 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she has plans to launch an updated initiative to improve safety practices on farms and to reduce the number of farm deaths and injuries; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[30082/07]
64 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether it is not appropriate to have contract cleaners responsible for cleaning in clinical areas of hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[29963/07]
92 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children if, as a matter of policy, personnel in charge of hygiene in hospitals have the status to be able to insist that the necessary actions are taken to improve hygiene standards in their hospitals in the context of the HIQA report which showed that no hospital here has achieved very good hygiene status; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[29962/07]
2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the number of reports submitted to date by the three person panel of experts who were appointed in the aftermath of the A case to advise upon and review, twice yearly, risk management procedures within the Office of the Attorney General; the recommendations made in the reports; if it is intended to publish these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[19885/07]
1 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 Attorney General’s office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[19884/07]
1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will elaborate on comments he made on 26 July 2007 that an honours system should be created; if he will bring forward proposals in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[19880/07]
40 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has met with the Department of Transport in view of Sustainable Energy Ireland’s findings that transport energy efficiency has barely improved since 1995; the manner in which improvements can be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[28961/07]
19 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, when he pledged to progress the delivery of postcodes here, he was in possession of a cost benefit analysis of this system; if so, if he will publish details of same; the initial cost and the ongoing cost of this project; the amount of this 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; the time-frame for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[28952/07]
49 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the Electoral Acts to provide for increased transparency in the funding of political parties and for greater scrutiny of political party expenditure, as strongly urged by the Standards in Public Office Commission in its most recent annual report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[28684/07]
47 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date in delivering on commitments made in the Agreed Programme for Government in relation to integrating environmental considerations into policy formulation, linked with existing social partnership mechanisms and, in particular, establishing Comhar as a body within the National Economic and Social Development Office under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[26055/07]
10 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he, his Department or anyone acting on behalf of his Department made representations to the Northern Ireland Minister for Social Development, Ms. Margaret Ritchie MLA, in connection with her decision to withhold certain funding under the conflict transformation initiative as a result of the refusal of the UDA to begin decommissioning its weapons; the nature of such representations made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[26056/07]
4 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the discussions that have taken place with the social partners arising from the conclusions of the North-South Ministerial Council in Armagh on 17 July 2007 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.
[19879/07]
3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his participation in the meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council in Armagh on 17 July 2007.
[19878/07]
2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on meetings he has had with other participants on the margins of the British-Irish Council meeting in Belfast on 16 July 2007.
[19877/07]
1 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his participation in the meeting of the British-Irish Council in Belfast on 16 July 2007.
[19876/07]
93 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 53, 54 and 80 of 2 October 2007, if the 17% increase in funding for the service provided in the 2007 Estimates allowed some further expansion in the number of psychologists in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[28466/07]
85 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the recent study undertaken by the ESRI on behalf of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment which states that 25% of third year secondary students take up grinds; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that students derive no advantage from such systems; her views on whether they undermine the teaching standards in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[28467/07]
5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach when the next meeting with the social partners under the auspices of Towards 2016 is due to be held; if an agenda has been agreed for the next meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[23450/07]
2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he has received a letter from the general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions seeking significant increases in mortgage interest relief to offset the continuing high level of inflation; his response to the letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[19887/07]
71 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason smokers’ chewing gum and other treatments which assist people to give up smoking are not listed for the drugs refunds scheme; if she has plans to have them so listed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[27824/07]
75 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to the Garda investigation into the murder of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan on 20 October 2007; if the Gardaí have evidence to indicate paramilitary involvement in the murder; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[27367/07]
132 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the matters discussed at his meeting on 31 October 2007 with the Garda Commissioner, Mr. Noel Conroy, regarding serious crime; if conclusions were reached at the meeting; if new specific measures to combat serious crime were agreed at the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[27126/07]
73 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on removing the deadline imposed on farmers for slurry spreading in view of the fact that the changing climate is having a detrimental effect on this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[27078/07]
5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach his views on the recent report of the task force on active citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[20165/07]
2 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet sub-committees currently operating under the auspices of his Department; when each last met; and when the next meeting is planned.
[20164/07]
44 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the European Commission provides through his Department grants in relation to the development of the Irish language in rural areas of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[26509/07]
25 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available through aspects of his Department towards the refurbishment of old buildings in rural areas that would be of benefit to such communities as community centres and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[26508/07]
579 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in regard to the Glenties sewerage scheme, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[26618/07]
455 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the provision of a new national school at Gortahork, County Donegal.
[26619/07]
364
D’fhiafraigh Deputy Eamon Gilmore den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta ,mar gheall ar an droch-chaoi atá ar an mbóthar réigiúnach ó Chroithlí go hAerfort Dhún na nGall, an féidir breis airgid a chur ar fáil le haghaidh plean eile chun an bóthar seo a fheabhsú; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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363
D’fhiafraigh Deputy Eamon Gilmore den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist deontais a chur ar fáil do bhóthar áise i gContae Dhún na nGall i mbliana; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
[26621/07]
362 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the development of a business park in the Ardara area of County Donegal.
[26620/07]
244 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason she has not provided funding to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to enable the school employ a physiotherapist to provide physiotherapy to the children who attend this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[26494/07]
133 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the time-frame envisaged for completion of the public consultation on pension reform and acting on any policy proposals that emerge.
[26270/07]
132 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he proposes to raise the rate of the living alone allowance; his policy in relation to the future development of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[26271/07]
15 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the responsibilities of the Ministers of State at his Department; if powers and functions have been formally delegated to each such Minister of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[20163/07]
10 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the procedures in place within his Department for providing special assistance to certain Members of Dáil Éireann; the Members to whom this assistance is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[20162/07]
9 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will place in the Library of the Houses of the Oireachtas all copies of agreements he has concluded with individual Members of Dáil Éireann, arising from his election as Taoiseach; if costings have been done for such agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[20161/07]
131 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on the work to date of the National Consumer Agency.
[25383/07]
130 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of deaths and injuries arising from workplace accidents generally and specifically in regard to the construction industry for 2006; the way these figures compare with 2003, 2004 and 2005; the additional steps he will take to reduce such accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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