14 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the meetings he had with other EU leaders on the margins of the informal meeting of EU leaders-session of the Intergovernmental Conference held in Lisbon on 18 and 19 October 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the informal meeting of EU leaders-session of the Intergovernmental Conference held in Lisbon on 18 and 19 October 2007.
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8 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with President Sarkozy of France on 21 September 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with other EU leaders regarding the Intergovernmental Conference to elaborate the reform treaty based on the mandate given to it by the last Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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478 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has narrowed the qualifying standards for tutors providing tuition to pupils for which parents are availing of home tuition grants provided by her Department; if her attention has been drawn to the adverse effects this is having on tutors who do not meet these specific qualifications and on the pupils who can no longer avail of their services as a consequence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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346 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a club (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive the grant of €19,000 under the transition support programme in view of the fact that contracts have issued and been signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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142 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if tenders were sought in regard to the study of the public service commissioned by him from the OECD; if he is satisfied that all Department of Finance and EU requirements regarding public procurement were met when awarding the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government expects to ratify the UN Convention against Corruption in the current Dáil period or in the lifetime of the current Government.
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9 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the areas of the programme for Government for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the principal areas of the programme for Government that are his Department’s responsibility with regard to implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the additional costs accruing to his Department arising from the benchmarking process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport the reason for his decision not to provide a default speed limit on non-public roads in view of the fact that it means that no urban speed limit is applied to estates not taken in charge by the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport when he will bring the harbours Bill before Dáil Éireann in order to facilitate the plans of the Drogheda Port Company; if there will be separate legislation needed to establish Bremore Port; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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274 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 20 August 2007 (details supplied).
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273 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport if he has received the report from the group of senior officials, operating under the auspices of his Department, who were asked to evaluate the implications of the Aer Lingus decision to end its Shannon-Heathrow service; the number of occasions on which the group has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on concerns at the effect of the Health Service Executive recruitment embargo on the discharge of patients from acute hospitals due to a reduction in the availability of home care packages, meaning that acute beds are occupied by patients who could be cared for at home; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on concerns that newly qualified nurses, dieticians and other health professionals will be forced to emigrate for work due to the effect of the Health Service Executive recruitment embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department who have applied for relocation under the decentralisation programme; the number of such staff whose applications have been sanctioned; the number who have transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the report of the Revenue Commissioners on the effective rate of tax of the top 400 earners during 2003; the steps he is taking to ensure that all high earners pay their full share of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the Comptroller and Auditor General in his most recent report at the significant underestimation of tax revenues by his Department in each of the past three years; the steps he is taking to ensure a more accurate level of forecasting by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if the interdepartmental committee on State security, established in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks in the USA, is functioning; the last occasion on which the committee met; when the next meeting is planned; the Departments represented on the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the number of requests received by his Department under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 in the first eight months of 2007; if he will provide comparable figures for the same period in respect of each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the costs accrued to date to his Department in respect of the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm comments by a senior advisor from Sustainable Energy Ireland that Ireland’s real target for renewable energy for electricity for 2020 is 6% rather than 33% as outlined in the Energy White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 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; if the report put a price tag of €80 to €90 million for the full implementation of postcodes; 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress of his consideration of legislation to regulate lobbyists as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he has raised or intends to raise with the British Prime Minister the report of the MacEntee commission into aspects of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the action he will take arising from the report of the MacEntee commission into aspects of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach his views on changes to the code of conduct for office holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he will list the persons appointed to State boards or agencies operating under the aegis of his Department since 1 January 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that more than 10,000 requests were made by the Gardaí during 2006 under the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 for access to personal telephone records; if he accepts the view of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner that such a number of applications suggests that innocent people are having their private records pored over; the breakdown of the requests submitted in regard to those arising from investigation into terrorist offences,drugs offences and other serious offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the long promised Judicial Council Bill is expected to be published; the consultation he has had with members of the judiciary regarding the contents of the Bill; his views, in view of a recent case, that there is still no procedure for dealing with breaches of conduct by judges apart from the impeachment process provided for under the constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her proposals for the decommissioning of one-third of the whitefish fleet; the estimated number of vessels to be scrapped and the expected job losses involved; the estimated cost of the decommissioning programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the establishment of the new Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; the reason for the delay in transferring responsibility for the fisheries sector to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach if he is satisfied that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has sufficient staff numbers to allow it to discharge all its functions; if he has received representations from the DPP for an increase in staff numbers; if it is intended to sanction the appointment of additional staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach when the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnership last met; when the next meeting is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Taoiseach the non-established civil servants or contract staff appointed to his Department since the general election 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Eamon Gilmore den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a fhoilseodh sé an staidéar agus na moltaí faoi theorainn na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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D’fhiafraigh Deputy Eamon Gilmore den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an mó post atá cruthaithe sa Ghaeltacht i mbliana le cabhair Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.
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1139 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the introduction of legislation to deal with anti-social or disruptive behaviour by tenants in private housing estates, along the lines of the powers contained in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997, in view of growing problems in private estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1095 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the consideration he has given to the problem of house alarms which are not being turned off and are causing noise and nuisance to neighbours; if he will introduce legislation or regulations governing house alarms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1093 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that the stags hunted by a hunt (details supplied) in County Meath are farmed domesticated deer, and therefore not wild, he will withhold the issuing of a licence in 2007 under the Wildlife Act 1976 permitting stag hunting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1092 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will impose a suspension on coursing activities in the event that the hare survey indicates either a significant national decline in hare numbers or widespread localised disappearance of the species.
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1091 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the results of a national hare survey are available; and if the findings point to a further decrease in the size of the hare population or to a healthier and resurgent hare population bearing in mind that Ireland’s red data book on vertebrates lists the hare as one of a number of species under threat from multiple factors, including hunting activities.
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416 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on aligning the medical card income guidelines with social welfare budget increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the recent annual report of the Combat Poverty Agency and particularly the finding that Ireland has the third highest level of child poverty in the EU; the steps he will take to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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