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Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: We have changed the pattern of doing business in the House. Deputies now have an opportunity to raise a specific issue, on which they will receive specific detail from the Minister for Health. Long before Deputy Adams's time in the House, the reconfiguration of the health structure in the north east between Cavan, Monaghan, Navan, Dundalk and Drogheda hospitals was an ongoing issue.

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: We even had announcements where one hospital vied with another for the building and creation of a brand new regional entity. These were followed swiftly by someone saying there was not one red cent available to build the entity. The reconfiguration of health services in the north east is a critical issue, the effect of which does not benefit patients who are sitting on trolleys today. What...

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I suggest management in the hospital take into account the recommendations made by the special delivery unit for immediate effect and I am sure it will do so. In the meantime, the Minister for Health is working with all the relevant agencies to deal with the capacity problem being experienced and that will arise again during the winter as a result of the winter flu, vomiting bugs and other...

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Joint Committee on Health and Children will meet today. I stated last week that I had called in the Department and the HSE and had what used to be called full and frank discussions with them on a number of issues.

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy wants a constructive reply, I will see to it that the question he raised is dealt with at today's committee meeting.

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I reminded the Deputy previously of where he had strayed in commenting on the qualifications and business of others. He used to be a cheerleader for Fitzpatrick and Michael Fingelton and did so in writing.

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: These are the stellar performances that should apply. NewERA has been set up under the direction of Dr. Fitzpatrick at no extra cost. She is eminently qualified to do this job. As the Deputy is aware, NewERA will cover the ESB, Bord Gáis, EirGrid, Bord na Móna and Coillte. We will not wake up one morning to find the Government has suddenly made a knee-jerk decision to sell off whatever...

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: NewERA under Dr. Fitzpatrick has a specific remit and responsibility and will work with all of those involved with whatever asset is being considered for sale, including the relevant Minister, and report to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Only on that basis will the Government make its decision. As I informed Deputy Martin, this is not the creation of some new quango but a...

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: If Deputy Ross wants to go down the road of setting up a separate quango and all that process entails, we would have a different story to tell.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: No staff aged 63 years or older have been promoted in my Department in the past 10 years.

Written Answers — Cabinet Sub-Committees: Cabinet Sub-Committees (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 79 and 80 together. The Government agreed in April this year to establish a number of Cabinet Committees, including one on Public Service Reform. The Committee held its first meeting on 13 July and is scheduled to meet again at the end of October. The Committee is comprised of: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Convenor) Tánaiste and Minister...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Under the terms of an initiative introduced by the Department of Finance in August 2001, my Department pays the salary of secretarial assistants employed by former Taoisigh, up to the maximum of the Higher Executive Officer (standard) scale. The initiative provides that a former Taoiseach may employ two secretarial assistants for a period not exceeding five years from the date when s/he was...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The following table details spend by my Department on Public Relations and External Advisors from 2002 to 2011. The details also include consultancy expenditure recouped from the Change Management Fund which has transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform between 2002 and 2010. Year Spend on Consultancy Spend on PR Department Change Management Fund 2002 €428,795...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 83 and 85 together. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will supply the Deputy with the information requested in relation to my Department in his written response to question numbers 283 and 285 which are also for answer today. I have asked the National Economic & Social Development Office, which is the only non-commercial State agency under my...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The data on the numbers of retired civil servants in the ranges of pension, which has been supplied to my Department by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, is detailed in the table below. I have asked the National Economic & Social Development Office (NESDO), which is the only non-commercial State agency under my aegis, to provide the Deputy with the corresponding relevant data...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only agency under the aegis of my Department. Details of the membership NESDO's constituent body, the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), are set out in the table beneath. None of the members receive remuneration in respect of their membership of the Council. My Department does not hold information on other board...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The following table details the total paid to suppliers that provided an external professional service to my Department within the past 12 months, 1st September 2010 to 31st August 2011: Supplier Name Amount paid between 1st September 2010 to 31st August 2011 Mazars €2,500 Mercer (Ireland) Ltd €23,595 Indecon €13,930 Creative Ad Limited €1,283 JDK Design €115 Ashville Media...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: There are five staff working in my Constituency Office. Three staff are based in Government Buildings, one of whom is a civil servant, while two are based in Castlebar. The total salary cost of these staff in the first 100 days following my appointment was €89,130.

Northern Ireland Issues (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do not disagree with that broad principle. The Deputy is well aware from his own experience of the incredible sensitivities of the discussions that took place over many years to bring about the Good Friday Agreement and to have an Assembly in place. When that final structure was being put together, nobody would have assumed that what has happened would happen. I know that when others...

Northern Ireland Issues (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Higgins pointed out, I have certainly noted the impact of budgetary policy in respect of Northern Ireland and the implications it is having. Clearly, it is a matter for the Executive in its dealings with the British Government. The Deputy is also aware of this House's interest in keeping alive the importance of foreign funding for social upkeep in Northern Ireland, of which we are...