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Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: I never expected the Minister, Deputy Harney, to quit. This Government does not do resignation. It cannot do resignation because that culture comes from the top, from a Taoiseach who has lost the confidence of the people but clings to power. The Taoiseach and the rest of them will support the Minister, Deputy Harney, because his party needs her. Deputy Harney is the mudguard of the Fianna...

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: In recent days some commentators have asked what would be achieved by the resignation of the Minister, Deputy Harney.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: I will tell them what would be achieved. First, they would get a change of heart. Second, a new Minister would be appointed. Third, he or she would understand that with a crisis like that in Portlaoise a Minister should be on top of his or her brief. He or she would ensure that women who needed attention would not be waiting for weeks or months for it. He or she would have a mandate to...

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: A new Minister would also send a clear message that times have changed and that performance and output must be achieved in the interests of the patient. The Minister, Deputy Harney, has failed to achieve that vision set out in the Government's health strategy for which she is responsible and in which she speaks of "a health system that is there when you need it, that is fair and that you can...

Industrial Development. (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ask IDA Ireland to make available to local authorities, enterprise boards and community groups the large number of vacant properties in its possession, to be used as incubator units for small business or for an alternative appropriate use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31330/07]

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Fergus O'Dowd submitted a freedom of information request about the output of the communications unit in mid-June to see if it flagged the Irish Examiner story of 13 June which stated that Aer Lingus was to introduce new routes from Belfast. That announcement, as everybody will be aware, led to the cessation of flights from Shannon and the transfer of the slots to the Belfast-Heathrow...

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: The heading from the Irish Examiner of 13 June is "Aer Lingus hub plans could mean 1,000 jobs for Belfast". The public is paying for a communications unit. This is a major story. It is followed on the same day by another headline, "Donaldson urges Aer Lingus to use Belfast", yet the personnel working in the communications unit did not see this. The Taoiseach stated it was reported on 7...

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: Anybody monitoring——

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: It was in the Irish Examiner and the Irish Independent.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: The Secretary General of the Department had it. Was she informed by the communications unit or by some other method? Certainly, she was wise to what was going on. The Taoiseach has not answered the second question about whether information given to the Secretary General is informing the Government because she is Secretary General of a Department. Was anybody in the communications unit asked...

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: Most of the people do not believe him anymore, according to the recent indications, if they are of any value — I am not sure he places too much credence on them. The communications unit is supposed to take relevant current affairs issues and, apparently, circulate them to Ministers so that they are well informed. Here are two pages from two major newspapers in the Republic and, for some...

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: I understand that.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: It did not cover the Irish Examiner at all that day.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: It did not normally cover this one.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: Exactly.

Departmental Bodies. (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: If issues appeared in the newspapers that were relevant or had some implication for his Department when he was in positions in the lower Ministries, for example, as Minister for Labour or Minister for Finance, I am quite sure that the Secretary General would have said that the then Minister, Deputy Ahern, should be aware of this newspaper article and that he did not know whether it was real...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: I do not object to the proposal but this is part of the triple lock mechanism whereby the Dáil must consent to the despatch of troops. My party does not object to this and has never objected to such matters being debated in the House but the Minister for Defence suggested this morning that the central issue is that the Government must wait for a report on the matter from Lieutenant General...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: Will the Dáil have to give its consent again to the sending of further troops?

Order of Business (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: When is No. 20, the minerals development Bill, likely to come before the House? It is supposed to be published in mid 2008 and I would appreciate an update.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: The provision of cancer services is a matter of very serious concern to a great number of people at the moment. In 2000, the House debated a report on the employment of locum consultants around the country. The then Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, committed himself to setting up a working group to examine the structures, criteria and standards that should be in place for...