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Order of Business (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: One involved the sale of the harvesting rights of timber on land owned by Coillte, but not the land. A great deal of work has been done in the evaluation of what that actually means in terms of potential value and so on. It is always the right of the Government to decide what to do with that information, as well as the timing, appropriateness and under what conditions any of the State...

Order of Business (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: He can tell them the Government will make its decision when the matter comes before us. It has not come before us and the Deputy can tell them that also. I hope that is clear for him.

Order of Business (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: There is no date for publication of the companies (miscellaneous provisions) Bill. We have not discussed the heads of the Irish Aviation Authority (amendment) Bill and it will probably be next year before it comes out.

Order of Business (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: I expect to have the Seanad Bill published probably next week. If the people decide to abolish the Seanad, and it will be their choice, the current Seanad will continue until the night before the next Government is formed, which is three years away. The Bill that will go through the House tomorrow refers to the Seanad, which is, and will continue to be, a constitutional entity until it is...

Order of Business (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: No legislation is promised on that. The Deputy is perfectly entitled to sit in his seat later and ask the Minister questions and he will answer them for him.

Order of Business (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: Keep the questions short and accurate

Order of Business (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: NewERA is carrying out an evaluation of the matter to the considered, that is, the potential sale of harvesting rights on lands owned by Coillte. The agency has been joined in that assessment by the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Public Expenditure and Reform. When the evaluation is completed and assessed, it will be brought to Government by the Ministers for...

Order of Business (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: I do not but the Deputy will know about it when the decision is made.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The European Council will meet in Brussels tomorrow afternoon. This meeting of EU Heads of State or Government will be the third such gathering to take place while we have held the chair of the Council of the European Union. This Council will address itself to the discussion of two thematic issues - energy and taxation - both of which are critically important to improving the...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: I said there was "a request". I did not say it came from the Deputy's party.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy would not listen to what I had to say.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: I never suggested that the Deputy's Whip asked for it.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: It was the other Whip over there and other Members who made the request. I was very happy to comply with it.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is the reality, Deputy, not a stroke.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: That is not true.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Statistics (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The statistics on exports and imports of goods are a combination of customs-based non-EU trade statistics and data from the Intrastat Survey of Irish traders involved in trade with other EU member states. The collection of the data on trade in goods is the responsibility of VIMA (a branch of Revenue). The CSO is responsible for processing and disseminating the data and the CSO's External...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Travel (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The following table provides details of the amount of travel and subsistence, both foreign and domestic claimed by former Taoisigh, Ministers of State and Secretary General, for each year in the period 2005 to March 2011. Taoiseach and Ministers of State - Travel and Subsistence claims Name 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach € 2,615.90 €...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Staff (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The following tables provide the information requested by the Deputy in relation to staff appointed by each Taoiseach and Minister of State in my Department from 2005 to 2011 on contracts of employment coterminous with an office holder. 2005 Number of Staff Salary Total 22 €1,652,632 2006 Number of Staff Salary Total 21 €1,759,717 2007 Number of Staff Salary Total 21...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Costs (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: My Department has incurred no legal or travel costs as a result of litigation in the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the General Court in Luxembourg or the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, between 2005 and 2012.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: State Bodies Accounts (21 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) is the only State Agency under the aegis of my Department. The following table provides the information requested by the Deputy. Body More than one year old National Economic and Social Development Office Accounts for year ended 31 December 2011 were laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 18 September, 2012. The audit of NESDO's...