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Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I do not have a date in respect of that matter.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I know. According to the Deputy, I should have a date for everything.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The planning Bill, which relates to the Mahon tribunal, is due this year. The heads of the Garda Síochána (compensation for malicious injuries) Bill were cleared last July and it is due for publication later this year.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: There is no date for the publication of those Bills. The Deputy has raised this issue on a number of occasions. I will have the Minister for Communication, Energy and Natural Resources contact him. This is not all within the Minister's control. There are planning applications, environmental impact studies and all of that. I will have the Minister consult the Deputy.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The water services Bill is to be introduced later on in the year. The contracts, as I understand this, and I will have the Minister contact the Deputy, are for the major regional contractors who in turn will employ subcontractors to do the work on numbers of houses.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: No, but they have at their discretion the option of employing pretty significant numbers of local contractors and unemployed persons from the construction sector, competent persons in the plumbing business and so on. I think these tenders are in; they are probably known at this stage. The announcement in respect of the regional contractors is to be next week, as the Deputy pointed out. I...

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: No, there is not. This is a matter that has the support of Europe in the sense that an allocation of €16 million has been made available for it and there are also contributions to be made from Northern Ireland, Louth County Council and the Government here, but the tenders are very seriously in excess of the amount estimated. The local authority is in discussion with the designers and...

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I would not want to give anybody the impression that I was misleading the Dáil. My words may not have been entirely accurate. I had been speaking with the Minister for Health and as I understood it the discussions that had taken place had been progressive. I take the point that senior officials from the Department of Health and not the Minister met with both the Irish Thalidomide...

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: That will be later this year.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I hope to set out those changes for next week.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: It may be necessary in some cases but I think we can make the vast majority of changes and run the place far more effectively without legislation.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Tourism Data (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Central Statistics Office publishes a range of information on tourism and transport. With respect to the information requested by the Deputy the latest information which can be provided is for April 2013. The table below shows the total number of trips through Cork Airport and on the Cork to Roscoff ferry route, for the period January to April for each of the last 4 years. In line with...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Losses (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Central Statistics Offices compiles information on jobs created and destroyed and, by deduction, jobs lost by linking P35L returns from the Revenue Commissioners with the CSO Business Register. The information relates to all employing enterprises from key sectors of the business economy as classified by the standard European classification of economic activity NACE Rev.2 B-N excluding...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Income Data (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: Statistics on income are compiled from the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). The latest results are for 2011. Comparable results are available using Eurostat definitions of income and equivalence scale (which differ from the definitions used nationally) across the EU including the United Kingdom. Results are not available separately for Northern Ireland. The results for the most...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Export Statistics (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in tables 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D below. Table 1A : Value of Goods Exports by Product Category 2008-2013 (€million) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013(Jan-May) SITC (Rev 4) Description 00 Live animals other than animals of Division 03 248 296 339 357 330 77 01 Meat and meat preparations 2,390 2,185 2,407 2,762 2,978 1,188...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The table below provides details of external reports commissioned by my Department from March 2011 to mid July 2013. Name of Consultant Details of Report Commissioned € QTS Health and Safety Consultancy - Health and Safety Statement 2011 1,270.50 QTS Health and Safety Consultancy - Health and Safety Statement 2012 1,270.50

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commemorative Events (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The costs arising from my Department's involvement with these events relate to the provision of protocol and press services in Wexford on Saturday 22 June 2013. The cost to date for these is €288.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Council is the only State agency under the aegis of my Department. There are 32 Council Members, 1 Chairperson and 1 Deputy Chairperson. No fees or expenses were paid to either the chairperson or deputy chairperson of NESC. The following National Economic & Social Council Members claimed travel and subsistence expenses for 2012 and 2013 to date. ...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) is the only State Agency under the aegis of my Department. Non Commercial State Sponsored Body Salary of Director National Economic and Social Council (NESC) €164,892 per annum * * The salary shown is with effect from 1st July 2013 and is inclusive of an allowance in lieu of superannuation.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 123 and 125 together. The table below details the expenditure by my Department on professional services, where professional services withholding tax has been applied, from 1 June 2012 to end May 2013. Expenditure on Professional Services from 01/06/12 to 31/05/13 Company Name € Caroline Erskine €36,564.90 Centre For European Negotiation...