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Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39747/05]

Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent activities of the national implementation body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39750/05]

Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the proposed work of the National Economic and Social Council during 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39763/05]

Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I heard a report about a flower called after the Taoiseach. Shelley wrote: "Full many a flower that is born to blush unseen, and waste its sweetness on the desert air".

Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure in a political sense if the Taoiseach epitomises the orchid. When the people get an opportunity on the next occasion they might perform a painful process called an orchidectomy. Deputy Devins can explain what that means. The role of the national implementation body was to determine the number of breaches of Sustaining Progress. Now that the agreement is drawing to an end, how...

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I would like to raise No. 67, the judicial council Bill, which is to provide effective remedies for complaints about misbehaviour, including lay participation in the investigation of complaints. When are we likely to see that Bill published? It is scheduled for the middle of 2006. Is it intended that the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005 be retrospective? The Minister for...

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: This is very important.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I know of that tradition, but there is complete confusion. I am asking the Taoiseach a question.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I want to know this. The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources has said in a letter that a small group of fishermen has deliberately flouted the law and made substantial sums.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I will accept the rulings of the Chair.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: My question is whether this Bill will deal with that matter.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: The committee refused to discuss the Bill until the contents had been discussed.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I want to know if the Minister's Bill is attempting to deal with something retrospectively.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: He said that a small number of fishermen deliberately flout the law and make substantial sums. He has set the entire coastal community——

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: The committee has decided not to discuss the Bill until this matter has been dealt with. The chairman of the committee is a representative of the Fianna Fáil Party.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: He has been told by his Minister that a small number of fishermen have deliberately flouted the law and made substantial sums.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Far be it from me to argue with the Ceann Comhairle, but this is an important matter of great interest.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Last night I saw the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, return flushed from the deserts of Dubai. He was red-faced with embarrassment trying to answer questions on the nitrates directive. The Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Coughlan, is not here. She has abandoned the House, just as she has abandoned Irish farmers.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I want to know from the Taoiseach what the Minister, Deputy Roche, between closing down Sellafield and dealing with Wrigley's chewing gum, will do about Part 3 of the regulations, which he has withdrawn.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: This is the legislation on the implementation of the nitrates directive. It is SI 788 of 2005. These are the regulations being implemented by the Government.