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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (28 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The latest QNHS data available is for Q3 2013. The most detailed breakdown available is at 2 Digit NACE level. An international/domestic breakdown of this data is not available. Thus the exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The table below shows the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Minimum Wage (28 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey (EHECS) collects information from enterprises on the number of employees paid at or below the national minimum wage. The results from this survey for Quarter 2 2013, the latest period for which data is available, show that there are in total an estimated 68,500 people on the National Minimum Wage which equates to 4.5% of all employees in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consultancy Contracts Data (28 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 155 together. The table below provides details of all consultancy firms engaged by my Department and bodies under its aegis in 2013 and the total paid to them. EU Presidency Name of Consultant Total Paid Caroline Erskine €30,553 Convention on the Constitution Name of Consultant Total Paid Q4 Public Relations €18,501 ROJO...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts Data (28 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: Given the nature of my Department's functions and small size, there is not significant scope for the use of external service delivery outside of shared services initiatives already in place or being progressed. My Department already makes use of shared services in the areas of payroll, finance, IT, library and security services as well as participating in current civil service wide...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies Establishment (28 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: Since 9 March, 2011, no new agencies and State bodies have been established under the remit of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (28 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: There are no semi State companies under the remit of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Jobs Data (28 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) 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...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Archives (28 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: My Department released a total of 1107 files or file parts to the National Archive for public inspection on 1 January 2014. 16 files were withheld under Section 8 (4) of the National Archives Act, 1986. The grounds for retention under each subsection of 8(4) are: (a) public interest; (b) information supplied in confidence; (c) distress or danger or defamation. Of the files...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (28 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: My Department's Audit Committee comprises four members, two of whom are external members. The members are appointed by the Secretary General of my Department in his capacity as Accounting Officer. The Committee is as follows: Mr John Malone, former Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture and Food (Chairman /external member) - date of appointment: October 2005; Ms Elizabeth...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (28 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the body corporate for the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), the only State Agency under the aegis of my Department. The board is currently comprised of the Chair and Deputy Chair of the NESC, both of whom are civil servants from my Department. No fees are payable to members of the NESDO Board. The National...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consultancy Contracts Data (28 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: No level of pro bono work was provided to my Department in the 24 months by legal, accountancy or consulting firms.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am surprised Deputy Calleary has questioned the capacity of the personnel appointed to the commission-----

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----by the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte. Is anybody suggesting that the economists, Professor John Fitzgerald and Mr. Colm McCarthy, do not have independent minds?

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: Is anybody suggesting indicating that Dr. Karen Foley, head of the school of landscape architecture in UCD, is not-----

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----a competent person? Is anybody suggesting that Professor Keith Bell from the engineering department of Strathclyde University is not internationally recognised as being a person of competence? As Deputy Calleary is well aware, the commission, which is chaired by Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness, the eminent retired Supreme Court judge, will have the option of obtaining any expert...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Calleary is aware, the proposals relating to both projects are new. On the Deputy's question regarding the extension of the commission's remit to consider the North-South interconnector, this project is necessary. In addition, it relates to an item of infrastructure that is critical in the context of the development of the economy in the years ahead. The Minister, Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept that political assertion from the Deputy. As already stated, people have had concerns and anxieties about this matter. Some of these were valid, while others were not.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I have always stated that what is needed in this instance is to address the challenge for the future, which the Deputy well recognises and which must be dealt with in a common sense and rational way. The response of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to the 30,000 submissions received has been to establish the McGuinness commission, which is chaired by an eminent...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----and which includes independent national and international experts, to examine the overhead and underground options and publish its findings in order that everyone can understand that all of the relevant issues have been taken into account. A great deal of work has been done on the North-South interconnector for the past eight years, including assessments and the completion of the...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----that i could be extended to the North-South interconnector, which is a critical piece of infrastructure which the country needs and which can only be provided by one method or the other. All the options and facts must be examined. I hope this can be concluded when the Minister meets the chairperson on Friday.