Results 25,001-25,020 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: I assure Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, John Halligan, Thomas Pringle, Joan Collins and Catherine Murphy that I am prepared to brief any one of them, but I need to know from the Technical Group who its spokesperson is.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: Who is its spokesperson?
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: Should we call the Deputy?
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: I take the Deputy's point and thank her for reaffirming it. Briefings that take place in the future will include the Technical Group and the telephone call will be made to the Deputy's office. She will decide whether Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan or whoever else will turn up.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The courts struck down the legislation. The two Bills to which Deputy Joe Higgins referred, the workplace relations Bill and the industrial relations (No. 2) Bill, are due for publication this session.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The low carbon development Bill and the international tax agreement Bill are due for publication later this year.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: A lot of work has been done on the Bill in the Department, but I do not have a date for its publication. Deputy Durkan has raised the issue on around 20 occasions already.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Minister has not met them recently, but I understand the matter is before the courts.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Children First Bill is due this session. I do not have a date of publication for the Central Bank (consolidation) Bill. It is a serious piece of work.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The heads of the Bill were cleared last December and the Bill is due for publication this session, prior to the summer.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. Information on zero hour contracts is not collected in the survey.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The table below details the reports commissioned by my Department since March 2011. Report Date Commissioned Date Completed Cost eCabinet Security Assessment (Not published - ICT security report for internal use only) August 2011 November 2011 €11,495 Microsoft License Solution Analysis (Not published - ICT security report for internal use only) July 2013 September 2013...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156 and 157 together. The National Economic and Social Council's (NESC) role is to "...analyse and report to the Taoiseach on strategic issues relating to the efficient development of the economy and the achievement of social justice ..."Section 9(1), National Economic and Social Development Act 2006. NESC is independent in its work and analysis and...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Staff (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: There are two civil servants working in my Constituency Office. The staff comprise one Executive Officer and one Clerical Officer and they are responsible for dealing with my constituency matters and correspondence. The total of their annual salary cost is €76,304. In 2013 the telephone costs for my Constituency Office was €6,335.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Undocumented Irish in the USA (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: I discussed immigration reform and the plight of our undocumented in many of my meetings and public engagements during my recent St Patrick’s Day visit to Washington DC. In addition to substantive discussion of the issues with President Obama and Vice President Biden, I also discussed the prospects for progress with a range of other members of Congress including Speaker John...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government Implementation (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The full list of the Programme for Government commitments that come under the remit of the Department of the Taoiseach is set out in the Statement of Strategy 2011-2014 which is available on my Department's website. Each year my Department, in conjunction with all Government Departments, publishes a report setting out progress made on the implementation of the Programme for Government. The...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (25 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: There are no commercial State companies under the remit of my Department.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The answer to the Deputy's first question is "Yes." I thought it appropriate, given the information I had in my possession, that I should make the Department of Justice and Equality and the Minister aware of the gravity of what had been given to me.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: To the Deputy's first question.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The question was about whether a civil servant had spoken to the Commissioner.