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Written Answers — State Visits: State Visits (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 321: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when his Department was notified that the US President would stop over at Shannon Airport to refuel; if his Department was notified that the US President would also address troops as part of this stopover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9388/06]

Written Answers — Driving Licences: Driving Licences (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 361: To ask the Minister for Transport the statistics for the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 for the number of driving licences issued for class A, B, C, D and E and the number of provisional driving licences for cars only differentiating between first time provisional driving licences and second or subsequent provisional driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 398: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the future responsibilities of the south-west Mayo development group and the western rural development group; his proposals in respect of the IRD groups, that is, Kiltimagh, Moy Valley, Connacht Gold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9316/06]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals in respect of the future responsibilities of Meitheal Mhaigh Eo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9317/06]

Written Answers — Gaeltacht Boundaries: Gaeltacht Boundaries (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 397: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals in respect of the existing Gaeltacht boundaries in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9315/06]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 403: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of jobs lost in companies involved in food production in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8907/06]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 533: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta cathain a bheidh scoil Ghaelach, sonraí tugtha, in ann dul ar aghaidh go scéim tógála agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina leith. [9138/06]

Written Answers — Teacher Training: Teacher Training (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding allocated to each of the teacher training colleges for the most recent year for which figures are available; the number of teachers trained in each of the teacher training colleges for the most recent year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9387/06]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 575: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the sequestration levels in relation to carbon emissions resulting from the current amount of sugar beet grown here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8833/06]

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 585: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total yield for motor tax for each of the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 for motor vehicles and goods vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9219/06]

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: In the words of Donna Cleary's family, she was not in the wrong place at the wrong time. She was a young mother enjoying herself at a friend's party. She was gunned down by a criminal who should have been in jail. No one has explained why this man was not in jail. He had a conviction, lost his appeal and there was a bench warrant for his arrest. The Government did not supply the resources to...

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: He blamed everybody for the woes afflicting the world. In this case, the Government is responsible for a situation in which resources were not made available to the Garda Síochána to implement a bench warrant for a convicted criminal who was walking the streets and responsible for the murder of an innocent woman who should be alive.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has failed on two key performance indicators. Detection rates have decreased under his stewardship and the incidence of headline crimes is rising on an annual basis. If he survives until next year, he will have presided over 500,000 headline crimes during his tenure as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. This is an appalling...

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: On this matter, I do not wish to object to the principle of what is involved but I note in the notice given to the Whips that the third amendment proposed by the Minister is to deal with the consequences of an administrative oversight in regard to the commencement of certain provisions of the Aer Lingus Act 2004. The last of these amendments had not been signalled to the House and the Bills...

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Today is International Women's Day. According to Amnesty International's Irish section, from 1996 to December 2005, 115 women have been murdered in this country. Clear commitments were given by the Government at the Beijing platform nine years ago in regard to introducing a national women's strategy. It is 11 years since that platform and nine years since the publication of the comprehensive...

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform wrote to Deputy Jim O'Keeffe in May 2005 saying he would have the amendments shortly.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: I know that, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Will the HSE see to it that subventions are equal across the country?

Inquiry into the murder of Mr. Patrick Finucane: Motion. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: I met Mrs. Geraldine Finucane and members of her family some weeks ago. I agreed to pursue an all-party motion in favour of a full public inquiry into Mr. Finucane's brutal murder. I am pleased all party leaders have approved this initiative because it is vital the elected representatives of the Irish people send a clear message to the British Government on the issue of a murder that shocked...

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Fine Gael is happy to support the Labour Party Bill on the whistleblowers issue. If the outrageous scandals exposed in the great bastions of Irish society over the past few years have proved anything, it is that Ireland needs whistleblowers and plenty of them. It is said that all it takes for evil to thrive is for good people to do nothing. I firmly believe that when good people act for the...