Results 2,861-2,880 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny

Departmental Advertising. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: I could reverse the question, if the Ceann Comhairle wishes to be technical. Is there any value in the advertisements in the absence of the Taoiseach's face? The Taoiseach will be aware, on the basis of cases raised previously, especially those involving Ministers of State, that there is clearly potential for abuse in this area.

Departmental Advertising. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: That may not be the Taoiseach's intention. I raise this issue because if the public is to be informed about developments under the national development plan, including those led by the Taoiseach's Department, it is not necessary to insert Ministers' faces in the advertisements for which the public pays. Perhaps he will respond to that.

Departmental Advertising. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: They do not need to put the Taoiseach's face on them, as he is known well enough at this stage.

Departmental Advertising. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: I agree with the Taoiseach that the advertisements should be about public information. However, from the Opposition's point of view, the advertisements could be restructured so that Ministers would state the items they have not yet delivered under the national development plan, which are seven years behind schedule, and which they propose to undertake over the next 18 months.

Departmental Advertising. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: I have gone off the runway.

Commemorative Events. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the arrangements for the commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12889/06]

Commemorative Events. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: I agree with the Taoiseach that the commemoration of 1916 was a successful occasion. While I had to remind the Taoiseach of the necessity for inclusiveness in the work of all politicians in the run-up to that celebration, the conduct on Easter Sunday was entirely apolitical and provided an opportunity for a demonstration by the Defence Forces and an opportunity for them to be thanked for the...

Commemorative Events. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: Perhaps I might make one brief point.

Commemorative Events. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: Obviously I share Deputy Rabbitte's view of Michael Davitt as a driving force behind the one of first great European agrarian movements. The Government could consider a number of matters beyond issuing a stamp. The Taoiseach spoke about the GPO, which has functioned as a working post office since 1818. I would not favour it being transformed into a museum. However, the outgoing chief...

Commemorative Events. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach might be able to answer this question. I saw a very interesting documentary, I believe on TG4, about the executions of the leaders of 1916. Of all the courts martial the only missing file was that of Éamon de Valera. I wonder where it went.

Leaders' Questions. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: This morning the people of Dublin woke up to yet another murder, the 19th this year. Familiarity breeds contempt. Today, executions, hits and gun crime are rife across the capital city. It is only a few weeks since coked up psychopaths in flak jackets and top of the range cars went head to head with machine guns on the M50, which was turned into the Irish equivalent of the Los Angeles...

Leaders' Questions. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: Why has it taken nine years to begin to realise that the bail laws need to be reviewed, given that serious crimes, including murders, have been committed by persons out on bail? Does the Taoiseach realise the social impact of 100,000 headline crimes committed every year during the tenure of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform? If the Government lasts its full term, it will have...

Leaders' Questions. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: Of 120 members in Portlaoise Garda station, a town in which the highest maximum security prison in the State is located, there is only one bullet-proof vest available. Is this not an indictment of a Government that has spun the most sophisticated web of high rhetoric, hyperbole and nonsense? The central remit of the Government in terms of crime is that the people would be safe on the streets...

Leaders' Questions. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: That contribution was three and a half minutes in itself.

Order of Business. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: I note that the Government Whip has produced a list of 16 Bills to be published by the end of the summer session. The document for the spring session contained 17 Bills, eight of which were not published. There are eight new Bills in section A. Will the Government publish those 16 Bills in the next session of ten or 12 weeks? On the last three or four occasions, the Government failed to...

Order of Business. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: I will explain to the Ceann Comhairle why it is relevant. At the weekend, the Government's coalition partners threw out a €5 billion speculative inducement in taxation.

Order of Business. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: That is the very question I wished to ask. In view of the fact the ESRI has made that recommendation to the Government, might we have a debate on the report in the House? Perhaps the Taoiseach might confirm that the Government will adhere to the recommendations of the ESRI report and that there will be no splurge. When is it proposed to publish the Bill regarding administrative fines for...

Order of Business. (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: Eight of them.

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 342: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the funding mechanisms which are available for local game angling clubs to carry out development and enhancement work, for example regeneration of spawning grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14799/06]

Written Answers — National Parks: National Parks (25 Apr 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 981: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the management of fishing at Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14797/06]