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Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach quite rightly referred to the criteria used for the selection of Departments to be decentralised from Dublin. Is it not a fact that of the 10,000 posts to be decentralised, just 3,500 have applied to move to one of these posts and only 1,800 have agreed to move beyond greater Dublin?

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: In that context, if the Taoiseach and the Department of Finance, who are important figureheads——

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: On what is effectively the first day back, the Ceann Comhairle is refusing to allow a question to the Taoiseach who is in control of the Government——

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: ——which announced as a major element in the budget last year that 10,000 people were to be decentralised within three years.

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: In the Taoiseach's assessment, what impact will there be on his Department and its policy-making unit if eight other Ministers are to have their Departments and central policy units decentralised to various locations throughout the country? Has the Government carried out an assessment of that and does it show that it is in the national interest to proceed on that basis with the...

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: Did the Taoiseach discuss that with the DUP?

Appointments to State Boards. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the names, occupations and dates of appointment of each of the persons appointed by him to the State boards and agencies under his aegis since June 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17229/04]

Appointments to State Boards. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the appointments made by him since June 2002 to the State boards, or other agencies within his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21441/04]

Appointments to State Boards. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: Perhaps the Taoiseach might comment regarding the boards and agencies under the control of his Department in the light of the recommendation made several years ago by the then Minister for Equality and Law Reform, the former Labour Deputy, Mervyn Taylor, who directed that State boards should appoint women to 40% of positions. What is the percentage of women appointees to boards and...

Appointments to State Boards. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: It seems to have caught the public's attention, and it happened on the Taoiseach's watch, after all.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: It is now clear that in August 2001 the Garda Síochána had information from Interpol concerning details of alleged customers of a company offering access to child pornography websites and that the name of Brian Curtin was included in that information. On 25 May of this year, the Taoiseach informed me that Mr. Curtin was appointed a judge on the recommendation of the Judicial Appointments...

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: Will the Taoiseach set in train a system whereby the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board should check with the Garda as regards appointments such as this? If a caretaker is being appointed to a school, a character reference is sought from the Garda. I had a distraught parent on the telephone last night who was unable to adopt a child because of a minor indiscretion with regard to a driving...

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: They are entitled to under the Act.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: With regard to Nos. 18, 19 and 20, will there be time for discussion in the House when these matters come back from committee? This is a proposal to refer these matters to various committees. It may be necessary to have a discussion in the House when they come back.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: Having listened to what Deputy Rabbitte said about the Cabinet, it seems that the Teflon Taoiseach has become the Tipp-Ex Taoiseach.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: I know it does not arise; it is awipeout. Have dates been fixed for the publication of the Book of Estimates and the introduction of the budget?

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: In light of reports that the new Minister for Finance has a bulging bag, is it reasonable to expect that some of the matters referred to in recent days will be dealt with?

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of his Department's rural development fund which has been spent to date; the schemes and proposals which have been awarded funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22704/04]

Written Answers — Coimisiún na Gaeltachta: Coimisiún na Gaeltachta (5 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: Question 213: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cen dul chun cinn atá déanta aige chun moltaí Choimisiún na Gaeltachta a chur i bhfeidhm. [22733/04]

Leaders' Questions. (12 Oct 2004)

Enda Kenny: I congratulate the Tánaiste on her appointment as Minister for Health and Children. Many within her own party have hailed the Tánaiste as some sort of Messiah come to resurrect the health service from complete disintegration. The Tánaiste is an experienced politician and I am sure the House wishes her well in her endeavours to restore a health service that the people deserve, but how can...