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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 79 together. I make appointments to the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and the National Statistics Board (NSB). Since coming into office on 9 March 2011, I have made 18 appointments to the NESC in accordance with the National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006 and S.I. No. 603 of 2010, National Economic and Social Council...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Living Wage (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81 and 91 together. My Department has not had any discussions with suppliers or service contractors to the Department about the impact of a Living Wage. Levels of remuneration for employees of my Department and the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) are based on pay scales set centrally by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: In the years 2011 to 2015 the Office of the Attorney General (AGO) spent the following: Year Amount Spent 2011 € 11.146 million 2012 € 11.233 million 2013 € 11.430 million 2014 € 11.034 million 2015 € 11.143 million (provisional outturn). These figures exclude expenditure relating to the Law Reform Commission which is funded by a grant through the AGO...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Law Reform Commission Funding (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: The annual budget for the Law Reform Commission in each year since 2011 was: Year € 2011 €2.191 million 2012   €2.342 million 2013   €2.103 million 2014   €2.091 million 2015   €2.149 million

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: The number of annual subscriptions to external membership bodies and groups held by my Department are detailed in the table below Number of subscriptions External membership body Total cost per body (€) for 2015 2 Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Membership (CIPD) 430 1 Institute of International and European Affairs 7,000 1 Irish Centre for European Law 395 1...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: My Department has eleven annual subscriptions to newspapers/magazines at a total cost of €8,312.86 Details of the Department's annual subscriptions are as follows: Newspaper/Magazine/Online Subscription Annual Cost Journal of the Statistical & Social Inquiry Society of Ireland €200.00 European Voice €199.75 Data Protection Ireland Journal €355.00...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: The total expenditure by my Department on advertisements in 2015 amounted to €57,906.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: I make appointments to the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and the National Statistics Board (NSB). No remuneration is paid, other than out of pocket expenses, to persons nominated to serve in positions on the NESC. Section 18 of the Statistics Act 1993 provides for the composition of and appointments to the National Statistics Board (NSB). It provides that the NSB shall...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Fees (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: The fees from Freedom of Information requests received by my Department in 2014 and 2015 were €2,194 and €594 respectively. In considering these figures it should be noted that the Freedom of Information Act 2014, which came into force on 14 October 2014, introduced a number of changes to the charging system for freedom of information requests, including abolition of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Promotions (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: My Department has implemented the provisions of the circular letter issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 14 January 2014 regarding Cross-Stream Promotion Arrangements. No Clerical Officers were promoted directly to Higher Executive Officer and no Executive Officers were promoted directly to Assistant Principal Officer through internal competition in my Department...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy raised this question yesterday in respect of the television programme. I pointed out to him that the disastrous state he left the country in meant that the entire construction sector and the building business has collapsed.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: I pointed out to Deputy Martin that the Government set about dealing with the scale of that problem by dealing with voided units, reconstruction of places that were not habitable-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: -----and a variety of schemes to prevent people from becoming homeless and being put on the housing list. These include the housing assistance programme and the tenancy agreement for increased rent supplement, which have helped thousands of people. Given that the economy is recovering, and it is important that we keep the recovery going, the Government has put €3 billion on the table...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: I note this morning that not only are there objections to the modular housing that Deputy Martin is proposing but that other such schemes have also been objected to. There is a legal process to be gone through here. Deputy Martin wants instant houses. The Government has put public money on the table for every local authority. It has given them their objectives and targets and has told...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin has no credibility on the economy.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: When he walked out of here before the general election in 2011-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: -----he left behind a programme, which he has been spouting about around the country and that others have implemented. Let me remind him of some of the stuff the Government of which he was a member included in that programme.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: It included a figure of €3 billion to be paid to Anglo Irish Bank from the taxpayer. It included a figure of an extra €638 million in income tax increases on the taxpayer.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: It included a figure of €400 million for water charges without providing any relief for anybody. As the great equaliser, it proposed a cut in the minimum wage.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: That is the Deputy's credibility on the economy. We have had to rebuild all of the structure. The Deputy has no credibility - zero, zilch, nothing.