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Official Engagements. (21 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if the agenda for the June meeting of the European Council has been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21679/06]

Official Engagements. (21 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: I agree with much of what the Taoiseach said in respect of Irish missionaries and NGOs and the work they do. A suggestion was brought to my attention, which might be of interest to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Defence, who is also present. One of the problems people have is with the translation of money they donate and funding provided by the Government into action on HIV-AIDS or...

Official Engagements. (21 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: The value of the suggestion is that the ship is a self-contained unit that can be tied up at a pier. The Minister for Defence does not need to have diplomatic relations with the country concerned nor does he need to provide facilities. Were the situation to get out of hand the ship could turn round in an instant and come home. A combination of the State wanting to do this and the medical...

Official Engagements. (21 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach.

Order of Business. (21 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: What is the position on the criminal justice DNA database Bill, the publication of which is expected some time in 2006? There seems to be some activity in respect of the criminal justice trafficking in persons and sexual offences Bill. Will the Taoiseach indicate its status on the parliamentary counsel's schedule?

European Council: Statements. (21 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: I agree with the Taoiseach that Chancellor Schüssel did an excellent job in the performance of his duties as President. At last week's EU Summit, once again it was perfectly clear that as a community we have rather a long way to go towards meeting the ambitious objectives set out in the Lisbon Agenda — to make the most comprehensive and dynamic knowledge-driven economy in the world by...

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: In light of the report of the Committee of Public Account which showed that half the speed camera photographs taken were useless, with 20,000 drivers denying they were driving at the time and only 56% of notices issued resulting in payment being made by the end of 2003, does the Tánaiste agree with the view of the former Taoiseach, the late Charles Haughey, that this is the worst Government...

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: ——because it cannot seem to get anything right?

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: That is the first shot.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: Three weeks ago we saw the Government in chaos, when the Taoiseach abandoned the country to go to America, Ministers could not get their stories straight and there was nobody in charge——

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: ——and today we have some evidence of that in the newspapers. Does the Tánaiste agree that on mid-summer's day, there is trouble in paradise? When can we expect the publication of the Harris report into the status of spoken Irish in primary schools?

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste wants to answer the other two as well.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: It is unlike the Ceann Comhairle to pause in such a fashion.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: I understand. This is relevant. Yesterday, I raised with the Taoiseach a question arising from the O'Neill report into the Health Service Executive. I refer to its recommendation that, where the HSE in its visits to nursing homes——

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: It does, in the sense——

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: The report recommended that, when the HSE uncovers a poor service, the families of patients should be informed. Will the Tánaiste ensure this happens forthwith?

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle is quick to state that matters do not arise. The television programme, "Prime Time Investigates", investigated this issue last year and showed an appalling lack of treatment in certain nursing homes for some patients.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: I am raising a matter that the HSE should——

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: Is the Ceann Comhairle telling me that in the national Parliament, I cannot raise an issue concerning the care of the elderly in nursing homes——

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2006)

Enda Kenny: ——which the Health Service Executive has identified as having an inferior level of service?