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Benchmarking Awards. (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the cost which has accrued to his Department in respect of the payment of the benchmarking pay awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28211/06]

Benchmarking Awards. (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: Over the past five years the Government has recruited almost 40,000 extra staff and paid around €1.3 billion through the benchmarking process. This includes the Department of the Taoiseach where, I understand, legal staff has doubled and communications staff has increased by 55%. The Taoiseach's Department will spend €143 million more this year than when he came to office and most of...

Programmes for Government. (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of An Agreed Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28212/06]

Programmes for Government. (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: The programme for Government specifically promised to reduce primary school class sizes so that the average class size for under-nines would be 20 students. Today, 99,464 primary school children are taught in classes of between 30 and 34 children. A further 8,931 primary school children have class sizes of 35 to 39, while a further 162 children are in classes of more than 40——

Programmes for Government. (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: This is a general question on the implementation of An Agreed Programme for Government.

Programmes for Government. (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach has briefing notes that are the same size as the Encyclopaedia Britannica. He is well able to answer this question.

Programmes for Government. (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: I want the Taoiseach to report on the implementation of primary school class sizes. The Government made a specific commitment and it has not been honoured. If the State cannot provide an appropriate educational base for its children then it has failed. We should not have had a commitment like this in the educational sector——

Programmes for Government. (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: ——if it was not going to be lived up to. What is the Taoiseach's response on the commitment to ensure 80% of all earners would pay tax at the standard rate? Where does this commitment stand? Will it be honoured by 6 December? On the general agreement in respect of medical cards which was a central plank of the health element of the programme for Government——

Programmes for Government. (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: ——200,000 full medical cards were promised. This was watered down to doctor-only cards in 2005, and only 12,000 have been delivered in the past two years. These are three areas which were major planks of the programme for Government and I would like the Taoiseach to comment on all three.

Programmes for Government. (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: You want him to say that this is a detailed question for the line Minister.

Programmes for Government. (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach is well able to answer these questions and the Chair should allow him to do so.

Programmes for Government. (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: You are trying to influence the Taoiseach's response.

Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: I understand from the Order Paper that this motion refers to expenditure from January next year until the end of December 2007, which is of interest to every Member of the House and the public. While one cannot have a discussion on how these moneys are spent, it might be in order to have an arrangement whereby we could discuss the commission's programme or receive a report from the...

Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: Has the Taoiseach received any communication from the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs about reflecting the will of the people in law following a referendum conducted in respect of the name Daingean Uí Chúis or Dingle in County Kerry? There is a Private Members' Bill before the Seanad at present. The Minister has been saying this matter is illegal but it is important to...

Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Séamus Brennan, would have had that sorted out in ten minutes.

Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: Will it be necessary to introduce legislation to give legal effect to the recommendations in the report on salmon drift net fishing that was published yesterday? Is the Taoiseach in a position to confirm that the sum of €25 million to which the report refers will be available for compensation in respect of currently licensed drift net fishermen?

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (25 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of principal development specialists volunteering to decentralise within Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34433/06]

Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: I note that an edited version of the O'Neill report on Leas Cross has been published by a magazine. When is it expected that the report will be published officially? Can the Tánaiste confirm that the families of those who suffered and died in Leas Cross have been contacted by the Department? When are we likely to see the independent inspectorate Bill? It is included under the health Bill...

Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Garda has made valiant efforts but this matter relates to the enforcement of existing laws. This is important given the potential gravity of such attacks and the fear engendered, particularly in the elderly.

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (26 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the properties that have been acquired and sold by the Reception Integration Agency in each of the years 2000 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34957/06]