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Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: While the House was endeavouring to comment on a culture of corruption and the necessity to break it, the very same Tánaiste who said we do not want single party government in this country was outside the gates of this House undermining another tribunal. First of all, I believe we should have an opportunity to hear a full statement from the Government about its intentions with regard to...

Freedom of Information. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests which were processed by his Department during 2006; the number which have been acceded to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43875/06]

Freedom of Information. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department during 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43907/06]

Freedom of Information. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: The Government introduced a number of changes to the Freedom of Information Act 1997. Departments other than the Department of the Taoiseach have made it difficult for people to get information and, in a number of cases, the Information Commissioner has overturned the rulings of those Departments. Is the Taoiseach satisfied that every request made to the official in his Department...

Freedom of Information. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: I have a third question. The Ceann Comhairle upset me with a shot from the left wing. When is it proposed to extend the list of agencies and organisations that are subject to the Freedom of Information Acts?

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the projected total cost in 2007 of the communications unit in his Department. [43881/06]

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: We are back to this round of questions again. The Taoiseach invited Deputy Rabbitte and myself to look at this unit and meet the people there but we did not take him up on that yet. The Taoiseach stated the total cost of the unit since June 2002 has been approximately €1.453 million. Did the Taoiseach state it would close on the dissolution of this Dáil?

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: From whichever perspective one examines the matter, there seems to be an assumption that the communications unit operates for the Government's advantage. The Taoiseach has stated it is a cost-saving exercise because Departments do not need to go to other companies to be supplied with newspaper clippings, but I read a report recently on how the unit was stretched to the limit when the media...

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: ——or that the unit could be used to bolster the Government's crumbling defences. The public assumes that it pays taxes for a communications unit for the sole advantage of Ministers who are also Deputies. Will the Taoiseach close down the unit, tell its workers to go back to their constituencies and Departments and ensure a level playing pitch for everyone? At least two Ministers and...

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Not for years.

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Perhaps the Taoiseach will put our minds at ease by making available a copy of the report he or the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, received yesterday so that Deputy Rabbitte, Deputy Sargent, Deputy Morgan — who is filling in for Deputy Ó Caoláin — and I are aware of what we are up against.

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: The Minister never looked for it. That is why she is so out of touch.

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: A committee to stop him.

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Somebody needs to rein him in.

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach was all over the country anyway. He was ahead of the posse and even with the posse sometimes.

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: This issue is somewhat like a recurring decimal. Today the figures from the Irish Nurses Organisation show that 392 patients are on trolleys across the State. This is not unique, as last week there were 383 on trolleys. On Wednesday there were 378 on trolleys. In October 2004 the Minister for Health and Children announced a ten point plan to deal with accident and emergency departments...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: I do not need Deputy Cowley's advice——

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Cowley is unlikely to become leader of the Fine Gael Party. We had a relatively mild winter. Thanks be to God we did not have bird flu. There does seem to be a mild outbreak of influenza which is causing this problem. The Taoiseach has not answered my question or accepted my challenge. Last Friday a 90 year old man was admitted to the accident and emergency department at Mayo...

Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: Arising from the reply given by the Taoiseach to Deputy Rabbitte on the proposed referendum, I want the Taoiseach to know that I made my point about accepting the principles involved in respect of the protection of children. However, part of the programme of legislation to deal with that will be the issue of the age of consent. I made my position on this clear last year. The committee...

Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

Enda Kenny: No, I am not going back over Leaders' Questions.