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Written Answers — Health Service Executive Report: Health Service Executive Report (6 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a report, commissioned by the Health Service Executive in November 2006 regarding the area surrounding a facility (details supplied) in County Laois will be completed, if not done so already; if a comprehensive public health impact assessment will be conducted in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8379/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a landslide at Leenane, County Galway in the early January 2007; if his attention has further been drawn to the extent of animals lost by such a landslide; if his attention has further been drawn to the danger in which a number of residents were placed due to the ferocity of the landslide...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (6 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 429: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if an application (details supplied) has been received; if this application has been assessed by his Department; when a decision will be made in respect of this application; if funding will be made available towards this application under the alcohol related harm measure of the Dormant Accounts Fund; and if he will...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (6 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 436: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she proposes alternative enterprises for the stakeholders affected by the closure of Carlow and Mallow Greencore plants; the efforts made to protect the sugar beet market; if she proposes to assist the beet growers affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8371/07]

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: I wish to ask the Taoiseach the policy on remission of sentences. Concern is growing that in serious cases, remission is reduced by one quarter when prisoners arrive at the prison gates. Obviously, that serves to undermine confidence in the justice system and represents a disregard for victims. Can the Taoiseach confirm that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has the sole...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: The question I wanted the Taoiseach to address was whether the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform sets the rules and regulations governing remission on behalf of the Government. The concern being expressed in public is that there is now an automatic remission of up to 25%. In the case of Castlerea and the aforementioned prisoner, Mr. Justice Kinlen stated in his report that the...

Decentralisation Programme. (7 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department who have applied for relocation under the Government's decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43903/06]

Decentralisation Programme. (7 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: What was the reason for the Government taking up 16.5% of all vacant office space in Dublin last year, which came to 38,000 sq. m.? This was 40% higher than the State's take-up in 2003. As I am hoarse, I am obliged to keep my questions short. Will any element of the Taoiseach's Department take up office space rented or taken out by Government in Dublin this year?

Departmental Expenditure. (7 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if there is a corporate procurement plan in place in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43905/06]

Departmental Expenditure. (7 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: What is the level of best practice within the European Union referred to by the Taoiseach in respect of public procurement? The Irish public sector spends approximately €19 billion every year in buying goods and services. In 2004, for example, the Northern Ireland office identified a three-year public service saving of approximately €250 million in their spend of €1.7 billion in...

Departmental Expenditure. (7 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: That is true.

Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: It is my hope that the election process in Northern Ireland today will result in a situation where the Assembly can be restored and where all politicians can work towards that restoration and the implementation of the St. Andrew's Agreement and the Good Friday Agreement. I am sure I share the hopes and express the wishes of everybody in that regard. When will No. 38, the education Ireland...

Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: Having taken the Ceann Comhairle's medical advice, I will now refrain from speaking further.

Written Answers — EU Battle Groups: EU Battle Groups (7 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Defence the estimated response time of the battle group of which Ireland will be a member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8694/07]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (7 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps being undertaken to attract more women into the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8695/07]

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (8 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the REP scheme 4 is to be open to applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8812/07]

Written Answers — Farm Inspection Scheme: Farm Inspection Scheme (8 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the practical steps she is taking to address the burden of cross compliance on farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8802/07]

Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the arrangements in place in his Department for providing assistance to certain Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43906/06]

Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: I welcome Speaker Quinn from New York City Council and her entourage to Ireland and thank her for her courtesy in recent weeks. The Taoiseach's categorisation of the value of Independent Deputies seems to have declined since Deputy Healy-Rae described himself as the fourth wheel on the ministerial Mercedes in Kerry, much to the amusement of the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism. Does the...

Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)

Enda Kenny: I am sure the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Seán Power, has looked into the future too and can see that the end is nigh. Who are these Deputies and how often does the principal officer discuss current affairs and other matters with them? The Taoiseach's office is the most important in the Houses of the Oireachtas. Following Seachtain na Gaeilge does the...