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- Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: I will leave the Minister alone.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: I return to the question I raised with the Taoiseach last week on water charges in schools. The Minister for happiness, whom I assume is joining us directly from the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Science, threw her hands up in despair when this matter was raised last week, the Minister who is going to save the world single-handedly said we should speak with the local authorities, the...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach did not answer any of the three questions I asked. First, does he agree there is no need to implement the provisions until the end of 2009? Second, does he appreciate there is discretion and flexibility in this regard? Third, is he disposed to suspending this provision pending a resolution of the problem? I welcome his comment that the Government is now considering...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: What about the bills in the meantime?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: Should they hold them and not pay anything?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: That was very helpful.
- Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: When was the Appropriation Bill 2007 circulated?
- Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: There has been another breakdown in communications, because it has not been received by anybody on this side of the House. Whether he was in Opposition or in Government, many years ago a tall man known as Deputy Major de Valera used to say to the Ceann Comhairle that we were passing millions of pounds without any discussion. There was a tradition that the Appropriations Bill 2007 would...
- Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: No. Like Deputy Gilmore, I object to the way this is being done. The Minister for Health and Children was informed on 26 October that this matter needed to be dealt with. She chose not to inform any Member of the Opposition or the spokespersons on health about this matter. Waiting deliberately until the second last day of this session to bring in a Bill that deals with fundamental issues...
- Order of Business (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: Michael Hughes, a perfectly innocent young man from Banagher, lost his life in a horrific attack in Dublin. This is an appalling tragedy and, in their grief, his parents stated that they would pray for the perpetrator of the crime. Last year, we were told â¬25 million extra was being allocated for the provision of mental health services and for provisions within the Mental Health Act. The...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the allocation to be made to the Irish Osteoporosis Society in 2008 in view of the work they do; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35637/07]
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason chaplaincy is not recognised in the voluntary secondary school sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34914/07]
- Written Answers — School Staff Remuneration: School Staff Remuneration (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a disparity exists between the payment methods to school secretaries, where some are paid by her Department and others paid from grant funding; the standard rate of pay for all school secretaries; the payment rate after five years and after 10 years; the other benefits applicable; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (18 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35638/07]
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: One of the hallmarks of the Government has been inconsistency and confusion. One of the national newspapers refers today to the latest U-turn in respect of water charges for schools as being a Pontius Pilate programme that has turned into a water pilot programme.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: Following the confusing statement put up by the Minister for Education and Science on her departmental website, the Taoiseach should clear up a few simple matters for Members. Yesterday, the Taoiseach conceded that it was his intention to introduce a flat rate of payment for water usage in schools. He stated that he intended to introduce a transition period. Can the Taoiseach explain the...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: I certainly will allow the Taoiseach to give the details contained in his briefing note. The schools and parents want to know the detail because the Taoiseach's latest statement does not add to their store of knowledge about their position. Must schools that received bills of between â¬500 and â¬10,000 hold on to those bills or dump them? Will they be paying a flat charge from 1...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach for the beautiful card he sent me of the orchid, which states "Mo chara â Bertie Ahern". "Mo chara", as the Taoiseach knows, means "My friend" and the Taoiseach knows the definition of a friend these days.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: The same orchid was titled ARANDA Ishbel Manisaki. Its first date of pollination was 20 November 1996 and its date of first flowering was 19 March 2002. Will the Taoiseach answer the questions on the flat rates and the transition periods and state what system will be in place beyond 2010? Perhaps this time the Taoiseach will not step out of the frying pan into the fire.
- EU Summits. (19 Dec 2007)
Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the signing of the European reform treaty in Lisbon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34469/07]