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Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Taskforce on Active Citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7969/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (12 Mar 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the approval of posts (details supplied) for the Health Service Executive west area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10875/08]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (12 Mar 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 18 December 2007, the contact she has had with the Teaching Council and the advice that she has received in respect of the provision and supply of Irish teachers; the advice that she has received from the Teaching Council in regard to the recruitment of Irish teachers; and if she will...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (12 Mar 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the extent of pupil numbers who received dispensations from taking Irish in the leaving certificate in 2007; her further views on the fact that 50% approximately of those who received dispensation sat the leaving certificate in French or German; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10872/08]

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (12 Mar 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 27 February 2008, the specific allocation made in 2007 in euro and cent by her Department for the specific function of purchase of computers for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [10891/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 31 January 2008, the level of funding available to each sub-programme in her Department's remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10892/08]

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: The old saying that a week is a long time in politics was never more true than today. I had, obviously, prepared for a different kind of Leaders' Questions here at 3.45 p.m. but events, as they say, have overtaken that. I want to say, man to man, to Deputy Bertie Ahern, as Taoiseach, that I have known him since 1977. I have watched him rise through his own party to the exalted and...

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: I am happy to accept that will now be the date. I was reflecting earlier whether the Government would consider postponing the referendum because of the internal decision the Fianna Fáil Party will need to make. I am happy to accept the Taoiseach's word that it will be 12 June and all parties irrespective of their positions can now plan their referendum agendas. I thank him for his...

Social Partnership. (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the proposed work of the National Economic and Social Council during 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3546/08]

Social Partnership. (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent round-table meeting with the social partners to discuss the national pay negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7442/08]

Social Partnership. (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: It is a little unreal that we are taking Taoiseach's questions, given the events of the day, and it will be difficult to hold the Taoiseach to commitments he might make in the next month. Maintaining competitiveness must be the bread and butter of a social partnership system and the consequences of social partnership. Is the Taoiseach concerned by the remarks made recently by Barack Obama, a...

Order of Business (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Does the legislative list announced by the Whip for the summer session run from 1 April until the Dáil resumes after the summer recess in the autumn or until the House rises in July? Seventeen Bills are included in this section of the legislative programme. The Taoiseach answered a question from Deputy Ó Caoláin on the health (long-term residential care services) Bill, which was to be...

Written Answers — Socio-Economic Review: Socio-Economic Review (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on figures published by CORI Justice in the Socio Economic review for 2008, entitled Planning For Progress and Fairness, that show 720,774 people, 17% of the population, have incomes less than the standard poverty line recognised by the European Commission and the UN; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Socio-Economic Review: Socio-Economic Review (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the figures published by CORI Justice in the Socio Economic Review for 2008, entitled Planning for Progress and Fairness that show that 50% of all households at risk of poverty are headed by a person outside the labour force that is they are elderly, have a disability, are ill or have caring roles that prevent them...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 389: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting lists for speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in health centres (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11942/08]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 508: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a person (details supplied) is not allowed to extend their work permit whilst remaining here; if the person will have to leave Ireland before being in a position to renew their permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11399/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 509: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a section within his Department familiar with a work exchange programme (details supplied); if so, the rules that apply to such; the number of staff members in this section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11400/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 572: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is no longer entitled to mortgage interest relief; if he will examine this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11943/08]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 594: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the organisations in the Mayo constituency that were granted funds under the current round of national lottery grants; the amount granted in each case; the organisations in this area whose applications were unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11295/08]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (2 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 712: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she expects a student (details supplied) to be given a decision regarding an appeal in relation to a higher education grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11403/08]