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Ministerial Transport. (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: What transport is available? Is it one jet or two? Are the Beechcraft still available? I was in one a few times, which was an experience. What is the priority rating? Are there occasions when former Taoisigh can use the transport?

Ministerial Transport. (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: I was interested in the way the costings are computed. When the late Pope John Paul II died, the Vatican requested State participation and I had the honour of travelling to attend that funeral on the Government jet with a number of others and in the presence of the Taoiseach. I was astounded to read a few weeks later that I had cost the State €11,000 to travel as a passenger on the...

Ministerial Transport. (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: I thought that was Gorse Hill.

Ministerial Transport. (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Perhaps on the Queen Mary.

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Last week, bearing in mind that Deputy Bertie Ahern will not be Taoiseach for much longer, I raised with the Tánaiste the case of a 76 year old patient with Alzheimer's disease who was on a trolley in the Mater Hospital for four days. The Tánaiste dismissed my point as being facile and simplistic. I find this extraordinary if it is the new philosophy in Fianna Fáil. It is neither facile...

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: I give the Taoiseach credit for his more caring response than that of the Tánaiste who said that to raise an individual case here was facile and simplistic. The case of the 13 year old I have raised with the Taoiseach is in the possession of the Minister for Health and Children and nothing has happened. This is the case of a 13 year old depressed and anxious girl, who has been medically...

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health and Children should not continually attempt, as do her colleagues, to hide behind the Health Service Executive and claim it is its responsibility.

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: The Minister is continually hiding behind the Health Service Executive and has failed to do her duty. The Taoiseach mentioned extra beds. Perhaps he could take this matter to the Minister for Health and Children. We are now faced with the closure of a medical ward in James Connolly Memorial Hospital for a full month in the summer; the closure of a surgical ward in the same hospital for a...

Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Does the Government propose to use its veto at EU level if the outcome of the WTO talks is not fair or balanced? It is within the Government's remit, as the Taoiseach will be aware, to use a veto. It is a matter of considerable concern and one which I would not like used as a weapon against the Lisbon treaty which the Fine Gael Party strongly supports. Will the Taoiseach confirm that, if...

Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: I will explain why it is in order, if I may. The situation is a mess. People are being told that 1 May is the date from which they will not be able to get their medicines without paying for them. I recognise that a case is before the courts, but this is a matter in which the political system should surely be able to devise a conclusion that will result in an attempt to put in place a...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 330: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if progress has been made in securing a site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15206/08]

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: This is the Taoiseach's last day in this House in that role and I will have to pay tribute to him in a few minutes. I am sure he did not expect that on his last day as Taoiseach, the front page of a national newspaper would carry the story of a primary school that is forced to hold classes in a converted toilet. This is not the kind of situation our children should face in 2008 as education...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Ten years ago action was promised and two years ago it was promised with immediate effect. This is a commentary on our public services. The Minister of State may smile all he likes but the fact remains that 300 people per day lie on hospital trolleys, wards are being closed in Tallaght and at James Connolly Hospital and services are being stripped away in Monaghan and Navan and not being...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: I will ask it now. That school in Wicklow has postponed referrals of children between 16 and 18 years of age with special needs because there are 500 on the waiting list. The Taoiseach recently said that his greatest regret from his time in office was the failure to build the national sports campus. I ask the Taoiseach, on this special morning, to revise that assessment and admit that his...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. The Minister for happiness has abandoned the summer works scheme.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: In thousands of cases arrangements have been made for building works to go ahead but they have not proceeded. Deputy Hayes exposed the complete abdication of responsibility for special needs and autism by the Minister for Education and Science. The other day Deputy Quinn, in a devastating contribution, showed how the Minister for Education and Science could not answer how many prefabricated...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: What about Glenville national school?

Tributes to the Taoiseach (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: When it comes to paying tribute to a man, too often we articulate a list of his achievements. I grant that it is one way to measure a man — it piles up the objectives reached, goals attained and targets hit — but it is also a way to lose sight of the essence of a man by focusing on the little round of deeds and days that make up his curriculum vitae. The essence of a man is to be found...

Order of Business (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Does the Taoiseach have any update on the problem that is becoming more apparent concerning pharmacy patients? I know I must raise this matter in the context of the pharmacy (No. 2) Bill, but I assume that some contingency plan is being put in place because the matter is becoming more serious. Perhaps the Taoiseach could provide an answer to that.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: I understand Deputy Connick has made his maiden speech. If so, it is on an auspicious day in the House, on which a serving Taoiseach attends for his last day. I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ahern, has seen a few Taoisigh move on in his time and I have seen all the outgoing Taoisigh since 1975. I am honoured, as leader of the Fine Gael Party, to say that we strongly support...