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Leaders' Questions (27 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: I accept the Taoiseach's remark that he is sorry that any offence was caused.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: The discussion that will take place here today is on the motion to refer this matter to the joint committee. Deputy Flanagan has put forward a number of issues relevant to this proposal that merit discussion. Can I take it that it is at the committee that any amendment he tables on behalf of the Fine Gael Party will be fully and properly discussed before coming back to the Dáil?

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: In that case I agree.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: When the matter comes back to the House will Members have a right to table amendments? While these matters are generally of importance, they do not often receive coverage in committee.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: May I assume from the Ceann Comhairle's intervention that any amendment to the motion can be put and discussed today——

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: ——and we will suspend the discussion at 7 p.m.?

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: I had a different interpretation.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: The discussion will be suspended rather than terminated at 7 p.m. I am glad the Ceann Comhairle allowed Deputy Stanton's special notice question. On the Order of Business, I will stick within the rules today. The Dáil will only sit for two days next week and will not sit in the week of the referendum. This means the House will only sit for four weeks in the period until 4 July. Members...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of cases in each of the past ten years where social workers were required to investigate allegations of children being at risk and where such investigations subsequently proved groundless; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20707/08]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the regulations and criteria set down that require a social worker to investigate allegations of children being at risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20708/08]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all allegations of children being at possible risk are investigated by social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20709/08]

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: Bhí mé ag éisteacht le Clare FM agus chuala mé gur inniu lá breithe an Cheann Comhairle. Ba mhaith liom mo chomhghairdeas a ghabháil leat, a Cheann Comhairle, os rud é go bhfuil tú sa Chathaoir mhór chumhachtach chompordach sin. I wish to ask the Taoiseach a question about an issue I consider is really important in the context of our future. In interviews the Taoiseach has given in...

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: This is the first admission from the Taoiseach that the national development plan is not secure and that the commitments entered into in it will no longer stand up. Last week, the Fine Gael spokesman on education, Deputy Brian Hayes, asked the newly appointed Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, if this money would be spent over the period of the plan. He said this was...

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10742/08]

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the US President, Mr. George W. Bush; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10743/08]

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: I am sure we all wish Senator Kennedy all the best in his challenge to deal with a serious health problem. What are the new Taoiseach's views on the undocumented Irish? I am aware of the complexity of this matter. The Kennedy-McCain Bill fell, along with other attempts in this area. I am also conscious of the fact that the American presidential elections put a constraint upon members of...

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: There is.

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: He said they were looking into pints of stout in New York when talking about this.

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: I beg to differ with the Taoiseach. His predecessor stated that this concern with those who are undocumented amounted to what he described as pub talk in a lot of cases. This was taken as a deep insult by people from this country working is the US who find themselves in a legal limbo because they are undocumented. The Government got into some degree of tension with the Irish Lobby for...

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Enda Kenny: It is the Ceann Comhairle's birthday. He gave me a little bit of flexibility.