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Commissions of Investigation. (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Does the Taoiseach agree that the outcome for the victims and their families has been very unsatisfactory in that closure has not been brought? Does he agree also that at the very least the families expected that those responsible would be identified, and does he expect that to happen? In view of the collusion that was identified in respect of security forces and the perpetrators of those...

Commissions of Investigation. (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: There was also one from mine. Members of Justice for the Forgotten were forced to go to court recently in order to get access to documents that had been made available to the MacEntee inquiry. This is being contested by the Government. Why does the Government want to contest this access? Is there some information the Government does not want to provide? The relatives of the 11 people...

Official Engagements. (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the foreign trips he will undertake during the remainder of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17131/08]

Official Engagements. (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: When the Taoiseach and the Prime Minister, Mr. Brown, met on their own, did they discuss tactics or did the Prime Minister advise the Taoiseach to be careful about certain things because they could go south very quickly?

Official Engagements. (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: I am not privy to these discussions and I do not know what advice was given. Perhaps they should continue to meet on a regular basis because it could be of advantage to those of us who sit over here. What is the Taoiseach's view of the economic conference in the North? The European People's Party, with which Fine Gael is aligned, believes tax competition is the way forward, yet a number of...

Official Engagements. (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: I am sure the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will be flexible.

Official Engagements. (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: I am sure the Taoiseach discussed the matter with the Heads of State.

Official Engagements. (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: I ask him to reaffirm that, in the event of future changes being made to European policy, Irish people will again have the opportunity as set out in the Constitution to decide by referendum on whatever question arises. We have made that clear on many occasions but there are those who do not want to accept it.

Official Engagements. (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: It is more than ten years since the launch of the concept of marketing the island of Ireland in a tourism sense. This concept will stand up to any test because neither Government can allow it to fail. As somebody who gets the occasional opportunity to walk around a golf course, I see the need for a massive effort this year to promote the island of Ireland for next year. Many of the links...

Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Having agreed the proposal for No. 22, I wish to raise a matter brought to my attention by Deputy Flanagan in respect of this committee for scrutiny of the European Union. I commended the Taoiseach's predecessor for upgrading the committee to what is currently a full-scale, all-party committee. We must understand there is a river of initiatives and proposals coming down at this committee....

Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: It will be considered.

Order of Business (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: This session goes on until 24 September.

Written Answers — Battle of the Boyne Site: Battle of the Boyne Site (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's involvement in the purchase by the State of the Battle of the Boyne site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21734/08]

Written Answers — Battle of the Boyne Site: Battle of the Boyne Site (4 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs that accrued to his Department in respect of the purchase by the State of the Battle of the Boyne site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21735/08]

Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Where are these motions to be discussed?

Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: They are never in consternation.

Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: To follow up on the matter Deputy Gilmore raised, yesterday's figures prove beyond doubt that the people backed the wrong horse in the election last year. The people were told by the previous Minister for Finance that they should not believe the economic reality put forward by Fine Gael and the Labour Party in our pre-election projections. We now have the evidence of yesterday's tax returns...

Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I am dealing with the preparation of the Estimates and the subsequent Finance Bill. There is no point in leaving this matter until November. The Estimates for 2009 will be very different from those for 2008. The Tánaiste should confirm that the House will spend two or two and a half days discussing the pre-budget outlook before the House rises in July——

Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: ——so we can hear the Government's proposals to deal with staying within the borrowing limit of 3% set by Europe in the Growth and Stability Pact, how it proposes to deal with public pay——

Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: ——and how it can ensure that it will not cut back on its capital programme, as outlined by the previous Minister for Finance and Taoiseach. I note that the Minister for Finance said yesterday that he has been left to clean up the mess that was covered up for the last number of years by his immediate predecessor. Ten years ago there was a referendum on the issue of bail in the criminal...