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Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: That is a scandalous position in 2008 and it has been created by the Taoiseach. I would like him to answer me about the HSE.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: What about the numbers? I asked the Taoiseach about the numbers.

Order of Business (18 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday Deputy Reilly raised the growing problem in residential institutions in the absence of the health (long-term residential care services) Bill. It will not be published before the summer recess and, therefore, will not be put through the House until late October or November which means persons affected will have to wait another six to eight months. What interim measure can the...

Lisbon Treaty: Statements. (18 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: I have already publicly expressed my disappointment at the result of the vote of the Irish people on the Lisbon treaty. I make no apology for having stood by our country in supporting the treaty; this is because of its importance in terms of our connection with the European Union and as part of the EU in facing the challenges we all face globally from China, India, South Africa and...

Lisbon Treaty: Statements. (18 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: The other countries presumably will go ahead with the ratification process. I do not know whether they all will agree on this. There may be problems in the Czech Republic or wherever. Britain is supposed to do the business today. If they come back to the Taoiseach later in the year with a proposition that 26 countries have ratified the Lisbon treaty and Ireland has not, political...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (18 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if sub-Saharan Africa can meet the millennium development goals in relation to poverty and under nourishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23707/08]

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach when the OECD review of the public service will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17129/08]

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the remit of the task force he has appointed to implement the recommendations of the OECD report on the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20808/08]

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the structures in place in his Department to support the implementation of the OECD report on the public service; the cost in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20809/08]

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: With respect, the Taoiseach did not answer the question asked by Deputy Gilmore. Deputy Gilmore did not denigrate the decentralisation policy.

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: All over the country there is evidence of the value of a well-managed decentralisation programme from Letterkenny, Sligo, Ballina to Tralee and the Taoiseach's area of Tullamore. The Taoiseach sat on the Government benches when then Minister, Charlie McCreevy, read out his Budget Statement, which referred to moving 10,000 public servants to 53 locations inside three years. That is a very...

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: I will ask another question in a minute.

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: An announcement was made in the Chamber, one of the few which was, to move 10,000 public servants to 53 locations in three years. It was done without any consultation. It is a bit Irish if the Taoiseach is coming into the House six or seven years later saying the Government cannot move anybody because it wants to consult people. The Government did not consult anybody in the first place.

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: The former Minister for Finance, Mr. McCreevy, announced in the House 10,000 staff would move to 53 locations.

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: The only person who happened to know this was happening was the former Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Mr. Parlon, who had signs up in Laois-Offaly the evening before the announcement. The Taoiseach is now saying nobody will move unless he or she is willing to do so. I do not have any evidence of reality here or of people in State agencies who are settled in Dublin, for...

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach said this referred to a half paragraph in the OECD report. Members are perfectly entitled to raise these issues in the House because they are of considerable importance to the livelihoods, careers and the basis on which people join the public service in the first place. I refer to quangos. The Government is aware of the proliferation of quangos it set up — 200 in ten years....

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: I have a question.

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Going back to what I said about decentralisation in respect of the broadband scheme, the information obtained from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources under the freedom of information provisions shows the cost has increased because the Department had to hire consultants to implement the programmes because public servants were unwilling to decentralise. That is the...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: There are no prizes for knowing what the question will be today. The Taoiseach said in this House six months ago that the economy would grow by 3% in 2008, that over 24,000 new jobs would be created and that inflation would be held to 2.4%. He was wrong on the first, second and third counts. The economy will shrink this year, we are losing hundreds of jobs every day, there are an extra...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: I remember a time when the Taoiseach used to come into the House and was the ultimate straight talker. He would answer a question like the one he has been asked by saying "Yes, we are in a recession" or "No, we are not in a recession". Now we have Department of Finance figures of speech surrounding his responses. The Taoiseach said a number of months ago that it was wrong to talk ourselves...