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Cabinet Committees. (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: To return to the Taoiseach's statement of 10 April last, he said that he was not worried about the downturn in the construction sector. Then he said a correction was taking place. That correction has had a devastating impact on the entire country and the loss of confidence is now palpable on the streets. Does the Taoiseach chair the cross-departmental committee on infrastructure, as his...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: I wish to register a protest. There was an opportunity for the Government to have made these announcements in the House, but we did not receive the statement until well after 3.30 p.m. despite the commitments given by the Taoiseach. A number of the measures announced by the Government today have been promoted by the Fine Gael Party for quite some time. I support the measures that have been...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach has not given me a broad breakdown of the €440 million. Is he taking personal responsibility for this? Who will be responsible for a failure to meet the 3% reduction in the public payroll that he mentioned? The second page of the document states that the parameters of the exception for the health and education sector are to be agreed by the Departments concerned with the...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: No, it is not agreed. There are more than 71 remaining amendments on Report Stage of this important Bill with some fundamental issues that need to be debated. On the last sitting week, the Government will guillotine three important Bills. Members from all sides deserve to debate properly the amendments to the Bill.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: No, it is not agreed. Some 52 amendments are tabled to the Bill, one of which deals with sequential or tiered opening hours, which is a cause of great concern to people. Every Deputy from all sides of the House and none has a view on this. The use and abuse of alcohol and the difficulties it causes socially and for families and the persons themselves is of great importance to everybody....

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: For the third time I object to the principle of the guillotine here. The new Chief Whip, Deputy Pat Carey, should know guillotines are not acceptable to the Opposition. This is an important Bill. Although there is only a small number of amendments from the Seanad, I again register my opposition to the Government's guillotining of Bills in this way.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: To put some regularity into this, could the Government Whip give us the sequence of speakers from the Government side for tomorrow and Thursday's debate so Opposition speakers can follow the respective Ministers and the debate will not be all over the place?

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: I appreciate that.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 887: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the role for private incinerators in terms of Ireland's waste management policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26835/08]

Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: On my own behalf and that of the Fine Gael Party, I wish to tender our deepest sympathy and condolences to Séamus Brennan's wife, Ann, and their six children, as well as to the Fianna Fáil Party on its loss of an active, elected Member who held many ministerial portfolios over the years. I spoke to Séamus Brennan outside this House just after Christmas and he knew that this was not going...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday, the Government announced cutbacks of €440 million in public services. At the press conference, neither the Taoiseach nor the Minister for Finance would give any breakdown of these cutbacks. We now know why. They were ashamed to set them out. The figures produced by the Government show that one third of the cutbacks — that is €1 in every €3 because of the Government's...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: This goes back to the old slogan of "Health Cuts Hurt the Old, the Sick and the Handicapped." The people understand the Taoiseach is cutting back moneys allocated under a policy decision to help elderly people with nursing home charges. This morning many are concerned for elderly family members who might fall and break a limb, thus requiring nursing home care. These people may have to sell...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: This Fianna Fáil-led Government, for all its bluster, has been unable to introduce legislation to deal with the fair deal provision. It is allowing thousands of elderly people to suffer in indignity. It is putting pressure on families to sell their homes when for all his failures the Taoiseach could have used the €110 million for the purpose for which it was designed — either by...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: He said they were exempt.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: I am not going to take any more lectures from the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: I am well able to read, and the Taoiseach can try to shout everybody down, if he wants——

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach said they were exempt.

Dialogue with Faith Communities. (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the structural dialogue between the Government and the faith communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19681/08]

Dialogue with Faith Communities. (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: I welcome some of the developments that have taken place here. Has the Taoiseach had a dialogue with the Muslim community as part of this structural dialogue? Was there any discussion or explanation from the Government on its position on the wearing of the hijab, the headdress worn by Muslim women, and the burqa? Was this discussed at the structural dialogue with that community? Is that...

Dialogue with Faith Communities. (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: Are specific dates set for the bilateral meetings with the different churches? How many will take place this year? Following any discussions on the problem of dress as far as the Muslim community is concerned, will the Minister for Education and Science announce Government policy on it?