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Departmental Bodies. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: This is a question on the cross-departmental team which the Taoiseach will deal with on the housing issue. My question is valid in that sense. Does that committee discuss the concept of housing whereby if 1,000 or 2,000 houses are to be built in a certain place, there will be a concurrent proposal to construct the schools, leisure facilities, playgrounds and so forth, so those who pay their...

Departmental Bodies. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: A Cheann Comhairle, you have become very tetchy in the last couple of days.

Departmental Bodies. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: I am asking a question about a cross-departmental team dealing with housing. Is anything wrong with that?

Departmental Bodies. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: Did I mention any specific location? I mentioned housing as a concept.

Departmental Bodies. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: I did not suggest he was. I asked the Taoiseach if the cross-departmental team dealing with housing discusses such issues. This is about people and their lives.

Departmental Bodies. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: Yes, that is part of it. You, a Cheann Comhairle, no longer need to canvass because of your privileged position here but if you had been in some of the housing estates I have been in during the last couple of weeks, you would understand what I am saying.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: I intended to raise a matter under the Pharmacy Bill, which is the only way I can raise it. Deputy Neville raised the issue. What arrangements is the Government making in respect of the predicted pandemic of avian flu? This has the potential of a nuclear accident in terms of deaths arising from it and it appears other countries are already stockpiling millions——

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle seems to have turned his antennae in this direction during the past couple of days. I said I would raise the matter under the Pharmacy Bill.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Pharmacy Bill is noted as No. 60, to consolidate and update pharmacy legislation. I cannot raise the matter in any other way and I am only following the instructions given to me by the Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: I wanted to raise it with the Taoiseach while he is present.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: I will finish very quickly. Is the Government making arrangements to deal with an expected avian flu pandemic?

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: When it is too late, like the iodine tablets issued by the former Minister of State, Deputy Jacob.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: What time will the selected league contest start?

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: One can bet one's life on that.

Written Answers — Colombia Three Case: Colombia Three Case (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the position regarding persons (details supplied) and their present location; his views on their serving a sentence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7268/05]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (2 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA reached its target of locating 50% of all new greenfield sites in the BMW region in 2004, in view of the fact that it failed to reach its target of locating 50% of all new greenfield sites in the BMW region in 2003; if not, the measures the IDA intends to take to remedy this situation; and if he will make a...

Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: No Sir, it is not. It is refreshing to be opposed by the three Marys. This is unique in the annals of this Parliament.

Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: I have already made the case on numerous occasions of being opposed to guillotines of Bills on Second Stage and I do so now. This is an important Bill and it deserves more time.

Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste made an announcement that the Health and Safety Authority will examine accident and emergency units in hospitals throughout the country. In view of the concern that has legitimately been expressed about a number of these units, would it not be more appropriate that the Health and Safety Authority call to these units at a normal working time rather than conduct a pre-arranged visit?

Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Enda Kenny: It does under the Health (Amendment) Bill.