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Leaders' Questions (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: The Government is going to bring mayhem to classrooms, cause savage disruption for parents all over the country and deliberately do down the education of the young. Children need to be in classes of a reasonable size in order to be able to compete with their peers internationally. We will fall behind in that regard by virtue of the Government's decision. Does the Taoiseach accept that a...

Leaders' Questions (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: That point was not mentioned before now.

Leaders' Questions (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Reduce class sizes.

Leaders' Questions (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Such as withdrawing medical cards?

Official Engagements. (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet with the President of the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29472/08]

Official Engagements. (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with other European Union Heads of Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29476/08]

Official Engagements. (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received an agenda for the October 2008 meeting of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29481/08]

Official Engagements. (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Paris; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29516/08]

Official Engagements. (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the President of France, Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29517/08]

Official Engagements. (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting on 1 October 2008 with the French President, Mr. Sarkozy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33359/08]

Official Engagements. (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the special meeting of the Heads of Government of the eurozone member states in Paris on 12 October 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35741/08]

Official Engagements. (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council meeting on 15 and 16 October 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35742/08]

Official Engagements. (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 17: To ask the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he held on the margins of the recent European Council meeting in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35743/08]

Official Engagements. (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: I assume that the Taoiseach briefed the Heads of Government on the Millward Brown analysis of why people voted the way they did on the Lisbon treaty. Reports were that the Taoiseach gave an in-depth presentation to the members present. President Sarkozy said that he expected the ratification process of the Lisbon treaty to continue, and that he expected agreement between the 27 member...

Official Engagements. (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Arising from the Taoiseach's reply, I wish to ask a few more questions if I may. In respect of Lisbon, the special all-party sub-committee is doing its work well. It is identifying issues in a way that may not have been reflected upon before. I respect the sub-committee's work and I assume it will produce its own recommendations in due course. However, at the end of the day, the Lisbon...

Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: I do not hold any brief for Deputies Joe Behan or Finian McGrath but I find this to be quite vindictive. I gave approval to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Micheál Martin, when he sought concessions for the special sub-committee on the Lisbon treaty which is of considerable importance. I did not raise any racket about it because, as the Taoiseach is aware, for the committee to...

Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: ——but this is vindictive. If the Government wants to remove convenor's allowance is its own business. On this basis, I oppose No. 10.

Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Can the Taoiseach confirm when the Social Welfare Bill will come to the House, and can he confirm that the matter of dealing with an automatic right to medical cards will be dealt with within a section of that, but taken by the Minister for Health and Children? That is the understanding I had last week in the Taoiseach's absence when I asked this question. Second, can the Taoiseach tell us...

Order of Business (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: It seems a little unusual that on the one hand the Government intends to bring in a Bill to teach English as a foreign language and on the other it is withdrawing teachers who are teaching English to foreign students.

European Council: Statements (29 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: I wish to share time with Deputies Timmins and Creighton.