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Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Kenny to you.

Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

Enda Kenny: We know the reaction we get from Members over there. The Tánaiste has not answered the questions.

Constitutional Amendments. (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the constitutional referenda he will hold during the remainder of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29458/08]

Constitutional Amendments. (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29493/08]

Constitutional Amendments. (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: Arising from the Taoiseach's response, will he outline the Government's current position on the endorsement of the Lisbon treaty? Everybody knows the decision of the Irish people was in the negative. The fact is that the Lisbon treaty cannot come into effect unless or until it is endorsed by the people of this country. An analysis was carried out of the "No" campaign. Was any analysis...

Constitutional Amendments. (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: Arising from that reply, does the Taoiseach agree the Lisbon treaty cannot be endorsed or brought into effect unless or until the Irish people decide to do so? Does he accept there are only two options, namely, to proceed down some legal route, with some element of constitutionality thrown in, or to decide to put the question to the people again? I respect the good work the Oireachtas...

Constitutional Amendments. (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: I return to the Lisbon treaty. The Taoiseach said we were assessing the implications of our decision through the work of the sub-committee and considering how the reason Ireland voted "No" can be addressed and how we can move ahead. There are some practical problems in that regard. By this time next year we will have to deal with the question of the Commission and its size. Currently, the...

Constitutional Amendments. (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: I raise the issue because, as the Taoiseach will be aware, the Lisbon treaty contains a reverse clause. Irrespective of how the Government decides to seek endorsement of Lisbon by the Irish people, the 27 member states could decide in December, if the treaty is endorsed by Ireland, to invoke this clause. According to Millward Brown and others, retaining a Commissioner was a matter of...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: I understand the Exchequer figures, to which I do not yet have access, are to be released at 4.30 p.m. I am sure the Taoiseach is aware of them and that is probably why he might look a little glum today.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: Three weeks ago at this time, the Minister for Finance was receiving a standing ovation for the budget he introduced. Three weeks later, the budget has unravelled like a ball of string. Having been received with a standing ovation by Government Members, it was received with a great deal of anger, shock and dismay by the most vulnerable in society around the country. The final nail in the...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach stated the Government's projected growth figures are broadly in line with those of the Commission, but he did not deal with the projections for the deficit. His projection for 2010 is 4.7% while the Commission's is 7.2%, which amounts to a difference of €5 billion. Will he outline the policy changes, about which he spoke, that will bring Ireland's economy into line with...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: There is a difference of €5 billion.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: Why was the Minister talking about cutbacks?

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Family and Social Affairs, Deputy Hanafin, who is sitting beside the Taoiseach, changed her tune last week.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: Why is there €5 billion in the difference between these predictions——

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: What are the policy changes then?

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: That is not true. The Taoiseach's party has ruined the economy.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: When can we expect to have the adoption Bill before the House? When will the health legislation dealing with the universal right to a medical card be brought before the House? Does the Taoiseach envisage introducing legislation for a restructuring of the Irish banking system?

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 411: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of electricity consumed by pumping operations and the amount of electricity generated by the electricity storage plant at Turlough Hill, County Wicklow; the utilisation capacity factor of that plant for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37878/08]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (4 Nov 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 412: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the economic climate and recent rises in energy costs to the consumer and the risk of fuel poverty in winter 2008-2009, he will write to the Commission for Energy Regulation, Sustainable Energy Ireland and Eirgrid and to the boards and chief executives of the State owned companies which generate...