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Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: Why is it necessary to have public servants dealing with particular Independent Deputies? Several of these Deputies have said they have programmes worked out, written agreements or business with the Government. We have never seen these but I assume that just as the national development programme was predicated on a 4% growth increase in the economy these programmes, whatever they are, or...

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: I respect the fact they are elected to the House and the people from their respective constituencies are entitled to make their choices; that is absolutely understood. However, the Taoiseach has a majority which includes the Fianna Fáil Party, the Minister for Health and Children and the Green Party, so he does not need to backed up by having public moneys extended to Independent Deputies....

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Finian McGrath has the same right to ask questions as anyone else.

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach has a majority and a whip on his own crowd.

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: This party supported the guarantee for the banks under the conditions which we made clear, namely that the banking system is very necessary in order to keep business and commerce flowing through the country and we made no bones about that. Is the Taoiseach saying now that because a person happens to be an Independent Deputy or removes himself or herself to the Independent rank, that person...

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: That is what he is saying.

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: He is saying that. He is saying that because these people up in these august benches——

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: ——support the Government they have a special deal with somebody from the Whip's office. I am not looking for anything special from the Taoiseach, I am merely making the point that the Fine Gael Party supported the bank guarantee scheme on the basis of keeping commerce and business flowing throughout the country——

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: ——but the Taoiseach has different standards. Just because these people support him occasionally, he has a secret deal that is locked away in some vault and is examined occasionally by the person from the Whip's office. Nobody knows anything about this, about its cost or whatever else but that public official is wasting time and money dealing with secret documents about a deal that some...

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: What about the man beside the Taoiseach, the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe and the special needs classes?

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach did not have to accept those arrangements.

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: South Kerry is safe.

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: That is diminishing at the moment.

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: Including the hospital in Kenmare.

Ceisteanna — Questions (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: What about public moneys?

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the cost which accrued to his Department in respect of the Moriarty tribunal during 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46602/08]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place in his Department for dealing with requests for files and information by tribunals of inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46603/08]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach is aware that the normal practice for tribunals is to use lawyers from the Chief State Solicitor's office and the highest salary level for those is €85,000. Can the Taoiseach confirm that for the past four years the Moriarty tribunal has ignored that arrangement and engaged a solicitor from a private practice? Will he further confirm that the fees of €1,000 per day are now...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: It was left at the higher rate.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (4 Mar 2009)

Enda Kenny: Can we have the figure of the extra payments made to the person concerned as a result of the typing error?