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Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The three Deputies are very wise.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: They want to see the commitments on which they were elected to this House delivered. They want to prioritise those issues and they have made a political agreement with me on them. From the experience of some of those Deputies and other Deputies who have entered into a similar arrangement over the last decade, it can be seen that I do my utmost to deliver on the issues, perhaps not to every...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: We spend €52 billion on the current programme every year and we are spending €187 billion on the national development plan. Some €34 billion is being spent on transport.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: We are spending billions and there are important initiatives that these three Deputies, not four, have asked me to use my best endeavours, within these programmes, to implement. I intend doing that for them.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Green Party had a democratic vote on the programme for Government and, as I recall, it voted by 87% in favour of it.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Therefore, it is not true that its members did not discuss the programme.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The reality is that the Deputies from the Independent benches who are supporting the Government want to see their political priorities as laid out in the various Government programmes, the programme for Government, Transport 21, the national development plan and others, implemented. They have highlighted to me the areas that are of particular concern to them and the issues that they want to...

Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I wish to announce, for the information of the Dáil: (1) that, having informed the President that Dáil Éireann had approved my nomination of Deputies to be members of the Government, the President, on 14 June 2007, appointed them accordingly; (2) that, on the same date, I nominated Deputy Cowen to be the Tánaiste and assigned the Department of Finance to him; (3) that, on the same date, I...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It is proposed to take No. 4, motion re election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle; No. 5, motion re restoration of Bills to the Order Paper; and No. 2, Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007 — Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that all divisions demanded in the House this week shall be taken manually; that Nos. 4 and 5 shall be decided without...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Bill was ordered for Second Stage in the Seanad. It is published and in the Seanad system already.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Bill is there and must be debated in the Seanad and this House.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I join Deputy Kenny in extending sympathy and inform the House that the Government passed on its sympathies to the Spanish authorities through the Minister for Foreign Affairs yesterday.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: A number of these motions must go down and I understand most of them are Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform——

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: ——and some are Foreign Affairs. The best thing is to table a question to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform——

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: ——and receive a clear position on which ones are being forwarded. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has a list and I will ask him to forward it to the Deputy.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It is less complicated than most Bills. The explanatory memorandum states the purpose of the Bill is to increase from 17 to 20 the statutory limit on the number of Ministers of State the Government can appoint. The office of Minister of State was first set out in the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977 which provided for a maximum number of ten Ministers of State. This...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: We have half a million more people in the country now than in those days and a far more complex range of agencies. I agree it probably should be 25 but in this case 20 is——

Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I move: "That Deputy Brendan Howlin be elected Leas-Cheann Comhairle." I propose Deputy Howlin, who has been a Member of this House for 20 years. He has been a distinguished Member in many respects and has held ministerial office both as Minister for Health and Children and Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and has been engaged in most positions in the House and in...

Written Answers — Agreements with Members: Agreements with Members (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 to 148, inclusive, together. These are political agreements that I have entered into as Leader of the Fianna Fáil Party with individual independent Deputies. These agreements are confidential but I am happy to confirm to the House that they are as always based on the Programme for Government which incorporates the National Development Plan, approved...

Written Answers — Departmental Projects: Departmental Projects (26 Jun 2007)

Bertie Ahern: There are no projects approved by my Department this year that exceed the threshold for a cost benefit analysis.