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Leaders' Questions (12 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: I have never attempted to impugn the Taoiseach's integrity, but his understanding of the public interest is in question here. He is right in stating that such systems have been used in other places. I assume he has studied, for example, what happened in France in the mid-1990s when a similar agency was set up to acquire €28 billion of toxic assets and €18 billion in capital was lost as...

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: Twenty billion euro worth.

Order of Business (12 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: Is it the Taoiseach's intention to send the Minister for Finance to the United States or to travel there himself to make proper preparations to deal with the possible consequences of the changes in tax law envisaged by the American Government?

Order of Business (12 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: This matter may well have consequences for this country on foot of legislation to be introduced in the United States.

Order of Business (12 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: This is a matter that goes beyond a mere technicality, as the Taoiseach will be aware. There are some disturbing reports that the matter is not to be detailed for approximately 18 months, but it is critical we make adequate preparations to ensure that nothing untoward happens in so far as profits generated by American investment here are concerned in the event that they might be repatriated....

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (12 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for long-term residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18588/09]

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: I ask the Taoiseach about reports in this morning's newspapers that Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin will have to close a ward almost immediately and another later this year because of a cost overrun of €10 million. The Health Service Executive, when it was set up, was purported to be a method of delivering a world-class health service for this country, funded by the Taoiseach,...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: I accept the Taoiseach's comments about the need for co-ordination. Crumlin hospital has found €6.5 million in cuts from its cost base but that will not solve the problem. A ward has been closed; trained staff and expensive equipment will lie idle and, as a consequence, children will not be treated. The system is all wrong. At the first sign of budgetary difficulty, the hospital looks...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: It is based on the use of existing resources.

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Government does not want to know.

Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed on temporary contracts by his Department or by the agencies under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17399/09]

Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff vacancies in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15576/09]

Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: In his comments yesterday the Taoiseach said priorities had to be decided on, which I accept. However, I note his comment this morning that in this recruitment blockage positions will be allowed to be filled only in very exceptional circumstances. The Taoiseach said that in health and education these were carefully "modulated to ensure key services will be maintained in so far as possible."...

Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: I shall tell the Taoiseach a way in which he can go. He can carry out active reforms instead of merely talking about it. I agree with him this needs to be done. Who is supposed to be in charge here?

Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, will not answer a question in the Dáil. Deputies send their queries to the political section of the HSE. They might get an answer in six weeks and the situation continues in the same way. The Government has failed to decide which are the real priorities, namely, children, the vulnerable, the dying, the intellectually challenged or those...

Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach challenged me concerning which way I wished to go. We cannot go four ways at the same time and I realise that. We are spending €16 billion on this system and it is not working. During Leaders' Questions I asked the Taoiseach if he could stand over that as a way of delivering the kind of health service that people need. I disagree fundamentally with the way it is being...

Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: -----about those actively dying-----

Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: They are queueing up to die now instead of queueing up to get into hospital. I have a question about the blockage created by the Minister for Finance whereby appointments can be made only in exceptional circumstances. On Tuesday, the Government considered a range of issues dealing with crime, gang warfare and so on. We have been calling for this for quite some time. The situation now...

Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: I understand that.

Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: Do any of these constitute exceptional circumstances? Can the Taoiseach give a general outline for the House on what that means? How exceptional do the circumstances have to be? If in any Garda division in the country there is no chief superintendent, who is in control? Who is in command or in charge?