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Regulatory Reform. (27 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: I understand an interdepartmental committee, chaired by the the Department of the Taoiseach, has been tasked with advancing work in respect of these regulators and regulatory authorities. I understand the report was due to be published in September and was then pushed out to the end of the year. Given the current economic position, this is urgently needed. What is delaying the publication...

Regulatory Reform. (27 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach. Does he expect it to be published before the end of the summer or has it appeared on the list for consideration by the Government?

Appointments to State Boards. (27 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the appointments made by him since May 2007 to the State boards or other agencies within his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15548/09]

Appointments to State Boards. (27 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: Fine Gael recently published its public appointments transparency Bill. The Taoiseach's predecessor was of the mind to have some involvement from the Oireachtas in the appointment of chairpersons to important State bodies and agencies. It would not have been so much an interrogation role but an interactive one, inquiring as to the qualities, experience and difference appointees would make...

Appointments to State Boards. (27 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: I will send the Taoiseach a copy.

Standards in Public Office. (27 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he has plans to amend the code of conduct for office holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15550/09]

Standards in Public Office. (27 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: Is the Taoiseach satisfied that all members of the Cabinet are in compliance with the code of conduct? Have any complaints been received in respect of allegations of Ministers stepping outside or being in breach of the code? Is a copy of the updated version of the code of conduct available in the Oireachtas Library for perusal?

Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday, the House discussed the possibility of agreeing a motion to strengthen the hand of the Taoiseach and the Government in their dealings with the religious institutions. I do not see such a motion on today's Order Paper. Has the Chief Whip finalised it yet? It would be important to set aside an hour today to agree a motion and thereby send an all-party message from this House....

Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: My clear understanding is that a substantive debate will take place when the House sits again in two weeks' time. That is a matter for another day. I suggest that the House should try to strengthen the Taoiseach's hand, especially as just three institutions have made a comment to date. There is a broad consensus in this House. It would be important for all Members from all parties in the...

Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: That would strengthen the Taoiseach's hand.

Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: I understand that the Dáil will not meet next week. That, in itself, will generate a degree of comment. The Minister for Finance has said that it may be necessary to recall the Dáil during the summer to debate the NAMA legislation. I understand that the Minister of State with responsibility for children will publish his plan for implementing the recommendations outlined in Mr. Justice...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (27 May 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of garda stations here; the number of garda stations that have email access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21600/09]

Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Have sitting arrangements yet been made for July, given that we have to deal with legislation in respect of NAMA, the Lisbon referendum Bill and the consequences of the Ryan Commission report? Will the House sit during July in order to deal with those important matters?

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: I formally welcome Deputies George Lee and Maureen O'Sullivan to the Dáil Chamber and wish them enjoyment and success as they represent their constituents. On Friday last, Irish people voted for a fresh start. They ended the domination of Irish politics by the Taoiseach's party for the first time in many years and made the Fine Gael Party the largest party in all three sets of elections....

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Government in which I was honoured to serve under former Taoiseach John Bruton dealt with our economic circumstances in a very different way from Deputy Cowen. That Government handed the economy over to the incoming party in surplus and in good stead, and the Taoiseach has squandered that to a point where there is an unprecedented national debt, where unemployment has doubled in the past...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach stated that he listened to the concerns of the people. I note his comments from last week where he said it is important to sometimes listen to the people and to sometimes put the country first. It is critical at all times, as the Taoiseach should know, to put the people and country first. In this election campaign, the Taoiseach was shielded from the people.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: His handlers conveyed him to his party's supporters at all times. He did not appear on the streets of Ireland. He did not meet the people, as was his wont. The supporters got around and shielded him from the rawness and anger on the streets. He did not meet the people. He did not shake hands with 100 members of the public in the three weeks of the campaign he conducted around the...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: In their hearts, they know full well that the Taoiseach does not have the team, the Government or the capacity to lead the country forward. From this point of view, if the Taoiseach, as the leader of Fianna Fáil and the leader of the Government alongside the absent leader of the Green Party, believes he has the confidence of the people to go forward and deal with our nation's problems, he...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: -----going from disaster to disaster. The best way to provide stability and to grapple with our country's problems would be to let the people decide whose programme they like best, whose programme will solve the nation's problems and which party-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: -----will make decisions in the best interests of the people from the points of view of fairness and equality, the party that will not screw them to the wall in the way that Fianna Fáil has done by bankrupting the country. If the Taoiseach has that confidence and that courage to put his plan to the test, he should dissolve the Dáil and let the people give their verdict on who they want to...