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Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the costs which have accrued to his Department in respect of the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18625/09]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The total figure is €36.25 million while the figure for 2008 was €4.01 million. I understand from the Comptroller and Auditor General's report that the final cost will be in the region of €100 million. I want to ask the Taoiseach a question I asked him before. He is aware that the normal practice for tribunals is to use lawyers from the Office of the Chief State Solicitor and that...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: In July 2008 the Minister for Finance stated that it was decided that legal counsels to the Tribunal would no longer be paid once public hearings were completed. The Government told the Departments to which the tribunals report that tribunal legal teams, including a senior counsel at €2,700 per day, should be let go. That did not happen in the Moriarty tribunal. Does the Taoiseach have a...

Public Relations Contracts. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the group established in his Department to oversee the awarding of public relations contracts by Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15558/09]

Public Relations Contracts. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Government information service provides information about Government decisions. Every Minister who makes an announcement makes a Government announcement specific to a Department. What is the relationship between the Government information service and public relations firms contracted to Departments when the end result is much the same? I would like to bring two cases to the Taoiseach's...

Public Relations Contracts. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Does the Taoiseach have a view on the recommendation of the Quigley report that the Department of Finance should consider offering advice on the quality of work produced in respect of contracts awarded? That was specifically about the Department of Finance.

Proposed Legislation. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for the remainder of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15560/09]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if all costs associated with the McEntee commission have been discharged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15575/09]

National Forum on Europe. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach the costs that have accrued to his Department since January 2009 in respect of the National Forum on Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17397/09]

National Forum on Europe. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach mentioned the point about how to make the European Union more relevant to the ordinary citizen. One suggestion Fine Gael has made many times is to allocate half a digital platform for the parliamentary channel taken from the Dáil, the Seanad, the Oireachtas committees and the European Parliament. The report that is carried on a once-monthly basis is entirely inadequate and I...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: How can the Taoiseach justify the withdrawal of medical treatment from critically ill children in Crumlin hospital?

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Last week this House unanimously passed a motion, part of which referred to the fact that we wanted to cherish all the children of the nation equally. The case is not as the Taoiseach says. A theatre will be closed from July to December, two theatres and 20 beds will be closed for the summer months of July and August and there will be a serious cutback of outpatient appointments by 8,500....

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Has the Government given consideration to an announcement of an independent inquiry into the activities of Dr. Michael Shine? The Taoiseach is aware that-----

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: I am simply asking whether the Government has given consideration to the announcement of an inquiry into the consequences of the activities of Dr. Michael Shine. We are aware that the Medical Council's fitness to practise committee dealt with this over 17 days, between 17 January and 21 July 2008. Since then, other witnesses have come forward to give evidence. It is a most serious case...

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Does the Minister for Health and Children intend to make a statement on the theft of 15 laptops from the HSE?

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: It is, in so far as-----

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: -----protocols and the legislation governing this.

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: As pointed out by Deputy Naughten, this was due to be reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. Some 580,000 people had their personal details lost in 2008.

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: It shows that this organisation, on which we are spending €16,000 million, still has not learned its lesson. If I may raise something that is in order-----

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: -----in the past period, the Government has lost the services and therefore the space of three of their Members, former Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher, the late, lamented Séamus Brennan and the former member of the Progressive Democrats in the Seanad, Senator Ciaran Cannon. Two of those vacancies have been filled by Fine Gael, Senator Cannon and Deputy George Lee. The Government, having...