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Order of Business. (13 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Government spends 6.9%——

Order of Business. (13 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: This is a serious matter.

Order of Business. (13 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: If the Ceann Comhairle permits, I will finish in 30 seconds.

Order of Business. (13 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: If the Ceann Comhairle proposes to cut me off on a serious matter, I will ask a question now.

Order of Business. (13 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: That is the reason I raise it.

Order of Business. (13 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: This is another Leaders' Question which I know the Taoiseach will answer. Will the House discuss the implementation of the task force report on suicide which included 86 recommendations that would go some way towards dealing with a serious societal problem?

European Council: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Stability and Growth Pact, the Lisbon strategy, the UN and climate change were among the key matters discussed at the last European Council meeting. It was careless that no Irish Minister attended the subsequent meeting of the EU Finance Ministers to reform the Stability and Growth Pact. I welcome the new rules allowing member states with significant infrastructural needs to borrow to...

European Council: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is dead right. I agree.

Written Answers — Litter Pollution: Litter Pollution (13 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nature of the representations made to him by companies (details supplied) and the Embassy of the United States regarding the proposed chewing gum tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11034/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (14 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: It will be a shock when the Ceann Comhairle approves one of those matters.

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: I wish to raise three issues with the Tánaiste. No legislation regarding the nursing home charges is contained on the A list of legislation. When does the Tánaiste expect to be able to introduce such legislation? Will that legislation deal with the problem of lump sum payments which might result in pensioners having their pensions reduced? Will it also address the matter of the private...

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: I suggest that we have a debate next week on the report the Government will have received from the Dublin Airport Authority in respect of the issues of security at Dublin Airport. I understand that from 6.30 a.m. to 9 a.m., some 44 flights were delayed. There are reports of security staff entering planes before crews and pilots.

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: We should have a full discussion about the matter next week.

European Council Meetings. (19 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if the March 2005 meeting of the European Council in Brussels has been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6082/05]

European Council Meetings. (19 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he will hold on the margins of the forthcoming European Council meeting in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6083/05]

European Council Meetings. (19 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Council meeting in Brussels on 22 and 23 March 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8765/05]

European Council Meetings. (19 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he held on the margins of the March 2005 meeting of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8766/05]

European Council Meetings. (19 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: It is obvious the French referendum campaign will be hard fought and the result will be close. At the March meeting of the European Council, did the Taoiseach have discussions with other government leaders who must hold referenda in their countries, such as Denmark, the UK and so forth? What is the Government's view of the trend that may emerge? In the event that the referendum is defeated in...

European Council Meetings. (19 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: I wish to ask the Taoiseach two questions regarding his comment on the Lisbon Agenda in respect of the importance of competitiveness. For young people, some of whom are in the Visitors Gallery, the extent of research and development that takes place in this country is far from what it should be. In the context of the Lisbon Agenda, does the Taoiseach see a problem here? Given the spread of...

Leaders' Questions. (19 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: I wish to raise the consequences of the security audit at Dublin Airport last week, the delays passengers are experiencing and the frustration and anger of thousands of people who are being discommoded not because of the importance of security for every passenger but because of the inability to manage numbers effectively at the airport. A person travelling from south County Dublin who must...