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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 520: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the accumulated cost of court cases taken by his Department in the past five years; the cost of each individual case; the nature of each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27174/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 534: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the accumulated cost of court cases taken by his Department in the past five years; the cost of each individual case; the nature of each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27172/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 563: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the accumulated cost of court cases taken by his Department in the past five years; the cost of each individual case; the nature of each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27177/09]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (7 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he attended a sod turning ceremony at a college (details supplied) in County Mayo with the purpose of announcing the commencement of the building of a new sports hall; if he will confirm that, at that time, no tender had been awarded and no contract had been signed for the building in question; if he will further confirm that...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: This may be the last opportunity we have to question the Taoiseach before the vote for the House to rise for the summer recess. It is perfectly obvious to everybody that there is a jobs crisis. I was looking at the Taoiseach's acceptance speech on his appointment to office and noted it contained no reference at all, good, bad or indifferent, to jobs, either in English or Irish. Some of the...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach has pointed out three objectives of the Government. When appointed as Taoiseach, he said, "We know only too well from our relatively recent economic history that the wrong policies, the wrong decisions, the wrong behaviour, can carry a very high price in an economy as open and dependent on international trade as we are." These words are true. The IMF report, which we debated...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Yes. The Government parties will all vote on it later despite the fact that all over the country Fianna Fáil Deputies are on local radio stations saying the House should sit through all of July.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: On this last day of questions to the Taoiseach, in the interests of moving our country forward and of transcending the normal political cut and thrust, I offer our plan to him. If he takes it and implements it I will give him credit and support him.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I await the Taoiseach's considered opinion. Will he take that and agree that while it may have flaws it has the capacity to protect and create 180,000 jobs? Surely any Taoiseach should examine that on the basis of his own words that jobs are the priority.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Our policy was made clear before the Government's budget.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Every word.

Government and Church Dialogue. (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings with the church and faith communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27136/09]

Government and Church Dialogue. (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I wish to ask the Taoiseach a different question. The 18 religious congregations that were involved in the religious residential institutions that gave rise to the Ryan report have agreed to present their detailed reports by 15 July, which is the end of next week. I understand, from the Government's response to this proposal, that a three-person panel will be set up to report back initially...

Government and Church Dialogue. (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Fair enough.

Government and Church Dialogue. (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: During discussions with the churches, were there discussions on indications that there may be more civil registrations than religious marriages in the coming years, the changing nature of society from that perspective and the involvement of the churches in it?

Constitutional Amendments. (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the constitutional referendums that will be held during 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27137/09]

Constitutional Amendments. (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I welcome the fact the date for the referendum has been fixed for 2 October. I hope that on this occasion the debate about the Lisbon treaty will be one where members of the public is properly and fully informed so that they will want to vote "Yes" in the knowledge that the treaty strengthens our country's position in Europe and guarantees a future for the people and the next generation....

Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: We have always opposed the principle of guillotine here. I understand there are over 30 amendments to the Defamation Bill. These will not all be reached and we will end up with the Bill being bulldozed through. For that reason I am opposed to this proposal. I made the point previously that the House should sit for July to tease these issues out properly and give everybody the opportunity...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I will not divide the House on anything to do with the Lisbon treaty referendum. I support it and I have made my point about guillotines. There is a very important job to be done by the political parties and politicians in explaining the referendum to people such that they are fully and properly informed and wish to vote in favour of it. That is a challenge for every person who supports it...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I hope the Taoiseach has given Deputy Lowry a couple of million for some bridge that Deputy Coonan has been on about down in north Tipperary.