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Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I wish to raise a number of matters on the Order of Business. Will the Tánaiste offer a little more clarity in respect of the McCarthy report? I am aware of the process and that the Minister for Finance received the report yesterday. I am sorry for missing Deputy O'Rourke but I did not see her so far around on the seats.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I know that. Will there be a review of this report's publication, as the Government must publish it in everybody's interest? The use of the guillotine by the Government in the final four weeks of this session in 2009 occurred in 86% of cases or 18 of 21 Bills. In four of those Bills there were clear constitutional implications. Those are the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill, the...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: They make the point that there is an attempt to move the journalists away from Leinster House because of construction work which is taking place.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste has long had interaction with journalists from newspapers and other sources.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle is in charge of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, which deals with the running of the Houses of the Oireachtas and perhaps I should direct it to you.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I understand that.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Both editors make the point very strongly that although there are structural works to be completed upstairs, it is important from the media and journalistic perspective that they have a facility in Leinster House.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I have always supported that, irrespective of what attitude they take towards the people who sit down here.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Will the Ceann Comhairle, in his capacity as the esteemed chairman of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission-----

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Plámás will get me nowhere, will it not?

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I respectfully suggest that the Ceann Comhairle might read this correspondence from both editors of major newspapers and see if anything can be done.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: That was in the last century.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Will it be in the next fortnight?

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 746: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding granted to Mayo County Council for the scheme for housing aid for older people, the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability and the mobility aids housing grant to date in 2009; the amount of these allocations issued to Mayo County Council; if 2010 allocations have been decided upon;...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I agree with these. I am glad to see Ambassador Jana from South Africa in the House. No. b11 is a simple motion for the recognition of Mandela day, which is based on a request from President Zuma of South Africa, and we respect that request. Nelson Mandela was an international icon of persistence, dedication, truth and equality. We fully support No. b11 and it might have been preferable to...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle knows it is not agreed. Amendment No. 4 of 43 is being discussed at present and some of the amendments tabled have very serious import. Yesterday, I made the point that the guillotine has been used on 18 Bills out of 21 in the final four weeks of this session and four of those Bills have potential constitutional implications, namely, the Criminal Justice (Amendment)...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Deputy James Reilly has informed me that the consequences of this Bill include the fact that while retailers may be in breach of the law in respect of the display of cigarettes, there is a writing-down of the penalty in a number of areas. He does not object to that. However, can I have confirmation that this does not include the sale of cigarettes to minors? I am informed that inherent in...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: This is a case of another Bill being rammed through by use of the guillotine. We have made this point on many occasions but let me repeat that 18 Bills out of 21 have been rammed through by guillotine in the past four weeks and I object to this.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I do not expect that of all the items on the Order of Business there will be agreement on this one and for very good reason, beyond the usual reason of just having a vote for the sake of having one. In April the Chief Whip told the House that the Government would publish 26 Bills of which 17 were published leaving nine unpublished, including the employment agencies regulation Bill, the...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I am not just saying this for the sake of having a vote. I really mean it. I assume that the proposed date of 16 September is because of the publication of the NAMA legislation, or that the House is coming back to discuss that legislation. Last week the German Government put through its legislation dealing with their bad banks and it has already settled on a price level from mid-2008 for the...