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Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: There is no guarantee though.

Codes of Conduct. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the rules in place in his Department governing the acceptance of hospitality by Ministers from State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25636/09]

Codes of Conduct. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: I did not catch all of the Taoiseach's reply. FÁS, which was a case in point, has received massive coverage in recent months and for good reason. There was clearly a lack of oversight and judgment as to what was going on in that organisation. I referred yesterday to the comments by the Taoiseach about the former chief executive and noted that the Tánaiste appeared to know very little...

Codes of Conduct. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: He does not want anything when-----

Codes of Conduct. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: -----he does his duties. I am trying to help the Minister.

Codes of Conduct. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: The man beside him put through a Bill that raised the limit of gifts that can be given to a Minister from €650 to €2,000. One could go to any gift shop down town and buy a substantial gift for €2,000. The value of such gifts, which might influence a Minister in the performance of his or her duties, must be between €650 and €2,000. What oversight regulations will be changed and...

Codes of Conduct. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: It was two years ago.

Codes of Conduct. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: If the Taoiseach wants to debate it he should tell the Chief Whip and he will do it for him.

Codes of Conduct. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach should send out an instruction to his Ministers and Ministers of State to be very careful about what they receive as gifts for duties they perform in respect of their Departments. The Taoiseach is probably aware of one former Minister who had to have the attic in his house strengthened to hold all the gifts which were awarded to him over the years. I am sure he knows the...

Codes of Conduct. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Remember when the daggers were presented.

Departmental Expenditure. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the level of expenditure by his Department during the first half of 2009; the way in which it compares with the forecast in the Estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25637/09]

Departmental Expenditure. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the level of expenditure by his Department during the first half of 2009; the way this compares with the forecast in the Estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30641/09]

Departmental Expenditure. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: I understand the Department of the Taoiseach employs 259 staff. The Department of Finance has taken responsibility for economic affairs, social partnership is all but on its last legs and Northern Ireland and European affairs are no longer dealt with by the Department of the Taoiseach. In view of the outsourcing of these activities, have staff been moved from the Department of the Taoiseach...

Departmental Expenditure. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Why was the programme manager for the Minister for Health and Children paid by the Department of the Taoiseach and given the increased remit of special adviser with responsibility for health and children? Why is that necessary given that the Taoiseach is reviewing pay levels within his Department? What is the status of the communications unit? Does it remain within the Department and how...

Departmental Expenditure. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: I know. If the man sitting behind the Taoiseach reformed the system we would not have these problems.

Departmental Expenditure. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: The questions we can ask are very limited.

Departmental Bodies. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach the role and remit of the Innovation Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33521/09]

Membership of the Innovation Taskforce (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: I opened a conference on wind energy in Galway on Thursday last, the day before the referendum. There were 300 people there, including investors, innovators and people with real drive. The analysis given at the conference was that this country has some of the best locations in the world in terms of mean wind speeds, which is beneficial for wind energy. I support the concept of a task force...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Gilmore said this morning that as far as he was aware there was no precedent for the replacement of the Ceann Comhairle during the course of a Dáil session. If I recall correctly, in July 1980 the late Ceann Comhairle Joseph Brennan died in office while the Dáil was in recess, and the then Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, decided to appoint a member of his Cabinet, Pádraig Faulkner, as...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: That is what longevity gives one. I say this just for the information of the House. Has the Taoiseach informed the Parliament of the Czech Republic that Ireland has approved the Lisbon treaty in a referendum? The intention is not to put pressure on the Czech Republic but to remind it that the Lisbon treaty cannot be fully signed off until it and Poland have finalised the issue. I also ask...