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Public Service Reform. (25 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the OECD report on the Irish public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30643/09]

Public Service Reform. (25 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: That is a lengthy reply which has been prepared for the Taoiseach. The OECD report made a number of recommendations and referred to the collapse of value-for-money disciplines and the damage done by an ill-thought out decentralisation programme. It referred to the habit of creating new agencies for every problem, the inability to deliver on the ambitions of e-Government and the refusal to...

Public Service Reform. (25 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. He would do himself a power of good if he, as Taoiseach and Head of Government, said he and the Governments he has served in got this wrong. I agree the structures of the public service have strangled initiative and strangled many of those who work above and beyond the call of duty. In respect of redeployment, which is critical, the Government task...

Public Service Reform. (25 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: The figures regarding the common contract.

Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Has the Government laid out a schedule of meetings between now and the weekend with the trades union leaders to discuss the implications of the current position in terms of the Government's view of the public service and the reduction of the public sector pay bill ?

Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Having met the trades union leaders last week, there is a willingness to engage. I hope that from the Government's perspective, these talks will be meaningful and that a genuine attempt will be made to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion. I do not want to see another strike next week nor do I believe anybody else does either. At least if the talks are meaningful from the Government's...

Written Answers — Digital Terrestrial Television: Digital Terrestrial Television (25 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of commercial digital terrestrial television here and the ongoing negotiation between the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and a consortium (details supplied); the timescale for the rollout of a free to air DTT service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43298/09]

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: I understand the report into the activities of the Dublin diocese will be published this afternoon. Dr. Diarmuid Martin has said this report will shock everybody. It will be launched by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Minister of State with responsibility for children. Will the Tánaiste make arrangements at a suitable time in order that the House will have an...

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: If this continues, in a short time banks will have retrenched at the cost of businesses and thousands of jobs.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: We passed the Bill and the Government needs to do something about this. Businesses are starved of credit and I was told by businessmen face to face that bank managers have said to them, "I will not even lodge the application for you". That is absolutely scandalous at a time they want to put their money where their mouths are in the middle of a recession, follow through on their initiatives,...

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: If they turn up, will they be allowed in?

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: If they attend the Minister's launch, I assume they will be allowed in.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Shops will close.

Proposed Legislation. (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for the remainder of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35602/09]

Proposed Legislation. (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Murphy report into child abuse in the archdiocese of Dublin reveals a litany of abuse of staggering proportions. Those in a position of authority within the Church who knowingly allowed this to continue deserve condemnation. In his capacity as spokesperson on children for the Fine Gael party, Deputy Alan Shatter pointed out that both the State and State agencies are still failing to...

Proposed Legislation. (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: As the Taoiseach rightly pointed out some days ago, he chairs an all-party committee dealing with areas other than those that pertain to his own Department. I have no doubt he is well able to answer these questions. For quite some time, we have been told about draft heads of Bills being circulated. This matter is obviously very serious and sensitive, but the State is now in a position to...

Proposed Legislation. (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: I understand there are only nine sitting days left for this session of the Dáil. The Standards in Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2007 went before the Seanad on 4 July 2007. It is still on the Order Paper after two years. The Taoiseach is aware that when he was Minister for Finance the main provisions of the Bill were to raise the value of a gift Ministers and Ministers of State can...

Proposed Legislation. (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: I am sure when the Taoiseach or Ministers carry out official duties around the country communities give them mementos of their visit. Does the Taoiseach think that a gift to the value of €2,000 is somewhat excessive? The members of the Cabinet have acquired many pieces of glass and bog deal from the official openings they conduct.

Financial Services Sector. (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach his role in co-ordinating the international financial services sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35603/09]

Financial Services Sector. (1 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: Three years ago next week, the then Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, launched "Building on Success", which was a new strategy for the future development of the financial services industry. That was followed by a progress report in July 2008. The development of the financial services industry is a critical part of Ireland's economic success, our reputation and our standing. As the Taoiseach...