Results 981-1,000 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny

Recycling Policy. (26 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: On the Department's recycling policy, does the Taoiseach have any idea where the Department's waste goes? Does any of it end up in Northern Ireland, to which 250,000 tonnes of waste are sent from this city? What is the procedure regarding used toner cartridges from photocopying machines in the Department? Are they sent to a particular collection point or distributed to charities? Some...

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress in respect of the implementation of the recommendations of the OECD report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8767/05]

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: I do not know how long the author laboured over that answer but one would hardly get away with it during Leaders' Questions. To translate it into understandable English from a business perspective requires some thought. Since 1999, 11 regulators have been appointed, each of whom has built his or her own little empire in respect of the appropriate area of responsibility. Does the Taoiseach...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Let me test your edict, a Cheann Comhairle. The Taoiseach will no doubt recall the furore around the country when it became known that the Government had signed on with the IRA for the early release of the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe. I welcomed at the time the Taoiseach's withdrawal of this offer. Does he agree with the Garda Representative Association that the circumstances in...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Inspector of Prisons said in his report that a house in the Grove area has only two occupants, but they will not allow anyone else to share it unless they are attached to their organisation. How can it be the case in an open prison that a group, or members of a group, can determine who else the governor of the prison should put into a particular area? Can I remind the Taoiseach what the...

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: On No. 4, the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005, I understand the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission is setting up a sub-committee to examine in the context of future elections the questions that may arise regarding the use of the facilities of the Houses of the Oireachtas by Members, Senators and Ministers in their Departments. As this Bill will not be able to take account of that...

Written Answers — Standardised Testing: Standardised Testing (26 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position with regard to the introduction of standardised testing at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12953/05]

Written Answers — Early School Leavers: Early School Leavers (26 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who fail to make the transition from primary to secondary school annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12973/05]

Written Answers — Public Capital Programme: Public Capital Programme (26 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach the number of public servants in his Department who are employed full time on the assessment, procurement, project management and delivery of infrastructure projects covered by the public capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12874/05]

Written Answers — Public Capital Programme: Public Capital Programme (26 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a broad description of each capital project considered by his Department over the past five years; when each project was first considered; when each project will be procured; when each will be completed; if each project will be part financed by user charges; the number of public servants employed in the delivery of each project; the names...

Leaders' Questions. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: This is the last opportunity we will have to raise the matter of carnage on the roads with the Taoiseach before the May bank holiday weekend. This year, to date, unfortunately and tragically, 118 people have been killed on our roads. This figure, unfortunately, reflects an increase on a month to month basis as against 2004. I have occasion to travel extensively around the country and recently...

Leaders' Questions. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: The content of much of the Taoiseach's reply is somewhat akin to what he said to Deputy Gay Mitchell in one of his more famous outbursts some years ago. Having missed one flight from Dublin Airport last week and having had to cancel another due to chaos at the airport and in travelling approximately 1,000 km last week I came across one Garda check point. I wish to deal with the Taoiseach's...

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff vacancies in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8768/05]

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the policies of his Department in respect of the employment of persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8769/05]

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: I am glad to hear the percentage of staff with a disability in the Department of the Taoiseach is 3.64% and that this is over the target set in the programme for Government. Does that target also apply to temporary staff in his Department? In other words, if people are being recruited on a temporary basis, does the same level of targeting for persons with a disability apply to temporary employees?

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Do the Department's employees with a disability, whatever it may be, move within the Department, or are they confined to the one position or job that they have been doing? Many public servants move between sections within departments. Is that done in the Department of the Taoiseach?

Freedom of Information. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department during the first quarter of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8770/05]

Freedom of Information. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: The former Secretary General of the Department of Health and Children recently appeared before the Oireachtas committee to speak in respect of the Freedom of Information Act. He said that unreserved acceptance at political level of the findings, for instance, of the Travers report, would result in great relief for public servants who often found themselves torn between their public service...

Freedom of Information. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach is lucky full stop.

Freedom of Information. (27 Apr 2005)

Enda Kenny: What the Taoiseach has outlined appears to differ from what applies to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, who, when I asked a question about freedom of information last year, said that he was quite entitled to release the information to the media before the response to the freedom of information request was released by the section of his Department. In his reply the Minister...