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Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I have no intention of withdrawing the remark.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: Was it ethically correct?

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste is speechless for once.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: If she answered the questions.

Departmental Records. (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the files released recently by his Department under the National Archives Act 1986; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48394/09]

Departmental Records. (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the number of files withheld by his Department from the National Archives in respect of the year 1979; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48398/09]

Departmental Records. (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I remember well 27 August 1979 when the assassination of Lord Mountbatten took place and 18 British soldiers were killed by two IRA landmines at Warrenpoint, County Down. I also recall the arrest of several people involved in the Mullaghmore bomb by Garda James Lohan at Granard later that day. The situation has moved on greatly in that time and everyone is pleased with developments over the...

Departmental Records. (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: Is the Taoiseach aware of the problem of physical storage space for the National Archives? It should not be a problem considering so much space is available which would be up to standard for housing archival material. They can be then readily available to students, historians or members of the public who are inclined to look at them. The situation is very poor and the archive needs extra...

Departmental Records. (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach is now the acting Minister for Defence. Some 30 years ago, legislation was introduced to allow women to enlist in the Defence Forces. Is there any intention to commemorate the anniversary of the introduction of the Bill to allow women to enlist in the Defence Forces? Can the Taoiseach offer an up-to-date briefing on the numbers in the Defence Forces now and are there plans to...

Departmental Records. (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I am simply asking if there is any intention of marking that event. At the time the Government held the view that the EEC should not be enlarged. Things have changed since then and we are pleased about that. In 1979, the Minister for Economic Planning and Development, Dr. O'Donoghue, proposed that jobs could be provided, as he termed it, to lure women of marriageable age to work on some...

Departmental Records. (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: The plan was to lure women of marriageable age to work on some small Irish islands to prevent the local population dying out. I realise they have weekends on Clare Island and Turk and Boffin, but is this Government policy at the moment?

Departmental Records. (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I am asking because the records were found in the National Archives.

Departmental Records. (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I assume it is not Government policy now.

Departmental Records. (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: Will the Taoiseach take the questions or will there be someone new?

Regulatory Reform. (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the recommendation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48396/09]

Regulatory Reform. (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I was at a meeting in the OECD last weekend with a number of Deputies. The organisation has much objective analysis available to Governments and members of parliaments throughout Europe. Some of it is very valuable. It is two years since the Government published its commitment to reduce the cost of administrative red tape in business by 25%. Has the Government ever carried out a baseline...

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: The House is now faced with what appears to be another political problem. I am prepared to wait until the Minister of State, Deputy Trevor Sargent, makes his statement to the House. Arising from that, there may well be questions for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Taoiseach. I would like that we would have the opportunity to discuss that.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I said I was prepared to wait to listen to the statement of the Minister of State.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the concern about the deterioration in the protection and securing of jobs. Is the Taoiseach aware of how urgent this problem is and of how much an emergency it is for thousands of small businesses? We were told a litany of falsehoods by the Government. We were told the bank guarantee would be the cheapest bail-out possible, that Anglo Irish Bank would be...

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I fundamentally disagree with the response of the Taoiseach. Fine Gael has proposed a series of positive initiatives that demonstrate that things should not be this way and there is so much that can be done. The Taoiseach told us NAMA would provide a wall of cash and that the investment of €7 billion in the banks would provide a dividend to the taxpayer. The Taoiseach told us Anglo Irish...