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Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I did not ask the Taoiseach about the report of the Health and Safety Authority, but will do so now. According to the report, wards, exits from wards and fire escapes were blocked with trolleys and other equipment in a number of cases. The report also stated that, in the context of overcrowding, consultations should take place in every case in which extra bed capacity was to be allocated to a...

Appointments to State Boards. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the names, occupations and dates of appointment of persons appointed by him to State boards and other agencies since June 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8772/05]

Appointments to State Boards. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: When Mr. Mervyn Taylor, a former Labour Party Deputy, was Minister for Equality and Law Reform in the rainbow Government more than ten years ago, he directed that at least 40% of seats on State boards be allocated to women. We are some distance from achieving this figure on many State boards. For instance, the board of the National Economic and Social Council, which falls under the...

Appointments to State Boards. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I refer to the board of the National Economic and Social Council which is composed of 26 men and six women.

Consultancy Contracts. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if a special unit within his Department to evaluate proposals for the appointment of public relations consultants by Ministers, as recommended in the recent report of Mr. Dermot Quigley, has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8774/05]

Consultancy Contracts. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I read recently about the extraordinary amounts being paid to some personnel dealing with Departments. May I assume that circumstances in which a person such as Mr. Quigley will be called in to investigate the antics of an individual Minister or Minister of State who decides to take business into his or her own hands, as it were, will not arise again and...

Consultancy Contracts. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: To take an example, if a Minister travelling with a number of officials to the United States, Europe or elsewhere decides he or she needs a consultant or consultants to travel with him or her to provide specialist advice, does the procedure require that the consultant or consultants in question will pay their way and charge the Department subsequently, as distinct from the Department paying...

Departmental Expenditure. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the cost of the communications unit in his Department for the first two months of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8775/05]

Departmental Expenditure. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: We have dealt with this issue previously. I still have not taken up the Taoiseach's offer to see what this communications unit does. The cost of the unit for 2005 will be approximately €320,000. The Taoiseach previously estimated that the communications unit saved the Government approximately €200,000 in fees to external companies that would normally supply transcripts and tapes. Does the...

Departmental Expenditure. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: That may well be the case. Does the unit collect information from all media outlets in the country or is it confined to the greater Dublin area?

Departmental Expenditure. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: However, it will not provide that information to Members.

Departmental Expenditure. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: A double whammy.

Official Commemorations. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department plans to designate a memorial date for the Famine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12843/05]

Official Commemorations. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I agree with the sentiments expressed by Deputy Rabbitte. The National Famine Memorial is at the base of Croagh Patrick and for a number of years there was a Famine commemoration walk from Delphi to Louisburgh to commemorate a tragedy there. Perhaps the matter should be considered again on an all-party basis. It might even be possible to do it in conjunction with world food aid day or the...

Official Commemorations. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Dublin and Kerry in 1974.

Order of Business. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach for sending me a detailed response in respect of the implementation of sections of the Children Act. I hope those timescales can be adhered to. When are we likely to see the document from City Hall dealing with the privatisation of prisoner escorts which the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform referred to recently? When will the Minister of State and Chief...

Order of Business. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: It might be helpful in these kind of cases if at least the relevant section of the Intoxicating Liquor Act was implemented, whereby beer cans bought in off-licences would carry the stamp of the point of sale. That is in the Act but it has not been implemented. I do not suggest there is any wrongdoing on behalf of the proprietors of these establishments but it might be helpful to Garda...

Order of Business. (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: ——if staff in off-licences could at least inform the Garda of who might have been in purchasing drink prior to going on a rampage like this.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the outcome of the contact between her Department and a firm (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13974/05]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (4 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 201: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recommendation of the European Medicines Agency that two classes of antidepressants should not be used in children and adolescents except in their approved indications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14354/05]