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Decentralisation Programme. (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Nothing has happened there. There is a vacant building in Kiltimagh which was built for office purposes, where there are considerable savings to be made. These are issues which we rarely have time to articulate in the House. It seems as if the implementation review group needs to do a lot of work. There are major anomalies and ill-thought out situations now becoming very obvious under the...

Decentralisation Programme. (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: I have a final point. While I respect the findings of that report, without being parochial is a decision likely to be made in respect of the Charlestown position? The former Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs made a decision to move the Department to Knock. It was refused by the planning appeals board. He did send them to Tubbercurry. There is a limbo operating at the...

Decentralisation Programme. (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: -----and statistics stacked up for that location but it was not his fault that it did not go ahead at the location he had intended. It was knocked by An Bord Pleanála in the same way it knocked the N26.

Departmental Programmes. (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress of the operational review programme unit; the Departments that have been reviewed to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12960/10]

Departmental Programmes. (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: It would go to the HSE.

Departmental Programmes. (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the Department of Health and Children, for instance, the report by the organisational review programme stated that some people have little or nothing to do while other colleagues are overwhelmed. It mentioned high levels of sick leave, real frustration, on the back foot and uneven quality of leadership. Arising from that, is there any validity in the reports that there may...

Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: The late James Dillon, who led my party in a distinguished fashion for a number of years, used to say that politics is a vocation that draws people into stormy waters as well as calm. This is true. Everybody who serves in this House, for any party or none, understands that. This profession has taken a beating on many fronts - some justified and some not. I have never accepted that it is...

Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: This is not 1992; it cannot be and it is not business as usual. I have received legal advice on the Bill published by Fine Gael today which states that it is constitutional to pass the Bill now and end this practice for everybody who is currently so entitled. It can be done immediately. The members of Fine Gael are willing to give up voluntarily those pensions if Fianna Fáil does not...

Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Yes. The public at large is very angry about the mismanagement of the public finances. This is an issue which has been around for some time. It is unfair to have a situation where some do and some do not surrender their pensions. My view and that of my party is that the Government can legislate for this in the same way as the Taoiseach said property rights were affected in 1992. They...

Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Let them challenge it then.

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Has the Government considered the agreed wording of the all-party committee in respect of the proposal to hold a referendum on children's rights? Does the Government agree with that wording? Has it considered when it would be appropriate to hold the referendum? Will it be in October or November? Can the Taoiseach give an indication about when that decision will be made?

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: I accept that considerable work was done by the members of the committee. Has the agreed wording of the committee gone before the Government yet or is the Taoiseach waiting for work to be done on that by the Minister of State with responsibility for children? When does he expect the Government might be able to consider the date for a referendum on children's rights?

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department will be financially supporting a new biogas anaerobic digester in conjunction with Bord Gáis, University College Cork and Cork City Council at the Kinsale Road landfill site in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16613/10]

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: The circumstances in Greece worsened last night and there is obviously a consequence for Ireland in terms of the cost of borrowing. Given the crisis in Greece and the flawed policy pursued by the Government in regard to Anglo Irish Bank, the Irish economy is more sensitive and vulnerable to international speculators than before. Will the Taoiseach state how much money is owed by Greece to...

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: The position, as reported to me, is that Greek exposure to the Irish banks could be of the order of €7 billion. This means the fiscal targets set by the Government are even further out than we had imagined. An EU official commented last week that Ireland would either have to move its targets back or find more savings. On the day of the budget, 9 December 2009, I asked the Taoiseach in the...

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the current work programme of the National Economic and Social Development Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16304/10]

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: In view of the many fine reports produced by NESC over the years, a number of which concerned the quality of our public services, I ask the Taoiseach to update us on the current status of the Croke Park deal. Many of the public services that the public expect are not being provided because of the industrial difficulty. This is clearly impacting on people who did not cause the economic and...

Cabinet Committees. (28 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committees in which he serves; and the membership in each case [16303/10]

Cabinet Committees. (28 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Since May 2008 the Cabinet committee on housing, infrastructure and PPPs met once, the committee on science, technology and innovation met twice and the committee on social inclusion, children and integration met three times. In view of the changed portfolios of some of the members of the Cabinet, is it intended to change the membership and the structure of the committees?

Cabinet Committees. (28 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: I have two further questions for the Taoiseach. What is the current situation with regard to public-private partnerships? Significant developments have taken place in the past eight years on major arterial routes and this is to be acknowledged.