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- Task Force on Innovation (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent work of the task force on innovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13728/10]
- Task Force on Innovation (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: Perhaps the Taoiseach will indicate three recommendations from the innovation report that have been implemented. Given that his nominee, Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, has been appointed to an important and influential position in terms of innovation, which has a â¬50 billion budget, does the Taoiseach intend to send the task force to meet the Commissioner in a European context or to...
- Task Force on Innovation (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: I am aware of that. That is the reason it is important the Commissioner is in a position to outline to Government and, in particular, to the task force, her plans so that Ireland can get in early to make a pitch for whatever might be appropriate for us. The terms of reference delineated by the Taoiseach are precisely what we have been talking about for ages, namely, forcing down Government...
- Task Force on Innovation (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: The NTMA has a particular function. I would like to know from where this â¬500 million will come and how and on what it will be spent. I support travel by Ministers, in terms of representing the country, to some locations in the context of St. Patrick's Day celebrations. It is Ireland's national day and is an important element of a dimension abroad. In the context of this year's travel,...
- Task Force on Innovation (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach.
- Ministerial Responsibilities (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the responsibilities of the Ministers of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12963/10]
- Order of Business (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: No, it is not agreed and I want to explain why. There should be a discussion about this matter. The Fine Gael Party produced a series of recommendations about how we should deal with Europe on the committee, which was chaired by Senator Paschal Donohoe last year before the Lisbon referendum. The chairman of the Committee on European Affairs, Deputy Bernard Durkan, has made a number of...
- Order of Business (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach said legislation would come before the House in regard to Ireland's decision to participate in the European bail-out of Greece. When does he expect that legislation to be introduced in the Dáil? Can he give a guarantee we will get back the contribution we will make to Greece, namely, â¬1.3 billion? Will such a guarantee be contained in the legislation? Has the Taoiseach,...
- Order of Business (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: A fundamental facility for those elected to this House is the receipt of answers to parliamentary questions. These answers are not being made available at present because of an industrial dispute. However, I understand that in some, if not all, cases, Ministers are able to get information supplied to them in the course of their duty. Is the situation to be one whereby all parliamentary...
- Order of Business (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: If we were to have a debate and statements in the House we could have all that information from the Minister for Finance, Deputy Lenihan, who has briefed the Cabinet. However, nobody else in the House knows the conditions and terms that apply to these bilateral loans. It is in everybody's interest that we have a full and thorough discussion about this. It is important for the European...
- Order of Business (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: I hear what the Taoiseach says but Members from his party are being given answers to questions. Other Members of the House, elected in the same way as all of us are, must resort to freedom of information requests because they do not get information from certain Departments due to the industrial dispute. In the interests of having everybody in the House treated equally in terms of the...
- Issue of Writ: Donegal South-West By-election (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: That is correct.
- Issue of Writ: Donegal South-West By-election (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: Yes, that will be the case.
- Issue of Writ: Donegal South-West By-election (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: The Minister of State should leave down the script and tell the House the by-election will be held.
- Issue of Writ: Donegal South-West By-election (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: I see.
- Issue of Writ: Donegal South-West By-election (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: It is called fear and is spelled F-E-A-R.
- Issue of Writ: Donegal South-West By-election (5 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: The Minister of State should shock Members and hold the by-election.
- Order of Business (6 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: No. Last Tuesday, the Fine Gael Party Whip, Deputy Kehoe, requested an opportunity to have statements in the House from the Minister for Finance on behalf of the Government in respect of Ireland's contribution to and participation in the bilateral loan scheme for the people of Greece. As we speak, there is great tension across Greece as its Parliament debates the austerity programme that...
- Order of Business (6 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: When does the Government expect to introduce the Bill to allow for a directly elected mayor for Dublin? What is the position on holding a referendum on children's rights this year? This has been committed to. The all-party Oireachtas committee did a great deal of work on the matter and a proposed wording was agreed. Has the Government decided to hold such a referendum this year? When...
- Order of Business (6 May 2010)
Enda Kenny: Arising from the Tánaiste's second response, the Government has already committed to having a referendum. The work being done by the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, is to consider the agreed wording proposed by the Oireachtas committee, representative of all parties. Given that the Government has committed to holding a referendum, can we take it that referendum will be held ion...