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Leaders' Questions. (30 Jun 2010)

Enda Kenny: Governments must make choices every day, and sometimes they are difficult choices. I have disagreed with many of the choices made by this Government in recent years, particularly on spending. The Taoiseach is well aware that in recent days, 60 organisations providing services to the intellectually disabled are now being forced to either reduce services or to cut them out entirely. This is...

Leaders' Questions. (30 Jun 2010)

Enda Kenny: I do not doubt the Taoiseach's personal commitment to this area and I do not disagree that changes must be made. I disagree fundamentally, however, with the fact that no analysis was done of the impact of across the board cutbacks before those changes were implemented. About whom are we talking? These are children and young people with great difficulties in their personal lives because of...

Leaders' Questions. (30 Jun 2010)

Enda Kenny: I do not doubt the Taoiseach's personal commitment but this is what has happened under his nose, these are the choices the Government has made, these are the priorities the Government has decided upon and these are the consequences for those children and their families. If the Taoiseach wants to make changes he should at least have looked at what the structure has done; it has protected...

Leaders' Questions. (30 Jun 2010)

Enda Kenny: The best value is in the voluntary sector and the Taoiseach knows that.

Departmental Expenditure (30 Jun 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the facilities provided by his Department to former taoisigh; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Departmental Expenditure (30 Jun 2010)

Enda Kenny: Does the Department of the Taoiseach provide former taoisigh with facilities other than the allowances which the Taoiseach has clarified are for secretarial assistants? In the circumstances which used to apply in Northern Ireland, former taoisigh were provided with Garda security on a full-time basis. I do not know if that continues to apply and perhaps the Taoiseach will clarify the...

Constitutional Amendments (30 Jun 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach the constitutional referenda he plans to hold during the remainder of the 30th Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27647/10]

Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Enda Kenny: We have made soundings to the Taoiseach over recent weeks about the application of guillotines in this House. In this case, I understand a raft of amendments will not be reached in the time that has been allocated. On that basis, I oppose to the imposition of a guillotine on the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010.

Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Enda Kenny: I understand it is proposed to guillotine the Central Bank Reform Bill tomorrow. The Taoiseach will be aware the ECB issued a report about the inadequacy of the Bill presented by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Lenihan. I hope the Whip does not proceed with the guillotine tomorrow. This needs discussion, based on the reports that have been submitted in its regard. I give the Taoiseach...

Saville Inquiry Report: Motion (30 Jun 2010)

Enda Kenny: I propose to share time with Deputies McHugh and Crawford.

Saville Inquiry Report: Motion (30 Jun 2010)

Enda Kenny: I am pleased to support this motion and I thank the House for agreeing to my proposition that there be an all-party response to the publication of the report of the Saville inquiry. I recall 30 January 1972 very well, as do many Irish people. The publication of the Saville report on 15 June 2010 brought truth and clarity into the public domain 38 years after the events of Bloody Sunday....

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Enda Kenny: It is not agreed. Deputy O'Donnell has pointed out on a number of occasions the importance of the ECB 11 page opinion in respect of the legislation being proposed by the Minister for Finance. There were 15 separate issues outlined in that opinion in respect of the independence of the Central Bank and the Governor. One of the main criticisms was the weakness in Ireland's regulatory system...

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Enda Kenny: There is a raft of amendments tabled for Report Stage of this important Bill, yet it is proposed to have the debate guillotined. I object to that as I have done in the case of other legislation.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Enda Kenny: Does the Government intend to introduce legislation to deal with the position of the taxpayer continuing to guarantee Anglo Irish Bank? As the leader of the Labour Party pointed out, the Government surely must have some sense of what it has got the country into, in view of the fact that Anglo Irish Bank has had loses twice as big as the US Citigroup bank, despite the fact that the Irish...

Written Answers — Active Citizenship: Active Citizenship (1 Jul 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the recent work of the task force on active citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4600/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (1 Jul 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of jobs created in County Mayo with the assistance of the Industrial Development Authority; the level of activity or interest that has been expressed in County Mayo by clients of the authority; if he will provide these results for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28908/10]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting: Garda Vetting (1 Jul 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications from addresses in County Mayo waiting to be processed at the Garda central vetting unit; if not available, the number of applications relating to County Mayo; the average waiting time for vetting applications to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28903/10]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (1 Jul 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff employed at the Garda information services centre in County Mayo over the past three years; the key performance indicators being used to assess the level of service provision at this centre; his plans to expand this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28904/10]

Tribunals of Inquiry (6 Jul 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach the costs that accrued to his Department in respect of the Moriarty Tribunal during May 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25057/10]

Tribunals of Inquiry (6 Jul 2010)

Enda Kenny: Did the letter agreed by all of the leaders of the parties here in respect of the conclusion of the Moriarty tribunal go to the sole member and has the sole member responded to it?