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Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach for that confirmation. I noticed the Ministers of Government arriving at Farmleigh on Monday last like members of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy returning to the big house. In the aftermath of two days of deliberation at Farmleigh and Government Buildings, has the Government reached a conclusion on the cuts that are likely to be imposed this December and for the following...

Order of Business (27 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: In Monday's Irish Independent the Taoiseach seemed to cast doubt on the Government's commitment to hold the three by-elections on the one date. The Taoiseach committed to the Donegal South-West by-election but did not refer to the other two. I ask him to confirm now that what the Government Whip said in response to the motion here will stand. If it gets that far, is it the intention of the...

Order of Business (27 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: Before we move on, everybody in the House welcomes the return of Deputy Ardagh in good health.

Macro-Economic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: I listened carefully to the Taoiseach's contribution, which did not contain a single proposal the Government intends to carry out despite having held two days of meetings at Farmleigh House and Government Buildings. At present, depression, anxiety, concern and fear stalk the land. This is because of the Government's catastrophic failure to deal with reality in the clear-eyed fashion to...

Written Answers — Preschool Services: Preschool Services (27 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the original basis for the age limits of the early childhood care and education scheme; her plans to rectify the situation facing parents where their child's date of birth does not correspond with the current age-range eligibility; if her attention has been drawn to the level of inconvenience the situation is creating for parents...

Written Answers — Preschool Services: Preschool Services (27 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications received by her Department from County Mayo since the early childhood care and education scheme was introduced; of these applications, the numbers that were approved and rejected by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38739/10]

National Security Committee (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach when the National Security Committee will next meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30243/10]

National Security Committee (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: It is becoming obvious there is an ease of access to the fraudulent use of Irish passports, a passport which has particular integrity and credibility in international relations. In February this year, it emerged eight Irish passports were used fraudulently in an assassination in Dubai. This month several other Irish passports, possibly up to six, were used as a part of a Russian spy ring in...

National Security Committee (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I am coming to it. The Taoiseach may be aware the number of Irish passports reported as lost or stolen in 2008 was 36,264, 6.3% of the total issued in 2008.

National Security Committee (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The figure for 2009 was 33,214, 6% of total issued. These are staggering figures. Has the National Security Committee considered the ease of access to the fraudulent and illegal abuse of Irish passports? Has the committee made a recommendation that security enhancements for the protection of Irish passports should be implemented? Has it considered the implications of such large numbers of...

National Security Committee (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: While I do not want to raise details of the matters discussed by the national security committee, the consequences of what the committee does in this case should become clear. In other words, there should be an analysis of what extra security arrangements must be made to protect the integrity of the Irish passport system. We cannot have a situation in which forged Irish passports are being...

National Security Committee (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Some years ago, I raised a question here following reports that al-Qaeda cells were operating in this country. Given previous reports of terrorist personnel being located here, what is the Government's response to the fact that at least one of the recently discovered parcels was being sent to the USA through Great Britain? We have an interest in ensuring that freight passing through this...

National Security Committee (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The director-general of MI5 has said that there is a persistent rise in the ambition and activities of dissident groups on the island of Ireland. I know there is a very high level of co-operation between the PSNI and the Garda Síochána and between both Governments, which I fully support. More than likely, the identities of those concerned are known to the security forces. In that...

National Security Committee (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Is the Government happy there are no international terrorist cells operating in Ireland at the moment in so far as the national security committee is concerned?

Decentralisation Programme (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department who have applied for relocation under the decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30244/10]

Decentralisation Programme (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: What is the status of the receiving point to which the 23 staff who have applied for decentralisation from his Department want to be decentralised? Are those locations live in terms of the decentralisation programme? Is the decentralisation programme in general now in suspension in perpetuity or is it intended to go ahead with it as was originally announced by the former Minister for...

Decentralisation Programme (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Office of Public Works in St. Stephen's Green has not been vacated yet because some of the staff do not want to leave. A further 180 staff were to go to Kanturk and Claremorris. The moves to both of those locations appear to be stalled. A total of 35 reviews on decentralisation are due to be carried out for next year. Can we take it that the remaining staff are not going anywhere,...

Decentralisation Programme (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: My information is that there are a number of architects who do not want to move out of St. Stephen's Green.

Decentralisation Programme (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I said it was botched. A well-planned decentralisation programme has always worked well, but this one was not well-planned. In fairness to the man beside the Taoiseach and without being parochial about it, he wanted to send his Department closer to Knock Airport. That was objected to and turned down by An Bord Pleanála. The Minister then sent those staff to Tubbercurry with the intention...

Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Government lost another man overboard today.