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- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: My question was on whether the development would occur even without the bit of paper.
- Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: The blocks of cheese have not yet been mentioned.
- Ministerial Responsibilities (10 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the responsibilities of the Ministers of State at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30250/10]
- Ministerial Responsibilities (10 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: Which Minister of State has been given responsibility for the implementation of the national drugs strategy?
- Ministerial Responsibilities (10 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: The Minister of State, Deputy Curran, did have responsibility for implementing the strategy and I was not aware that said responsibility had been transferred to the Minister, Deputy Pat Carey. Does the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, have responsibility for the transformation of the public service and, if so, is he conducting negotiations in respect of the changes to be brought about...
- Ministerial Responsibilities (10 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: Is the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, dealing with the Croke Park agreement directly?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (10 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach did not want it.
- Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: I am sure some are glad about that. I ask the Taoiseach about two Bills. The water services Bill, which is to remove the prohibition on charging for domestic water, is due to be published in 2011. Can the Taoiseach indicate when it is likely to be published? Will it be early 2011 or what is the story? The second is the national vetting bureau Bill. It appears as if there is a substantial...
- Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: Around the houses.
- Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach should be fair to Deputy Bannon.
- Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: I want no abuse of Deputy Bannon.
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been made on the location of the new central mental hospital; when this decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41951/10]
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (11 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposal for a design, build and operate sewerage scheme bundle at a location (details supplied); the progress that has been made on approving the clients representative brief for the first sewerage scheme; the progress that has been made on the associated foreshore and discharge licences for this...
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (11 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the establishing of digital terrestrial television in County Mayo; if the service is already being provided anywhere here; the areas of the country that will not receive a signal; if the service is already being provided the channels available and when the other channels will become...
- Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (11 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that large-scale pumped storage greater than the Turlough Hill plant operating since 1974 was considered in respect of a previous reply (details supplied); if he will provide the details of such large-scale pumped storage from his previous reply, including the generation capacity, pumping...
- Consultancy Contracts (16 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach if he will report on the recent work of the Committee in his Department that oversees the awarding of public relations contracts by Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30254/10]
- Consultancy Contracts (16 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: The July 2008 statement by the Minister for Finance indicated that all expenditure by Departments and agencies on consultancies, advertising and public relations would be reduced for the remainder of that year and by at least 50% in 2009. I note from the Taoiseach's departmental Estimates that consultancies went up from just over â¬3,000 in 2009 to â¬70,000 in 2010. Given the Department...
- Consultancy Contracts (16 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: There are three questions. The question from Deputy Gilmore refers to the supervision by the Taoiseach's Department of public relations contracts. Radio advertisements were placed last year by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government notifying the public about areas of special protection in coastal areas in Dublin. This cost the taxpayer â¬23,000. This was only one...
- Consultancy Contracts (16 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: Is there a public relations contracts committee in existence or is this a free-for-all? I understood there was a committee which dealt with contracts to be awarded to public relations companies by Ministers or their Departments. I made the point previously that the House has been vacated by Government for major announcements; they have taken place everywhere but here. There is a Government...
- Consultancy Contracts (16 Nov 2010)
Enda Kenny: Yes. In a case I heard about recently, a family that had returned from Boston could not fish because they could not get tonnage, could not cut turf because they were in an SAC area, could not build a house within sight of the sea, and could not graze sheep on the mountain because of SAC restrictions. What in the name of God are we at? Yet the Taoiseach is spending public money on promoting...