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Public Service Reform (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the OECD Report on the Irish Public Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30255/10]

Public Service Reform (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Page 38 of the report from the OECD states that for real change to take place in the public service there must be a culture of change embedded in the service. Does the Taoiseach believe a culture of real change exists there? What is his vision for the public service five years from now?

Public Service Reform (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I believe in a public service that has a clear strategy and one in which all public servants can feel they contribute to the good of their country and the welfare of their community when they go home from work. The Taoiseach said no reduction in services has taken place with the lessening of numbers of public servants. How can this be if, for example, 600 psychiatric nurses have gone with...

Public Service Reform (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: In the past ten years, some seriously good people in the public service were head-hunted by private business and quite a number left. If change is to be embedded in the public service, as recommended by the OECD and the Croke Park agreement, should there be an opportunity for people from the private sector to work in the public sector and vice versa? This would give everyone a full flavour...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Speaking in 1959, Seán Lemass stated "the historical task of this generation is to consolidate the economic foundations of our political independence". The Taoiseach and the Government have politically betrayed our country. They have led down the founding fathers of their own party, they have let down those who fought to achieve Irish independence and, by their actions, they have now...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: It is our job as politicians to determine what solutions exist and to make decisions accordingly. This Government's gross inability to lead the country has resulted in the most shambolic mismanagement of the people's affairs since the foundation of the State.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The outright dishonesty of what happened during the past week, with Minister after Minister proclaiming that all is rosy in the garden, is a far remove from the reality on the streets of Ireland.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Will the Taoiseach make a clear statement of truth about what has gone on during the past fortnight? The Taoiseach partially opened the books in the Department of Finance but no Opposition party has had any word from the Department of the Taoiseach about the most potentially catastrophic consequences for our country. Will the Taoiseach tell the people what has been going on during the past...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach has had his opportunity to see that Ireland makes its way to a prosperous future and he has failed in that duty. The head of the Centre for European Policy Studies said this morning that the September 2008 bank guarantee, and the way in which it was constructed, had led to the downfall of this country. The Taoiseach talks about speaking the truth. This House and the Irish...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: -----in the past by the Financial Regulator, the Central Bank, the Department of Finance, the various Ministers for Finance and the Taoiseach. We have never been told the full truth. It is my belief that a bailout is not inevitable. That means that if we get a few things right, it will not have to happen. First, the Government must restore the confidence of other governments, the markets...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: As Seán Lemass said, we cannot opt out of the future. This is a democracy and people died on the streets for it. It will not be closed down by incompetence. It will not become the laughing stock of Europe.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: If the Taoiseach wanted to do his patriotic duty as Seán Lemass described, he would leave this House and let the people decide.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach should not be deceived; the people are not mocked. The time has come-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: -----because he has lost the authority to govern. If he wants to do something in the national interest, if he wants to do his national duty and act as a patriot, he should let the people decide. He should leave this place, go to Áras an Uachtaráin, tender his resignation and let the people make a decision about the kind of Government they want to lead our country into the future.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: That 70% of it was our own fault.

Order of Business (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Will the Taoiseach confirm the date the four-year fiscal plan will be presented? Is it next Tuesday, as has been reported? I am sure the Taoiseach is as interested as I am that the law of the land should apply. Last week, I raised the matter of encrypted files held by Anglo Irish Bank which are not accessible to the investigating authorities and which may contain information they may be...

Financial Stability Development in Ireland and Elsewhere: Statements (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: There is nothing new in what the Taoiseach announced compared to what we have heard already. Ireland is on the front page of major international newspapers again today for all the wrong reasons. The country is on the airwaves of our nearest neighbour again today for all the wrong reasons. Let us be clear that it is not because the bond markets, the EU or the international media have lost...

Financial Stability Development in Ireland and Elsewhere: Statements (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: We are the only party with clear plans to rescue Ireland from the tsunami of misery this Government and the Taoiseach's party has visited upon the nation. We have not, would not and will not try to sweeten the bitter pill Fianna Fáil and the Green Party has forced this country to swallow. That bitter pill is the potential loss of a key aspect of our cherished freedom. This Government will...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Transport if he plans to abolish the CIE holding company; the annual cost of this company to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42684/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 352: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if area aid payments have been continuously issued to a herd number (details supplied) since the start of 2008; if area payments are still being made; the method of payment and if payment is still being claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42450/10]