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Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to meet the Northern Ireland political parties after the Westminster elections of 5 May 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14073/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting in Dublin with the family of the late Mr. Robert McCartney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14074/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 18: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister on the margins of the VE Day ceremonies in Moscow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15969/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: This is a day of tragedy and depression. The fifth report of the Independent Monitoring Commission was published today. It makes for grim reading in respect of Northern Ireland. In regard to the Continuity IRA, the Irish National Liberation Army, the Loyalist Volunteer Force, the Provisional IRA, the Real IRA, the Ulster Defence Association, the UVF and the Red Hand Commando, the commission...

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I am coming to the question. The commission believes that the LDF is deeply involved in drug dealing. In respect of the Provisional IRA, the police discovered 10,000 rounds of ammunition suitable for use in assault riffles in September 2004 when elements of the Provisional IRA were involved in negotiation with both Governments about concluding a peaceful agreement, and so on. I note the...

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Has the Taoiseach made arrangements to meet Mr. Adams and Mr. McGuinness of Sinn Féin in the near future? Does he not regard it as frustrating that four and half months later there is no reaction from the persons who were in McGuinness's bar in January when Robert McCartney was murdered? In his view, would a discussion between the Taoiseach as head of Government and the Sinn Féin leadership...

Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Obviously there are many questions we could ask about yesterday's tragedy but as there are expressions of sympathy on the Order of Business I do not wish to also raise it under Leaders' Questions. Following a visit to Cork last week, members of the business community brought to my attention serious concerns about commitments given by the Government on the debt Cork Airport now faces. As I...

Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: That is not the understanding of persons in Shannon and Cork. They were met face to face by the former Minister for Transport, Deputy Brennan, who told them there would be no debt accruing to Cork Airport so it could have a fresh start and compete for new business. I am concerned that another commitment by the Government is being broken. People in Cork are seriously upset and very concerned...

Death of Students: Expressions of Sympathy. (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I share in the condolences offered by the Taoiseach by extending my sincere sympathy and the sympathies of the Fine Gael Party to the parents of the school girls who lost their lives so tragically yesterday in County Meath. We think today of Sinéad Ledwidge, Aimee McCabe, Deirdre Scanlon, Claire McCluskey and Lisa Callan, greatly loved and sadly missed. Many of us were in Meath recently for...

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures he intends to take to improve access to bank accounts for persons on low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17192/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he intends to publish the results of his Department's review of lone parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17193/05]

Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fluoridation of public water systems; the levels that apply; if her attention has been drawn to a substantial body of professional work which is of the view that fluoridation is no longer necessary due to advances in oral and dental hygiene; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17060/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate that child care providers should be liable for commercial rates in cases in which such provision is community based and provided as a consequence of local co-operation and local interest together with public funding under community crèche programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17163/05]

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the funding which has been allocated for the development, upgrade or improvement of piers by his Department each year from 2002 to date in each of counties Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Donegal, Clare and Kerry; if he will provide details of each of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16979/05]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals for the future of the drift netting industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17056/05]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to protect and develop wild Atlantic salmon stock; the estimated return to spawn for each of the past ten years of the species; the catch returned for each fishery board area for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17057/05]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the increase in chironomid buzzer fly life on western lakes; the increased weed growth and increased algae blooms and growth; his views on the water quality as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17157/05]

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the concern regarding the growing zebra mussel threat in the freshwater system; if he will report on the areas and locations now infested with zebra mussel; the measures being taken to deal with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17158/05]

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the extent of conifer forestation in many of the river catchment systems in the west of Ireland; if he has received reports of pollution prevention of hatching alevin from escaping spawning beds as a consequence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17160/05]

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposals being implemented to ensure that Lough Carra, County Mayo, retains its position as a marl lake of pristine quality; his views on reports of some euthrophlication due to phosphorus overload in this lake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17202/05]