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Ministerial Staff (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes, four.

Ministerial Staff (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: As I indicated, I will set out the salary scales, terms of reference and work of each of the advisers. That is not finalised yet but I will be happy to put it on record as soon as the details are finalised. Let me repeat; numbers and costs will be reduced in this case, as they have been in all others, in so far as the Government is concerned about such appointments.

Ministerial Staff (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: There is no question but that the Government has set out its programme for Government in respect of reducing the overall cost and size of the public service by means of voluntary redundancy, as the Deputy is aware. The persons involved in the case in question were all working in a party capacity. Fewer are being brought over to Government Buildings than was the case under all other...

Ministerial Staff (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Good, competent people working in respect of the implementation of a programme for Government are always valuable. They interact with each other through the various Departments and with the public service. Ultimately the function of the Government is to determine solutions and make decisions, as the Deputy well knows. In that respect, effectiveness of government is critical to move the...

Ministerial Staff (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I believe the Deputy will get more resources than might be expected from the Opposition perspective. There are guidelines and rules about this depending on the percentage of the vote and the number of seats each party gets.

Ministerial Staff (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: He will get some assistance in that regard. I like to believe all the members of the parties-----

Ministerial Staff (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----will get some assistance in respect of the work they have to do. I know this because I was in opposition for long enough.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: On several occasions I have made my view known that I would like to see the report of the tribunal published as quickly as possible. If the Deputy checks the record, he will find that on umpteen occasions I asked from the other side of the House when we might expect to see production of the Moriarty tribunal report. I welcome the fact that it has now been published. Neither the Minister,...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: As I have said, our view was that it was opportune that this tribunal and others should be brought to a conclusion. My own view was that I would have liked the Moriarty tribunal, if it was going to continue, to be able to finish before the end of this year or some time like that. I am glad that it has been concluded and the report has been published. There was no question of Fine Gael...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I have referred to this on a number of occasions. I deplore the fact that - human nature being what it is - some people use and have used the privilege of being elected to this House for personal advancement as distinct from public service. I have a very fundamental view about that. The contribution that was raised by the late David Austin has been the subject of intensive discussion. I...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Fine Gael sought the advice of an eminent senior counsel on whether this contribution was relevant to the Moriarty tribunal and its remit. Based on the evidence given to that senior counsel - the background information, the notes about meetings and all the rest of it - the eminent senior counsel said that in his opinion, it did not fall within the remit of the Moriarty tribunal. One has to...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Given what transpired subsequently, my view is that it should have been sent to the tribunal in the first instance.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Correct.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do not speak for Deputy Lowry or the circles in which he moved, or in respect of any payments he may have received. The Fine Gael Party was asked by the tribunal about contributions that may have been made by Mr. O'Brien and it carried out an extensive trawl in respect of a range of companies in every constituency, and that information was given to the tribunal. It amounted, over a...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Generally the Deputy uses the phrase "slurping from the corporate trough". I have heard him on that on several occasions. The subject of the Deputy's question was the subject of a tribunal that has run for 14 years. There will be a particular and special debate with questions and answers on this matter.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am answering the Deputy. If he is ever lucky enough to serve at Cabinet level in the future, he might find himself in a position where whatever Department he serves in is given responsibility of a sub-committee to deal with particular issues. In this case, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources will deal with questions in so far as the tribunal per se is concerned....

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Moriarty tribunal and the findings of the sole member are explicit in that regard.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes. they are.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: The sponsorship by Mr. O'Brien of a golf classic conducted by Fine Gael was not an individual thing. Many companies sponsored many golf classics around the country. I am not sure whether the letter was carried through in respect of sponsoring wine or whatever. The Deputy stated that I was "rostered" to be in New York.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure from what book he is quoting. I was never rostered to be in New York. The late Mr. Austin proposed in the beginning that a number of Ministers might attend that function and that I should be one of them. In the event, I had no hand, act or part in the persons who may have attended that function. As I certainly did not cross the Atlantic and I certainly was not in the 21...