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Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Chair told me years ago to ask those questions. He said that is the way to get information from the Taoiseach of the day.

Public Private Partnerships. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent work of the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16998/05]

Public Private Partnerships. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Regarding major infrastructural projects and the PPP system, we have evidence from the Committee of Public Accounts of cost over-runs totalling €9 billion. When one talks to designers, architects and builders, one sees that the pricing element seems very much askew. In his capacity as chairman of the infrastructure sub-committee, where does the Taoiseach feel that the mistake is being made?...

Order of Business. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: The transport reform Bill is due in 2005. Has the Cabinet received and discussed the McCann report on the western rail corridor as part of the overall transport programme? When is it proposed to publish the report on the review of the inland fisheries? This report has been available for a number of months, but it has not been published yet. Are there any proposals to amend the Education Act...

Order of Business. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Has the Cabinet got the report?

Written Answers — Education Projects: Education Projects (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her position regarding the provision of educational co-ordinators funded by her Department and by the community based partnership groups; if funding for such co-ordinators will be renewed for the school year 2005-06, and in the long term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17591/05]

Order of Business. (26 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: It is not agreed. I ask the Minister for Finance to explain to the House the reason the Government wants to guillotine this Bill today. There are 100 amendments to be proposed and ruled upon and the debate has reached its halfway point. The Government's consultation group on this legislation has broken up due to a lack of response from Government. A protest group will arrive at Leinster House...

Order of Business. (26 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I note the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, inadvertently voted for the Taoiseach. I am not sure whether that was——

Order of Business. (26 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I know that.

Order of Business. (26 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle did not ask for any verifiable paper audit trail, unlike the Minister for Finance.

Order of Business. (26 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Is it the Government's intention to publish the EU constitution Bill today or tomorrow? If so, perhaps it will say when it is expected that the referendum commission to deal with the Bill will be set up. The first report of the company law review group was published in December 2001. Its focus was on the simplification of company law. There is some concern, particularly in the area of...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (26 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Defence the level of assistance being given to countries affected by the December 2004 tsunami by the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17537/05]

Decentralisation Programme. (31 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department who have applied for relocation under the Government's decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16997/05]

Decentralisation Programme. (31 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: How many of the staff moving from the Department of the Taoiseach have been offered promotion? Have any departmental staff declined to move due to family, school or social contacts? In general, pressure is apparently being applied to public servants. If they move from a Department, they may achieve promotion but if they do not move, they are stuck.

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee dealing with the future of Aer Lingus last met. [16995/05]

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: In arriving at that conclusion on that date and in respect of that decision, is it a trade sale or an initial public offering?

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: It happened on that date, a Cheann Comhairle.

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Chair is a great man for quoting precedent. Has he considered his time as a humble Deputy questioning Ministers and how he got away with it?

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Chair knows as well as I do that the Taoiseach wishes to answer this question. The Chair is being over-restrictive in confining questions to his version of statistics.

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Yes, and as Deputy Higgins and Deputy Rabbitte——