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Order of Business (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----as he faces the challenge of crossing the mire left by Deputy Martin and his cronies in the last Government.

Order of Business (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: A Bill relating to the issue will be published on Friday and will be taken in the House the week after next.

Order of Business (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: That is a matter for the House.

Order of Business (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: There is no legislation promised in this area.

Order of Business (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Finance (No. 2) Bill will be taken next week and all of these matters can be debated in considerable detail.

Order of Business (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Reuters news agency took down the headline which misinterpreted the Minister's comments. If by "restructuring" the Deputy means either defaulting or extending the period of repayment, neither of these two options is being considered by the Government. We have entered into an agreement and a programme. We seek an interest rate reduction and we continue to seek improvements in the nature...

Cabinet Meetings (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I have no plans to hold Cabinet meetings outside of Dublin.

Cabinet Meetings (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: During the period 2000 to 2006, there were nine Cabinet meetings held outside of Dublin and during the Presidency in 2004, a number of meetings were held in Farmleigh. Other meetings were held in Farmleigh between June 2002 and July 2010. In the context of Dáil reform, I would not object to having a number of meetings outside of Dublin but the focus of the Government at present is on the...

Cabinet Meetings (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is late enough-----

Cabinet Meetings (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----asking the Taoiseach about this. His party was in government for a long time and did sweet damn all about Dáil reform.

Cabinet Meetings (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: The position is that most of the legislation that the previous Government was dealing with is either to be amended or rewritten. In fact, pieces of legislation that were clearly promised as priorities by Deputy Martin's party in government were only that - empty promises. The debates that we have had were requested by Members of the Opposition. We have had a number of those. We start with...

Office of the Attorney General (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2 and 3 together. The Office of the Attorney General is organised into two legal areas, one to provide legal advice and the other to produce legislative drafting. These two functions are supported by a shared administration service. The office constantly reviews its staffing resources, their organisation and workload and, as necessary, adapts to meet the...

Office of the Attorney General (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: The reason is that we have not yet agreed the changes in terms of Dáil reform. I want to see that happen and I will make it happen, but I want to discuss that with Deputy Martin's party, other parties and Members so that we can get agreement on how best to achieve that. It would be valuable that when heads of Bills are being produced by Ministers and presented to Cabinet, and being approved...

Office of the Attorney General (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: Go raibh maith agat.

Office of the Attorney General (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: Neither do I know of occasions where the Attorney General's advice has been published. The Attorney General has a constitutional responsibility to be the legal adviser to the Government. The Government takes that advice into consideration before it makes its decisions. I do not see any change in current practice that might require publication of the legal advice of the Attorney General to...

Office of the Attorney General (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I will have to report further to the Deputy on this matter. I took the opportunity to attend the legislation committee last week. I think it was the first occasion that any Taoiseach attended a legislation committee dealing with the Whips, the Attorney General and the Parliamentary Counsel. The "A" list of legislation which is published is a list of Bills that can be delivered in this...

Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 4 to 6, inclusive, together. The programme for Government sets out the Government's priorities and my statement to the House on 9 March nominating Ministers and setting out the restructuring of Departments reflected these priorities. The programme was adopted by the Government at its first meeting as the framework for its policy over the coming years....

Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: In the transfer of responsibilities and the establishment of new Departments, consideration must be given to all of this. The Minister of State, Deputy Róisín Shortall, deals with drugs and I am quite sure she will be prepared to have a comprehensive debate in the House whenever Members wish about the evolution of dealing with the drugs phenomenon, the difficulties this causes in so many...

Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I recognise this is a difficulty, which is precisely why the Government on my nomination created a senior Ministry to deal with children and youth affairs. Over the years, I have heard many examples of parents who were frustrated and driven to the point of despair trying to access facilities, resources and rights for their children, covering a broad spectrum. In many instances, they had to...

Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: The question was about the number of Ministers of State. This Government believes it should get a more effective response with a much smaller number of Ministers of State, who will have to do more work. The work being carried out by the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, in the mental health and older people areas is complementary to that of the Minister for Health and the Minister...