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Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: What was the question?

Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I can answer "Yes" to the latter question from Deputy Harrington. I commend Sinn Féin for its participation in, and valid contribution to, the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children. If we do nothing else over the next number of years, we should be able to focus on providing a platform for all the children of this island to be able to compete with their peers...

Departmental Staff (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: There has been no increase in the number of staff currently working in the Government Information Service. The number of staff in the GIS, which includes the Government press office, the communications office and the Government's news website Merrionstreet.ie is 19, 13 of whom are civil servants. There are two journalism graduates on contract and the remaining four, which include the...

Departmental Staff (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy made the valid statement that he was not interested in a Punch and Judy show - nor am I. As he knows, the current GIS has grown from the early days when there were only two major broadsheets to a point now when instantaneous information is available through a whole range of press releases, e-mails, podcasts and webcasts, text messages and so on. From that point of view, what is...

Departmental Staff (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: The media do not want to wait until 11 p.m. for an answer. If the Deputy ever becomes a Minister, he might find himself in a situation where he is involved in one meeting or another and media sources are looking for answers immediately. At that point one of his press staff might say, "This is what the Minister wants to say." In some cases a spokesman may be attributed. Sometimes I cannot...

Departmental Staff (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I can confirm that the Government press website, www.merrionstreet.ie, no longer carries any Government propaganda.

Departmental Staff (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: If Deputy Gerry Adams has left the past behind, he should be in Dublin Castle this evening.

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: As the Deputy is aware, the report of the review group on State assets and liabilities was recently presented to the Government. The Government is considering the findings of the report and its extensive recommendations in detail. As stated in the programme for Government, assets will only be sold when market conditions are right and adequate regulatory structures have been established to...

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I attend the economic management council with the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Minister for Finance and the Minister with responsibility for public expenditure and reform. Any question of that nature will come before the council which is a Cabinet sub-committee. The Cabinet must also give its approval to any proposals coming from any Minister on the potential...

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: A strategic asset would be the transmission system for the ESB or the gas lines. These are strategic assets that are of importance to the State. Non-strategic assets are not absolutely essential to the economic well-being and continuation of the State. A number are listed by Mr. Colm McCarthy in his report. Under appropriate market conditions and having made a decision on what is a...

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I will send the Deputy a list of what I consider to be non-strategic assets.

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I will be crystal clear for Deputy Boyd Barrett. The decision rests with the Cabinet and the Dáil. The programme for Government is what we have set out to implement during this Government's term of office and it is very clear. It states that the Government will give effect to the sale of non-strategic State assets to the tune of €2 billion over this Government's lifetime. The...

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister is dealing with this.

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is not to mislead the House at all.

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am aware of the wording in the document. I am also aware that the Minister with responsibility was a party to the negotiations. The Minister for Finance and the Minister for public expenditure have an agreement with the troika that in respect of any individual sale of a non-strategic State asset, on a case by case basis that can be considered for investment in job creation. That is the...

Business of Dáil (19 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: Expressions of sympathy on the death of former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald shall be taken now, and on the conclusion of the expressions of sympathy, the Dáil shall adjourn forthwith until 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 24 May 2011.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (19 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I was informed earlier this morning of the death of a former colleague and friend, Dr. Garret FitzGerald. As Taoiseach and as leader of the Fine Gael Party, I extend our sympathy to his children John, Mark and Mary and to his extended family. Dr. Garret FitzGerald was a truly remarkable man who made a truly remarkable contribution to Ireland. As Taoiseach, Minister and leader of Fine Gael,...

Official Engagements (24 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Question Nos. 1 to 9, inclusive, 33 and 34 together. I held a wide ranging discussion with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron on 18 April in Downing Street. As I outlined in my reply to parliamentary questions in this House on 19 April, this included an exchange of views and experience in dealing with our economic problems. In that context, we discussed job...

Official Engagements (24 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy raises several issues. The question of jobs is central to the development and strengthening of the economies of both Ireland and Great Britain. In that context, the Deputy will be aware the British Prime Minister circulated a document at the Heads of Government meeting on the development of the Internal Market and the capacity of Europe to perform much better and more strongly in...

Official Engagements (24 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do not have the authority to instruct that Government to supply information in other files. I am sure the Deputy raised the matter when he was in the Department of Foreign Affairs. I would like to think, as I gave an undertaking to the House, that we will continue to work in this area. The Tánaiste met the Justice for the Forgotten group and explored this issue in some detail. As a...