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Departmental Staff (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy will recall that at the first Question Time in this Dáil I suggested that we might do away with one of the ordinary questions to the Taoiseach because such questions come up very often on a rota basis, as the Deputy is well aware. I was asking the same questions repeatedly for nine years when I was in opposition. Following this restructuring, the Department of the Taoiseach will...

Departmental Staff (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The programme for Government is an agreement between Fine Gael and the Labour Party to bring about a situation whereby we rectify our public finances, sort out our banks and provide opportunities for people for the future in a country of which we can all be proud. It is a document, as Deputy McDonald is aware, of both parties and not one which belongs to a single party, something to which...

Departmental Staff (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I cannot comment on what commentators may say or whatever interpretation they put on words. We are not mixed up between personalities and shoes here, like the Deputy was in a recent comment she made in the House.

Departmental Staff (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: In any event, as far as I am concerned the essential job of the Taoiseach in this context is to see that the programme for Government is implemented as rationally, logically and smoothly as possible. Some Departments are very big and have enormous responsibilities. Ministers are finding evidence on a daily basis of decisions which were announced with nothing to back them up, which sometimes...

Northern Ireland Issues (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8 to 14, inclusive, together. The Dáil debate on 17 May on a motion on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings, which was agreed by all parties in the House, requests this Government to continue in its endeavour to seek a resolution to this issue. The Government is committed to doing so. As the House will be aware, I raised this matter during my broad discussion with...

Northern Ireland Issues (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is saying that what cost the taxpayer €6.1 million between the Barron inquiry and the MacEntee commission of investigation is a cover-up. There was a very significant, lengthy and detailed examination of these issues by Mr. Justice Hamilton and Mr. Justice Barron, a full and thorough inquiry by an Oireachtas committee and a full commission of investigation was conducted by...

Northern Ireland Issues (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I have just made the point in response to previous questions that I will be happy to talk to the British Government about records it may have, or which were transferred to it, or which were removed to locations in Britain in respect of the 1916 to Civil War period. I will continue to raise the question of releasing these files or whatever relevant material is there. I supported the...

Northern Ireland Issues (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I can. I have already told Deputy Martin that I will continue to raise this matter at every opportunity I get. I noted the statement made by Deputy McDonald's party leader, Deputy Adams, today in respect of the Smithwick tribunal. This is an important statement because it clearly states that the Sinn Féin Party was in a position to influence volunteers who were previously members of the...

Northern Ireland Issues (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I put it to the Deputy that if that is the case and that influence has clearly been proven, surely it would be in her party's interest to continue to encourage volunteers who are members of the IRA to produce the evidence about the death of Jean McConville, Jerry McCabe or others.

Northern Ireland Issues (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I will continue to raise the issue with the British Government. Can Deputy McDonald give me a commitment that she will continue to raise it with the volunteers who came forward to the Smithwick tribunal?

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I share the Deputy's sentiments in respect of the loss of life and the 22 families that have lost loved ones because of this outbreak of E. coli. It is a matter of great concern to consumers and producers throughout the European Union. The most recent indications are that approximately 2,000 have taken ill because of the outbreak of the infection. Let me assure the Deputy that the...

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The authorities here are monitoring the situation closely. The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is in attendance at the emergency meeting. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland is in constant contact with the Commission and food safety authorities in all member states. The information on prevention of E. coli and updates in respect of this outbreak is constantly updated. No...

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: It may be necessary to do so. All the agencies are interlinked, they are in constant contact and they are being vigilant about this. There is no complacency in so far as Government is concerned.

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am sure the Deputy empathises, as I do, in respect of the difficulties, the emotional trauma and the personal difficulties of many of the people involved in the Magdalene laundries and what they went through. The Deputy is also aware that this goes back to before the turn of the last century. The United Nations Committee Against Torture, UNCAT, issued its concluding observations...

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do not speak for UNCAT and I did not determine 6 June as the date on which it would publish its report. From the import of the Deputy's question she wanted the Minister for Justice and Equality to respond with a Government decision between yesterday and this morning. The Minister, on behalf of the Government and the House, is entitled to consider the detail of the UNCAT report and to...

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice and Equality intends to bring the memorandum to the Government as soon as possible. By that I mean inside a very short time.

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is the same old story from Joe. The record is playing relentlessly. Arrogance is not a characteristic that is either genetically endowed or politically acquired by the members of this Government in the past 100 days. In respect of school buildings, the Minister, Deputy Quinn, lives in the land of reality and has been one of the few Ministers for Education to state the facts of life in...

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has very selective hearing if I may say so. He must have been either driving or running when listening to the "This Week" radio programme on Sunday because that is not what the Minister, Deputy Bruton, stated. He stated that in accordance with the programme for Government, it is necessary to consider the question of reform of the JLCs and the Minister is involved in discussions...

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: As for the Deputy's comments about the Minister, Deputy Quinn, he is dealing with the reality that for quite a number of years, huge sprawling developments took place in respect of residential houses, accommodation units, apartments and so on nationwide. In many cases, this was done with no conception that children eventually would inhabit many such houses-----

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----with a consequential requirement for school buildings and sites. In common with other Members of the Government parties, I have spent endless hours dealing with community councils, boards of management and people who are distraught because in the so-called Celtic tiger years, small patches of ground rose to exorbitant and excessive amounts or were being deemed fit for school sites and...