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Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I cannot believe the Deputy is serious. The Minister for Justice and Equality indicated the overall cost of the Garda operation arising from the State visits of President Obama and Queen Elizabeth II to be in the region of €36 million. As the Deputy is well aware, some very unruly characters and dangerous organisations threatened to inflict their agendas on the Irish people.

Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: No, in fairness the Deputy told his people to be very peaceful. I want him to understand that if he wants specific answers with the details of that nature, I am quite sure the Minister for Justice and Equality will answer them in some detail. The Deputy's question concerned the expenditure by the Department of the Taoiseach and I have outlined the figure to the euro. At least €300 million...

Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The State and taxpayer have paid hundreds of millions of euro because of security requirements arising from the activities of illegal organisations in this country over the years.

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 and 18 together. There are no plans to publish a revised programme for Government and it is not intended to provide a progress report at the start of each new Dáil session.

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: Good.

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I thought the Deputy might give that answer.

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do not want to give out about the IMF or the European Union, or the actions of the previous Government. The Deputy should know of some of the things the Government has done: it provided for a reversal of the cut in the minimum wage from 1 July; the lower rate of employers' PRSI was halved from 1 July; the VAT rate on tourism-related services was cut by one third from 1 July; the new...

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----we have cut the number of Dáil committees; there has been the replacement of the board of the HSE, ahead of the introduction of legislation to abolish it; there have been reforms in respect of the Top Level Appointments Committee; additional staff have been allocated to the Garda vetting unit to tackle the backlog; in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food consultants have...

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----some €5 million has been allocated to alleviate difficulties in unfinished housing estates; there is a new national co-ordination committee to tackle the problem of ghost estates-----

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----we have established a forum on patronage and pluralism in schools-----

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----the "Write to Read" pilot scheme has been extended-----

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----the Ryan implementation oversight group is now chaired by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs-----

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----there is a new dialogue with NAMA-----

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----on the use of some empty buildings for cultural purposes; there is agreement with stakeholders that turf-cutting should cease on designated special area of conservation bogs, a new compensation scheme and a peatlands council-----

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----we approved the deployment of approximately 440 Army personnel to Lebanon at the end of June; there is a competition under way for the appointment of doctors to the Defence Forces medical corps-----

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and we introduced mandatory breath testing at the scene of accidents resulting in injury.

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: These are some of the decisions taken by the Government in the past 20 weeks.

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy McDonald will also be aware of the long list of items of legislation that must now be published which has been time-lined as a requirement of the memorandum of understanding with the troika. She will be a very busy young Deputy between now and Christmas, contributing to all of this legislation. I am sure she will study this partial list of achievements arising from decisions made by...

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I forgot to mention the retrofit programme under the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources-----

Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: ----- which has the potential to create 6,000 new jobs. I do not intend to publish a new programme for Government. Even Deputy Higgins will have heard some of the soundings from international commentators and some at home who said a few weeks ago the country was going over the edge. They now see us in a different place from many other countries in Europe. For the first time there is a...