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Official Engagements (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: In answer to the Deputy's question, I am interested in results, and the savings to the Irish taxpayer as a consequence of the interest rate reductions have been substantial. I do not dictate the schedules for other European leaders, no more than they dictate ours. I had a bilateral meeting with the Finnish Prime Minister, which is a triple A rated country. Finland had inserted a clause in...

Official Engagements (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----French President. The Deputy's own schedule for the election was everywhere.

Official Engagements (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do not determine the schedule for the German Chancellor, but she had a very substantial vote in her favour in the Bundestag last week in respect of the EFSF, and that is significant. I will let the Deputy know when the meeting is agreed, as I will for any other formal bilateral meeting. The French President invited me to go to Paris, following the last meeting in Brussels, and we are in...

Order of Business (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re by-election for Dublin West; and No. 1, Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad] - Second Stage. Private Members' business shall be No. 28, motion re closure of Army barracks.

Order of Business (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I have never said I would not participate in the debate. However, as the Minister for Finance has just returned from the ECOFIN meeting and a specific request has been made on a number of occasions for this kind of debate, it is important that he should keep us informed as to the up-to-date position. I understand Greece is funded until November which would require that a decision be made by...

Order of Business (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Work is under way on the Bill in question which will be published in this session. As the Deputy knows, as part of the great change that has occurred in the Houses of the Oireachtas, we allow Private Members' Bills to be debated on Fridays. The Deputy's party has taken up the option of having the first Private Members' Bill discussed this Friday. The Government will not oppose on Second...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: No staff aged 63 years or older have been promoted in my Department in the past 10 years.

Written Answers — Cabinet Sub-Committees: Cabinet Sub-Committees (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 79 and 80 together. The Government agreed in April this year to establish a number of Cabinet Committees, including one on Public Service Reform. The Committee held its first meeting on 13 July and is scheduled to meet again at the end of October. The Committee is comprised of: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Convenor) Tánaiste and Minister...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Under the terms of an initiative introduced by the Department of Finance in August 2001, my Department pays the salary of secretarial assistants employed by former Taoisigh, up to the maximum of the Higher Executive Officer (standard) scale. The initiative provides that a former Taoiseach may employ two secretarial assistants for a period not exceeding five years from the date when s/he was...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The following table details spend by my Department on Public Relations and External Advisors from 2002 to 2011. The details also include consultancy expenditure recouped from the Change Management Fund which has transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform between 2002 and 2010. Year Spend on Consultancy Spend on PR Department Change Management Fund 2002 €428,795...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 83 and 85 together. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will supply the Deputy with the information requested in relation to my Department in his written response to question numbers 283 and 285 which are also for answer today. I have asked the National Economic & Social Development Office, which is the only non-commercial State agency under my...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The data on the numbers of retired civil servants in the ranges of pension, which has been supplied to my Department by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, is detailed in the table below. I have asked the National Economic & Social Development Office (NESDO), which is the only non-commercial State agency under my aegis, to provide the Deputy with the corresponding relevant data...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only agency under the aegis of my Department. Details of the membership NESDO's constituent body, the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), are set out in the table beneath. None of the members receive remuneration in respect of their membership of the Council. My Department does not hold information on other board...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The following table details the total paid to suppliers that provided an external professional service to my Department within the past 12 months, 1st September 2010 to 31st August 2011: Supplier Name Amount paid between 1st September 2010 to 31st August 2011 Mazars €2,500 Mercer (Ireland) Ltd €23,595 Indecon €13,930 Creative Ad Limited €1,283 JDK Design €115 Ashville Media...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (4 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: There are five staff working in my Constituency Office. Three staff are based in Government Buildings, one of whom is a civil servant, while two are based in Castlebar. The total salary cost of these staff in the first 100 days following my appointment was €89,130.

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: No, I do not. As the Deputy is aware, the Ministers for Public Expenditure and Reform and Finance announced the establishment of NewERA and the appointment of Dr. Eileen Fitzpatrick as its director. It is true that NewERA was the subject of a fundamental commitment given in the programme for Government and the relevant Ministers have been working very hard to set that programme in place and...

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The record shows that some of the comments the Deputy mentioned were made, but we are now talking about the programme for Government and how Government assesses it. We have set up NewERA within the NTMA with a particular responsibility. Dr. Fitzpatrick is eminently qualified to carry out this task and I have no doubt she will do an outstanding job.

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The NewERA concept was always about the opportunities that presented themselves to sell State assets that were not necessary for strategic State ownership, and to use the resources of those sales for investment in infrastructure and the creation of jobs. When the NewERA concept was launched, the extent of money in the National Pension Reserve Fund was somewhat different than it is now, and...

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----the time lines that might be involved, the economic impact and so on, and this will go back to the Government and we will reflect on that. Nobody in the Government has ever said that there will be a fire sale of State assets. These are always to be done at the appropriate time, when the Government considers it prudent to do so.

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: In accordance with the memorandum of understanding, it will be necessary to negotiate with the troika on the amount of funds raised from the sale of any State asset which can be used for infrastructure, job creation and job initiatives, as distinct from throwing it into debt reduction.