Results 1,521-1,540 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Written Answers — Third Level Completion Rates: Third Level Completion Rates (28 Sep 2005)
Enda Kenny: Question 1114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the drop out rates in each of the universities and institutes of technology in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24741/05]
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (29 Sep 2005)
Enda Kenny: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Defence the current level of assistance being given to the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25948/05]
- Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent developments in the Northern Ireland peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24216/05]
- Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the political parties in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24217/05]
- Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24218/05]
- Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach when he next expects to meet the British Prime Minister, Mr. Blair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24219/05]
- Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach when the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation will next meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24224/05]
- Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach when he next expects to visit the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24225/05]
- Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: Question 19: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the Colombian Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24521/05]
- Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach for that comprehensive reply in respect of Northern Ireland issues. This side of the House has accepted the word of General de Chastelain and the two clergymen with regard to the detail of what they saw being decommissioned. On foot of his meeting with General de Chastelain can the Taoiseach say whether the amount seen by the general and his colleagues as having been...
- Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: I am satisfied with the Taoiseach's clarification that the estimate was not actually provided by the Government, but by the Garda and Army intelligence. It may be possible at some future time to be given an idea of the estimate. Will the Taoiseach give the House an update, based on the briefings given to him, on what is happening in respect of the follow-up to the Northern Bank raid? Quite a...
- Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: It is well known the Taoiseach has a history of signing blank cheques. The latest episode of the blank cheque written for the PPARS system is his most spectacular to date, at least of those we know about. I expect many Government members will say they know little about the PPARS system. The personnel, payroll, and related systems software project was set up in 1998 with a budget of â¬9...
- Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: At least I did not falsify my degree.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: I have rarely heard such rubbish as the Taoiseach's defence of this system.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: He has blamed the consultants, he has blamed the health boards, he has blamed the workers and he has blamed the nurses for not working regular hours.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: He has blamed everybody except the Government. There have been three Ministers for Health and Children â Deputy Cowen, Deputy Martin and Deputy Harney â during the seven years in which the Taoiseach has sat in the Taoiseach's chair. They approved the budget for the system under discussion on an annual basis. They knew of and approved the increases in the Department of Health and...
- Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: Does the Taoiseach stand over this system? Why was the system not designed with the needs of those who will use it in mind? Can the Taoiseach confirm that contracts were sent out with the tender documentation, saying what the Department had estimated in the first place, what it wanted from the system and the conditions that applied to it? What were the incentives? What were the penalties that...
- Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: It is clear what should have happened. There should have been fixed price contracts. Conditions of contract should have been sent out with the tender documentation. Above all, there should have been oversight. The Minister for Health and Children of the day and the Taoiseach as the leader of the Government of the day should have accepted responsibility. None of those things happened, however....
- Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: It is even more shameful the Taoiseach and his Government will not accept an iota of responsibility for this debacle, which can be added to the litany of dishonour that has developed during the Administration's seven years in office. The Government prefers to shove responsibility to Professor Drumm and carry on regardless. Its ethics are "get in here and stay in here", but the people have a...
- Order of Business. (4 Oct 2005)
Enda Kenny: I note from the Government's legislation programme that under section B, Bills for which texts are being prepared, none of the proposed legislation is expected to be published until mid-2006. In respect of the planning and development (strategic national infrastructure) Bill, will the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government make a clarifying statement arising from his...