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Order of Business. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: ——get certificates of freight and, as a result, cannot work for county councils. This means job costs will rise and productivity will be lowered.

Order of Business. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Will the Minister clarify the position in this case?

Order of Business. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: It should be effective spending.

Corrib Gas Field: Statements. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: I am glad this debate is taking place. This has proven to be a most controversial proposal. It has generated a great deal of debate, information and knowledge and, in some cases, has tended to split communities. The debate has centred on a number of areas, from the issue of natural resources in general to the process by which planning permission was approved for the pipeline from the well...

Corrib Gas Field: Statements. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Does the Minister know the minimum operating pressure from the well head to the terminal?

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: I want to return to the issue of the failed €150 million PPARS computer system which the Taoiseach defended in the House yesterday. Before raising a number of matters to which the Taoiseach referred, I point out the difference between the briefing document given to him and the Tánaiste and their presentations on this system. The Taoiseach accused me yesterday of being dishonest in the...

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach should put down the shovel at this stage if he is to follow the old maxim of the late Denis Healey that when one is in a hole, one should stop digging. He has not answered the question as to whether he has given some instruction to the HSE, in its independence, to continue with this system. The Tánaiste said the Government would throw its hands up if found out and if things...

Social Partnership Agreement. (5 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the programme for Sustaining Progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24220/05]

Social Partnership Agreement. (5 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet with the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24221/05]

Social Partnership Agreement. (5 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent activities of the national implementation body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24223/05]

Social Partnership Agreement. (5 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: That is a comprehensive reply from the Taoiseach. I noted the report in The Irish Times outlining his concern about social partnership, arising from the actions of Irish Ferries. There seems to be an indication that he is taking legal advice on the matter of the State contribution to the company redundancy package. The report goes on to state the Taoiseach hinted at legislative change in this...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (5 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: I am pleased that Noreen, the wife of the late Liam Burke, as well as his sisters Mary and Kitty are in the distinguished visitors' gallery today. They are welcome, although I know that it is an occasion tinged with a degree of nostalgia and sadness for them all. Generally, the public have a dim view of politicians and the amount of work they do. However, every time we come together in this...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: I note the report that the HSE will implement a new subdivision of regions around the country. Will that come before the House or will it require legal effect? It is reported today that the HSE will have four hospital networks as distinct from the original concept of division around the country. Will that require debate here?

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (5 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his proposals to reduce the fees payable at tribunals. [26699/05]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (5 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Parents for Justice Limited group were neither consulted nor included in the drawing up of the terms of reference for the Madden inquiry as promised by her on 4 May 2005; the reason the inquiry has been restricted to include only children born alive but who died before the age of 12 years; if she will...

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: I congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I understand that on Tuesday he marked the anniversary of his 44th year of election to this House. We do not see that very often these days. He is looking fit and well on it.

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Regarding three areas where there has clearly been serious wastage of public money, PPARS at a cost €150 million, electronic voting at a cost €60 million and the e-lab project at a cost of €35 million, making a total of almost €250 million, can the Tánaiste confirm if the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey, is speaking for the Government...

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: It is the legislation governing the competence of Government. It has been promised a great deal outside.

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Minister said it was relatively very small. If he were to say that to the people in Mullingar who are waiting seven years for €10 million to finish off their hospital, they would give him his answer fairly fast.

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Will the Tánaiste give the House an update on a report referred to in today's newspaper regarding an investigation into a £13 million portfolio of property owned by the IRA in Manchester, and whether this has anything to do with the Northern Bank raid? Given the Tánaiste's confirmation that excessive charges were paid to consultants in the PPARS project and the serious revelations that...