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Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: I am sure that when the Ceann Comhairle sat on this side of the House, he was aggressive in asking questions.

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: They were being carefully tracked.

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach should take a chance on this.

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: When?

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Prepositions are very important.

Code of Conduct. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he has plans to amend the code of conduct for office holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24239/05]

Code of Conduct. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: What is the Taoiseach's view of Ministers or Ministers of State endorsing particular brands of commercial products? The Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Parlon, endorsed a brand of animal feed in the Irish Farmers Journal during the summer. Is that recognised as being within the code of conduct? I understand he supported calf nuts. He appeared with a bag of this...

Code of Conduct. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Perhaps it should have been the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, Deputy Brendan Smith. Is it acceptable to the Taoiseach that they should engage in that type of activity? Is that allowed under this Administration's code of conduct?

Leaders' Questions. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: In welcoming the Australian delegation, I hope they get a flavour of the mood of the country about the second international rules test on Friday. We are under some pressure. A number of issues could be raised here today but I have been handed the Ferns report in the past 30 minutes. It deals with sexual abuse in the Ferns diocese. This is an horrific account of appalling abuse, systemic...

Leaders' Questions. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: I am sure the detail in the report is absolutely scandalous and brings shame on a civilised society. I repeat that it is very necessary that this legislative body enact swiftly measures to ensure the future safety of young boys and girls and children in general. We have heard promises for quite a long time about legislation to establish a register of persons considered unsafe to work with...

Order of Business. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Most people's sense of dignity was offended last weekend by the headlines carried without foundation in many newspapers on the circumstances in which a former Member of this House, Mr. Liam Lawlor, died tragically. The defamation Bill is listed for publication in early 2006. Is it intended that this date will stand or are we on line for the publication of the Bill, which will deal with...

Order of Business. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: ——clinics and hospitals all over the country. If the HSE is entirely independent, how do we have a situation whereby Government Deputies and Senators——

Order of Business. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: It does arise.

Order of Business. (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Either the HSE is independent or it is not. Every local radio station — good for them — can announce little grants in which they had no function whatsoever, if that is a matter for the HSE. Is it independent?

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the files which have been requested from his Department by the Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24245/05]

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 received by him for each year since the Act's inception; the number of internal reviews requested and granted or refused in each year to date in 2005; the charges levied in each year by him; the subsequent reduction in charges; the number of...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 212: To ask the Taoiseach the number of households in each Gaeltacht area where it is estimated that Irish is spoken on a full-time basis as an every day language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30648/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) who was made redundant following the abolition of the National Rehabilitation Board in 2000 and who was subsequently deemed to be owed an abolition of office pension by the High Court has to date not received any payment from the Health Service Executive, the successor to the ERHA...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has not received payment from the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30037/05]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be available in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30656/05]