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Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Office pays for staff membership of the following organisations: Organisation Memberships in 2011 Law Society 109 Irish Centre for European Law 1 Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development 3 Irish Agresso User Group 1 British and Irish Association Law Librarians 1 Association of Chartered Certified Accountants 1 In 2011 the Office paid €11,858 in relation to these memberships.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The work outsourced by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions under the category general operative mainly involves the provision of internal and external mail delivery and collection services and the operation of general office machinery such as franking, guillotine and shredding machines. When plans to move the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to a single site have...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The following lists show the amounts paid by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to Counsel and to State Solicitors in each of the past five years. There are some differences between the totals of the list of fees to individual barristers shown below and the totals of amounts broken down by Court type supplied in the answer to a question from the Deputy on 27 March. For 2010...

Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: Parliamentary Questions relating to the proposed water charge should be addressed to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, who has responsibility in the matter.

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not sit on any formation of the EU Council of Ministers. I am a member of the European Council, which is a separate institution. I attended all meetings of the European Council in the period in question.

Written Answers — Legal Services: Legal Services (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: Seventy nine Senior Counsel have been briefed in 334 cases since January 2011 to end March 2012 while 235 Junior Counsel have been briefed on 2,400 cases in the same period. It should be noted that both Senior and Junior Counsel may be engaged in the same case. The following table shows the breakdown of counsel briefed: Number of cases Senior Counsel 35 1 18 1 17 1 14 2 13 1 11 1 10...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: No retired civil servants have been re-employed by my Department.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: No public servants who have retired from my Department have been re-employed.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only State Agency under the aegis of my Department. The NESDO was established under the NESDO Act 2006 and is the body corporate for the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). NESDO has a limited internship scheme in place for graduates in the general areas of economics, commerce and social sciences. Because of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: No retired public servant is working in an established position in my Department or the National Economic and Social Development Office, which is the only agency under the aegis of my Department. One person who previously retired from the public service is employed in an unestablished position by my Department and is paid an annual salary of €119,795 per annum. The employment contract of...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: Today is national job shadow day in respect of people in supported employment and I would like the House to recognise Cian O'Connor, who is shadowing me in my work in the Department of the Taoiseach. I happen to be one of hundreds of people being shadowed by people in supported employment and it is a good thing to do.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure in whose shadow Deputy McGrath walks. The question asked by Deputy Martin was why the Government did not accept the PwC in respect of setting up Irish Water. The Government considered the future resource of water and how it should be used quite some time ago. PwC was given the responsibility of producing a report in respect of the options. The Government considered it more...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: We will have a debate on Thursday on this matter. Essentially, the question asked in this regard was what was the best thing to do in respect of dealing with water, water resources and the provision of water for the years ahead. The PwC report set out its view and the Government looked at the PwC report and read it, unlike some previous Ministers in previous Governments who did not read...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The decision of the Government was clear. It was to set up Irish Water under Bord Gáis Éireann as a public utility.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: While PwC made the report, that report was not accepted from that aspect by the Government and it decided to do it on the basis of setting up a public utility with an existing State agency with a clear track record of high competence.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: We will have the debate here on Thursday.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure where the Deputy's leader is today, the leader of the "No" campaign.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: I will deal with the Deputy's last question first. I understand that Deputy Pringle has decided to initiate proceedings in the High Court which include the seeking of an order to compel the State to hold a referendum on the ESM. He is also challenging the process to amend articles of the Lisbon treaty. Deputy Ó Caoláin should be well aware that the ESM is a funding arrangement and that...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----they must make on 31 May which is the most important decision the Irish people will make in a very long time because it is about our future, our country's future and our children's future. Deputy Ó Caoláin seeks to challenge this referendum in the court, on the basis that the Government is not acting in accordance with the McKenna judgment. On this occasion, unlike any other previous...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----promote a very strong "Yes" campaign on the basis of asking the people on 31 May for their authorisation to ratify the treaty because of its importance to the Irish economy, to the future of our country and the future of every worker, business and person in the country. We make no apology for this. The treaty wording is being delivered to every household, together with a factual...