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Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is looking well since I met him in the street in Killarney. The Charities Act has been in operation since 2009 but the conditions are the subject of a debate in the Seanad tomorrow. The Minister supports that and I will have a response for the Deputy on the implementation of the conditions. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, has...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am glad the Deputy raised the issue because Deputy Rabbitte does not have any control over this. The television screens across Europe will go blank on the analogue system on 24 October.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is why well known personalities have been out to advise people to change over now in good time so that for those who follow television, the arrangement can be made and when the switch-over comes, they will have Saorview and if they want to go further, they will have other options.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: This matter was the subject of the presentation by the Minister of State, Deputy Alan Kelly at Cabinet some time ago. Given the range of legislation that had to be prioritised in the last session, it did not make it through but the Bill will be published early in this session. This is an important debate because we must ensure the cowboys in the industry are removed from it and prevented...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: There is no date for the publication of the human tissue Bill. I will send a report to the Deputy on the work underway on that legislation.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: I visited this company yesterday. On a county by county basis its warehouse is full of equipment that is decontaminated, wrapped, bar coded and ready to use. There are people across the country waiting for beds, hoists and wheelchairs who cannot get them while this warehouse is full of such equipment. The reason for that is the structure that was set up in the beginning was on a county...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure what the Deputy is getting at but the Minister extended the slurry spreading season by two weeks. Clearly, the issue of poor weather in the early part of the season had a direct impact on farming incomes. I am glad that towards the close of the season, the weather improved, and great work was done, both day and night, to gather crops as farmers always do.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: The committee dealing with the A, B and C v. Ireland case was granted an extension to provide its report, which I understand is towards the end of September. As I said in reply to earlier questions, Clare County Council is merely inquiring from applicants for third level grants whether their households have paid the household charge.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: This session.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy should go back to Kilbaha and clear his head. There is no promised legislation on this matter.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: Clare County Council has queried applicants who have lodged claims for third level grants as to whether their households have paid the-----

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: There is not promised legislation. That is what the Deputy is supposed to raise on the Order of Business.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Bill will be published this session. There is clarity and accountability about the granting of licences and anything beyond them in respect of the development of natural resources.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: There will not be any comment from the Government until it has made its collective decision in respect of the property tax and that will deal with the matters the Deputy has quite rightly raised.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: There is no date for the publication of the housing Bill; it is quite a distance away. In respect of the Deputy's first question, Clare County Council has never suggested refusing anybody a grant. It inquired as to whether the household charge had been paid by the households of applicants.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: It never made any suggestion about refusing anything.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: This matter is being dealt with by the Garda Commissioner who is well aware of the implications of this incident and of the comments of the Minister for Justice and Equality who found these actions reprehensible in the extreme.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: There are no plans currently to undertake a review of the initiative to publicly advertise positions available on the boards of semi-State companies and statutory agencies.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Membership (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on the Children's Referendum comprises the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, the Minister for Justice and Equality, and the Attorney General. The Committee has met on two occasions to date - 23 August 2012 and 31 August 2012.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Adviser Appointments (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: Details of the Special Advisers employed by my predecessors, Brian Cowen and Bertie Ahern, in the five year period from 2007 to 2011, are set out in the following table. Year * Number of Special Advisers Former Taoiseach Responsible for Appointments 2011 6 Brian Cowen 2010 7 Brian Cowen 2009 7 Brian Cowen 2008 5 Bertie Ahern 2007 7 Bertie Ahern * Position as...