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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Redeployment (6 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: In 2009, three posts in my Department engaged in the work of the Information Society Commission which now comes within the remit of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources were redeployed to that Department. The posts involved were one Principal Officer, one Assistant Principal Officer, and one Higher Executive Officer. As some functions regarding the Information...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Redeployment (6 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Arising from the commitment in the Programme for Government a new EU Co-ordination Division was established in my Department with personnel from my Department’s existing EU and International Division and 20 staff from the EU Affairs Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, comprising 11 staff who were permanently redeployed to my Department and 9 staff who were...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland Issues (6 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 and 156 together. The Department of the Taoiseach does not have a North South Cooperation Unit as such. The Northern Ireland Section which has been in existence in the Department for many years continues to support me on all matters relevant to Northern Ireland and plays an important role in co-ordinating matters relating to North South Co-operation...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (6 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: The table below sets out the list of suppliers to my Department of professional services, where professional services withholding tax has been applied, and the total paid from 1 March 2011 to end June 2012, including professional services withholding tax, according to my Department's Financial Management System. Vendor Name Total Paid DESIGN FACTORY €17,552.10 FIONA SHERIDAN...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (6 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: The table below provides details of external reports commissioned by my Department from March 2011 to end September 2012. Name of Consultant Details of Report Commissioned € QTS Limited Health and Safety Consultancy Health and Safety Statement 2011 € 1,270.50 QTS Limited Health & Safety Consultancy - Health and Safety Statement 2012 € 1,270.50

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (6 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: No staff who retired from my Department before March 2011 have been rehired.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Sector Pay (6 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Staff in my Department and the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), which is the only agency under its aegis, are not eligible to claim the Gaeltacht allowance as they are based in Dublin only. Consequently no costs arose for my Department or NESDO during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Numbers (6 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: No staff in my Department or the National Economic and Social Development Office, which is the only agency under the aegis of my Department, are currently employed on a roster basis.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (6 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: No retired public servants have been re-hired in an established position by my Department or the National Economic and Social Development Office, which is the only agency under the aegis of my Department. However, one person who previously retired from the Public Service is employed in an unestablished position by my Department. The employment contract of the person concerned will cease...

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Every time the Deputy raises an issue about matters to do with the elderly and disabled, there is an immediate emotional contact. It is true that this is a very difficult area in which to make any kind of adjustment without individual difficulties arising. I understand that. I meet such circumstances myself and I have had occasion to have queries about individual cases raised where...

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: The current activity in the Deputy's county delivers over 82,000 hours per month over the plan already agreed for 2012. The Cork city team and management of professional staff are working so that it can be realised in a measured and appropriate manner. It is not a case of simply having a blanket reversal but rather making an adjustment which is not without difficulty for some people. For...

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: I invite Deputy Martin to send me the details of the particular case he mentioned in west Cork.

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes. We know about the Deputy's cases as well. I do not know the details-----

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not know the details of the provider who is providing the service in that case.

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not know the extenuating family circumstances. I invite Deputy Martin to send the details to me and we will see. I am not standing up-----

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: We know all of that. Deputy Martin mentioned a specific case that he says is horrendous. As far as I am concerned, the elderly woman in west Cork who is disabled and who needs medical attention should get it on the assessment carried out by the professional teams of the HSE.

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Two reviews have been carried out already this year. In each case, all of these circumstances can vary from house to house, from person to person or from family circumstances to family circumstances. Is that person receiving home care assistance outside of the home help service? What other elements of health provision for that person are being received? I do not know. I invite the Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: As far as I am concerned, having spoken with the Minister for Health and the HSE about this, in the assessment of needs that are carried out by professional people in providing this service, where there is a medical assessment required and where there is a medical need, that person is not going to be left without a service.

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: All Deputy Martin wants is to say "Reverse all these things". In this case, that woman is living in west Cork this morning. If she needs medical assistance through some form or other of this scheme-----

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----then that is the assessment to be given to her.