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Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The person whom Deputy MacDonald singled out for Sinn Féin treatment left the private sector on a salary of more than €200,000-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----to take up a temporary contract as adviser to the Minister for Social Protection, which position carries a salary of €129,000.

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: That is a drop in salary, which the Deputy could figure out if she subtracted €129,000 from €200,000.

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Government has nominated Mr. Kevin Cardiff, Secretary General at the Department of Finance for appointment to the European Court of Auditors. Mr. Cardiff will attend at hearings of the European Parliament and will, presumably, following his success there take up his job in March 2012. Mr. Eoin O'Shea's term of office will expire in February 2012. Mr. Cardiff carries with him a long...

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Committee of Public Accounts is not an appointing body for persons such as this. The Deputy will be aware that Secretaries General are the Accounting Officers for Departments and appear on a regular basis before Oireachtas committees. When the TLAC process has been concluded and a person has been nominated, I, and I am sure the person who will be successful, will have no difficulty with...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 76 and 80 together. Since March 2011 my Department engaged QTS Limited, to carry out an annual risk assessment and update the Department's 2011 Health & Safety Statement at a cost of €1,271. Procedures are in place in my Department for ensuring the expenditure undertaken on consultancy is necessary and that relevant guidelines are being followed.

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I have approved use of the Ministerial Air Transport Service on 24 occasions since 9 March. For the Deputy's information, in 2010, the Ministerial Air Transport Service was used on 93 occasions, on 126 occasions in 2009 and on 195 occasions in 2008.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only body under the aegis of my Department. NESDO has not informed me of any staffing difficulties which may impinge upon its ability to effectively oversee the spending of public funds.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only body under the aegis of my Department. An employment Control Framework is in place for NESDO and it currently employs 19.2 whole time equivalents. The questions of awaiting sanction to fill or retain positions do not arise.

Order of Business (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: All directives have to be implemented. The point raised by the Deputy is one that should always be taken into consideration but has not been in some instances in the past. Directives are required to be implemented within a ten-year period.

Order of Business (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am sure the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is cognisant of the implications of the directive in so far as they apply to Ireland. We have a bond and duty to implement the directive, and the Minister will be made aware of the Deputy's comments in that regard.

Order of Business (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett has become very biblical. He wants to know the date, the time and the hour. I know neither the date, the time nor the hour. However, I can tell him that the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill has been published and is awaiting Second Stage in the Dáil. That should happen within the next couple of weeks, but neither the Deputy nor I knows the...

Order of Business (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The heads of the housing Bill have not been produced yet and it has not come before the Government. When it does, I will tell the Deputy, and I might be able to give him a fix on that as well.

Order of Business (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I realise we did say this. Today marks the presentation of the fourth Bill to a committee at heads stage for political observations. The Bill dealing with upward-only rent reviews is expected later this session, and the Minister for Justice and Equality is working on it as a priority. I would like to think we could have a normal process in which Bills whose heads have been approved by the...

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: There is no lack of clarity about this. The Tánaiste, when speaking at the SIPTU conference, outlined the nature of the dialogue that will take place. Commencing in November, the Government will invite lead social partner organisations to bilateral meetings. That is clear. These meetings will involve senior Government Ministers, including the Tánaiste other Ministers and myself. Our...

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes, and we intend to continue that process.

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is not meant to be earth-shattering. However, we are not going to waste time in the fashion done before in which there were endless meetings with nothing coming out of them. In these cases, there will be bilateral meetings with fixed and focused agendas. The dialogue between the social groups, myself, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and lead Ministers will deal...

Ministerial Staff (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 and 6 together. There are 11 staff working in my private office. Eight of these staff are civil servants, two are my personal assistants and one is my personal secretary. There are five staff working in my constituency office. Three are based in Government Buildings, one of whom is a civil servant, while two are based in Castlebar. There are three staff...

Ministerial Staff (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: This is a case of changing the culture of what went on before. For Deputy Martin's information, I have spent very little time in my constituency office in the west. When I have, I have started at 7 a.m. for those who have a problem and want to see one of their local representatives. That means the early morning shift, as it were. The Government made a decision in March 2011 that staff...

Ministerial Staff (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Tá a fhios ag an Teachta go bhfuil laghdú an-mhór, suas le €800,000, i leith costas a bhain leis an iar-Rialtas. Tá fhios aige go maith freisin go bhfuil an bheirt chomhairleoirí speisialta ann agus go raibh siad ag obair leis an bpáirtí agus liom féin le fada an lá. Tá a fhios aige go bhfuil caipín curtha ar thuarascáil i leith seirbhíse poiblí suas go €200,000. Tá...