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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 and 95 together. The table below details the amount of money paid by my Department to ICTU and individual trade unions in the past decade: Payments made to ICTU Year Amount paid Details 2004 €423 Refund of flight costs 2004 €20,000 ICTU launch of Information Campaign during the Irish Presidency 2004 2006 €640 Expenses refunded re...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: My Department received no National Lottery funding in 2009 or 2010.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), is the only agency under my Department's aegis. It was established on a non statutory basis in 2002 and was put on a statutory basis in 2006. There were 164 whole time equivalent (wte) staff employed in my Department in 1997. At the end of January 2011 there were 189.01 wte employed.

Written Answers — Consultancy Reports: Consultancy Reports (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The following table details consultancy reports commissioned by my Department from 2000 to end August 2011. Many of the recommendations in these reports have been acted upon and others continue to be under active consideration by the relevant Minister or Department. If any particular recommendation is of interest to the Deputy I will have the up to date position clarified for him. ...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The following table details the annual spend by my Department, in respect of Administration and Programme subheads, from 1997 to end of August 2011: Year Annual spend by Department€m 1997 €16.185 1998 €21.120 1999 €25.264 2000 €72.817 2001 €29.910 2002 €28.403 2003 €24.655 2004 €28.824 2005 €29.484 2006 €32.585 2007 €35.167 2008 €32.897 2009 €24.235...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only state agency under the aegis of my Department. The membership of the Board of the NESDO comprises the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). There are 33 members on the NESC. Members do not receive any remuneration in relation to their roles on the Board/Council so the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The following table details the total spend on Departmental credit cards over the past four years, and the amount that relates to entertainment expenditure: Year Total Spend Total Spend on Entertainment No of Cards 2008 €79,410.24 €22,460.89 29 2009 €28,809.55 €7,328.97 25 2010 €15,351.14 €2,982.48 19 2011 (Jan - Aug) €15,549.12 €2,370.98 8 There are eight Departmental...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100 to 102, inclusive, together. Details of the number and annual salaries of the Special Advisers and of those employed in the Private Offices and Constituency Offices of my Department are set out in the table beneath. 2009(as at 1/1/2009) 2009(as at 1/1/2009) 2010(as at 1/1/2011) 2010(as at 1/1/2011) 2011(as at 1/1/2011) 2011(as at 1/1/2011) Number of...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: My Department is acutely aware of the need to obtain value for money at all times and is fully committed to effective and efficient resource allocation and service provision. There is a continuing focus on achieving more efficiencies in IT spend and contracts coming up for renewal are reviewed with a view to consolidation wherever possible. Centrally negotiated framework agreements are also...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: Departmental submissions to the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure (CRE) are a central part of the overall pre-budget deliberations of the Government. As such, release of these documents could not be considered in advance of Government decisions on the forthcoming Budget. I would envisage that the reports submitted as part of the CRE process can be made available publicly following the...

Written Answers — Professional Fees: Professional Fees (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The total amount of professional fees paid by my Department from January to end August 2011 was €1,011,530.30. This includes spend of €1,270 under my Department's administrative budget, the remainder relates to the Moriarty Tribunal. A reduction of 25% would have equalled €252,882.58. It should be noted that following completion of its Second Report, the Tribunal's legal team was...

Written Answers — Constitutional Convention: Constitutional Convention (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: Work has commenced on the preparation of proposals for the establishment of the Constitutional Convention and, when ready, these will be considered by the Government. The proposals, which will address matters such as the structure, composition and working methods of the Convention, will be announced after they have been agreed by the Government.

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: Membership of the Oireachtas Consultation Group on Centenary Commemorations comprises Mr. Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Catherine Murphy and Maureen O'Sullivan and Senators Mary White and Mark Daly.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 to 111, inclusive, together. Under the terms of an initiative introduced by the Department of Finance in August 2001, my Department pays the salary of secretarial assistants employed by former Taoisigh. A former Taoiseach may employ two secretarial assistants for a period not exceeding five years. After the five year period has elapsed one secretarial...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The following payments were made in 2010 in respect of the production of reports by the Department of the Taoiseach: (A) Corporate Affairs Name of Report Type of Cost Cost Annual Report 2007(English and Irish)* Printing €825 Strategy Statement 2008-2010(English and Irish)* Printing €306 Annual Report 2008(English and Irish)* Design €1,815 Annual Report 2008(English and Irish)*...

Order of Business (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I cannot give the date or the exact time, but I can confirm that it is being drafted and will be published during this session.

Order of Business (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: Much of the legislation in this session is on a timeline owing to requirements of the memorandum of understanding with the troika. Some of these Bills are very comprehensive and quite complex. I did not want the usual situation where a long list of legislation would be put forward which in reality would not be published. If there are elements of this that are of concern to Deputies, there...

Order of Business (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister will report when he has concluded his deliberations on the comprehensive expenditure review. The Minister for Finance will be in contact with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform about his proposals to publish his fiscal programme for the next number of years.

Order of Business (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The matter of a judicial council is for a separate Bill. I can confirm that the legal services Bill is at a very advanced stage.

Order of Business (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: No.