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- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: The Economic Management Council reports to me, as Taoiseach, and to the Tánaiste in the context of determining the issues with which the council has to deal. Decisions made at the Economic Management Council will go before Cabinet and, obviously, Cabinet matters and decisions are confidential. Of course, when Government makes decisions, they become public and Ministers answer for the...
- Freedom of Information (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14 and 15 together. One request from a Member of the Oireachtas was received in my Department from 9 March 2011 to 31 August. The answer was issued within the freedom of information timeframe and was part-granted. The functions relating to freedom of information are carried out in the Department by statutorily designated officials, as envisaged in the Acts,...
- Freedom of Information (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: I have no intention-----
- Freedom of Information (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: I want----
- Freedom of Information (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his clarification.
- Freedom of Information (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for clarifying a process that has been in situ for a great number of decades.
- Freedom of Information (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: It is Deputy Martin who should withdraw his ludicrous charge. If his questions are placed more accurately in respect of the responsibilities of the Department of the Taoiseach, they will be answered.
- Freedom of Information (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: The clear impression Deputy Martin gave is the Taoiseach was attempting to influence the Ceann Comhairle to transfer questions to other Departments. The system, as has been outlined by the Ceann Comhairle to the Deputy, has been in situ for a long time, as his own record proves. I am unsure what is biting him regarding the secret of Fatima-----
- Freedom of Information (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: ----- in so far as the Van Rompuy text is concerned. He should at least recognise the interest rate reductions that have been brought about under the EFSF and EFSM are of significant proportions to the Irish people and taxpayers. While President Van Rompuy made a suggestion regarding a compromise in a difficult situation, it was not in a text that was circulated generally and I have no...
- Freedom of Information (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin has been talking about questions being transferred from the Department of the Taoiseach to other Departments. Questions Nos. 14 and 15, which are in his name, pertain to freedom of information requests. I have answered that directly. A single request was received from the Deputy at my Department between 9 March and 31 August. It was nothing to do with the transfer of...
- Freedom of Information (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: The public also knows that there are very significant interest rate reductions, something to which the Deputy referred many times during his supplementary question.
- Freedom of Information (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: Those interest rate reductions have achieved a saving of â¬1 billion every year. The Deputy will not recognise that.
- Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: To date the total expenditure by my Department on the visit by President Obama is â¬125,838. Of this total spent on catering was â¬14,483. The projected cost of the visit of President Obama is approximately â¬600,000. The main area of expenditure was the organisation of the large-scale public event in College Green. To date the total expenditure by my Department on the visit by Queen...
- Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: I cannot believe the Deputy is serious. The Minister for Justice and Equality indicated the overall cost of the Garda operation arising from the State visits of President Obama and Queen Elizabeth II to be in the region of â¬36 million. As the Deputy is well aware, some very unruly characters and dangerous organisations threatened to inflict their agendas on the Irish people.
- Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: No, in fairness the Deputy told his people to be very peaceful. I want him to understand that if he wants specific answers with the details of that nature, I am quite sure the Minister for Justice and Equality will answer them in some detail. The Deputy's question concerned the expenditure by the Department of the Taoiseach and I have outlined the figure to the euro. At least â¬300 million...
- Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: The State and taxpayer have paid hundreds of millions of euro because of security requirements arising from the activities of illegal organisations in this country over the years.
- Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 and 18 together. There are no plans to publish a revised programme for Government and it is not intended to provide a progress report at the start of each new Dáil session.
- Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: Good.
- Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: I thought the Deputy might give that answer.
- Programme for Government (20 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: I do not want to give out about the IMF or the European Union, or the actions of the previous Government. The Deputy should know of some of the things the Government has done: it provided for a reversal of the cut in the minimum wage from 1 July; the lower rate of employers' PRSI was halved from 1 July; the VAT rate on tourism-related services was cut by one third from 1 July; the new...