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Order of Business (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: That will be introduced in the next few weeks.

Order of Business (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: Níl cinneadh déanta faoi sin. Níl an tuairisc sin léite agam ach má chuireann an Teachta ceist díreach ar an Aire, tabharfaidh sé freagra iomlán dó.

Order of Business (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is not listed for this session but I assure the Deputy that the structure and working of NAMA is under active consideration. As soon as the Government is in a position to bring forward whatever legislation it proposes, it will be published.

Order of Business (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am mindful of the sincerity with which the Deputy said that.

Order of Business (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: Mirabile dictu. I can inform Deputy Martin that the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government will bring forward the heads of his Bill in respect of corporate donations to Cabinet next week. The Ministers in their Departments responded to the request and the recommendations made by Moriarty. This will be brought forward as a matter of priority. For that reason and as...

Order of Business (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: A number of transfer orders have gone through the Cabinet in respect of changes in the titles and the responsibilities of different Ministries. The legislation in respect of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, for which the Minister, Deputy Howlin, has responsibility, will be before the Cabinet on Tuesday. The legislation dealing with the Minister with responsibility for...

Order of Business (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: This is a complex matter and the reason I have not tied a timeline to presenting to the people a referendum on children's rights is that it has got to be right. This is a sensitive issue. The Deputy will be aware that during the lifetime of the previous Government an all-party Oireachtas committee came forward with a specific wording, following its members from all parties having done a...

Twenty-Ninth Amendment to the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: First Stage (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: No.

State Visits (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I cannot give Deputy Clare Daly any more details of the plans around Mr. Obama's visit to Ireland because I do not have them. When the American President pays a visit to any country, members of his Administration travel there beforehand to discuss with the authorities the actual detail of where the President, and in the case of this visit to Ireland the First Lady, will travel. The event to...

State Visits (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: They will be published as soon as we know them.

State Visits (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I cannot recall anyone who is as disillusioning as Deputy Boyd Barrett, whatever he says. There are bright days in Ireland and good things happen in our country. I have never heard him mention the valuable works done by communities, even in his own constituency. He wants a straight answer to a straight question.

State Visits (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: He put out a figure that is not real.

State Visits (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I could ask Deputy Boyd Barrett if he can tell the House what he will spend on the next general election campaign, and he would not be able to answer me.

State Visits (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: Protests in which Deputy Boyd Barrett has been involved, which are perfectly legitimate, have accrued costs which might have gone towards providing computers in some of the schools he mentioned.

State Visits (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: Be that as it may, this is an opportunity for real investment. Voted money goes through the Cabinet each year for particular Departments, including the Department of Justice and Law Reform. It is entirely appropriate and normal when visitors with the global reach of Queen Elizabeth and the President of the United States come here that they would be properly protected. In this case, with...

State Visits (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Martin for his comments. I agree this is a very important visit in its own right and it gives Ireland the opportunity to present itself as being a traditional friend of the United States, with many links through social, cultural, political and business activities. For example, I hope to have the opportunity to open the €300 million extension to the Coca Cola plant in...

State Visits (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: As I understand it, President Obama will not visit Cork on this occasion. I am aware of his interest in Frederick Douglass and of Mr. Douglass's life and times. I had the opportunity when I was at the White House to present to President Obama a book in respect of Daniel O'Connell detailing references to Frederick Douglass. In fact, President Obama referred to people from Ireland who had...

Commemorative Events (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. Further to my response on this subject on 12 April, I have recently written to party leaders regarding the re-establishment of the Oireachtas consultation group in relation to the commemorative programme for the centenary anniversaries in the period to 2016. Subject to the responses received, I hope the group will be re-established in the...

Commemorative Events (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I confirm to Deputy Martin that it is the Government's intention and the intention of my Department that these commemorations should first be discussed in a broad sense, should be sensitive and should be co-operative, where that is appropriate. I look forward to receiving responses from other party leaders as to who they wish to nominate to the consultative group. I assure the Deputy it...

Commemorative Events (10 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I will give consideration to an appropriate appointment in respect of Northern Ireland. Obviously, the Ulster centenary committee consultation report was published and there were invitations to be associated with that. There may be a number of commemorations in which there might be a genuine willingness to have a joint commemoration and were that the case, that is fair enough. Others...