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Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: In you or your Government, that is correct.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: We agree you should go.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Where are the Green Party Ministers?

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Go now, go. Leave.

Consultancy Contracts (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach if he will report on the recent work of the Committee in his Department that oversees the awarding of public relations contracts by Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30254/10]

Consultancy Contracts (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The July 2008 statement by the Minister for Finance indicated that all expenditure by Departments and agencies on consultancies, advertising and public relations would be reduced for the remainder of that year and by at least 50% in 2009. I note from the Taoiseach's departmental Estimates that consultancies went up from just over €3,000 in 2009 to €70,000 in 2010. Given the Department...

Consultancy Contracts (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: There are three questions. The question from Deputy Gilmore refers to the supervision by the Taoiseach's Department of public relations contracts. Radio advertisements were placed last year by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government notifying the public about areas of special protection in coastal areas in Dublin. This cost the taxpayer €23,000. This was only one...

Consultancy Contracts (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Is there a public relations contracts committee in existence or is this a free-for-all? I understood there was a committee which dealt with contracts to be awarded to public relations companies by Ministers or their Departments. I made the point previously that the House has been vacated by Government for major announcements; they have taken place everywhere but here. There is a Government...

Consultancy Contracts (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Yes. In a case I heard about recently, a family that had returned from Boston could not fish because they could not get tonnage, could not cut turf because they were in an SAC area, could not build a house within sight of the sea, and could not graze sheep on the mountain because of SAC restrictions. What in the name of God are we at? Yet the Taoiseach is spending public money on promoting...

Public Service Reform (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the OECD Report on the Irish Public Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30255/10]

Public Service Reform (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Page 38 of the report from the OECD states that for real change to take place in the public service there must be a culture of change embedded in the service. Does the Taoiseach believe a culture of real change exists there? What is his vision for the public service five years from now?

Public Service Reform (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I believe in a public service that has a clear strategy and one in which all public servants can feel they contribute to the good of their country and the welfare of their community when they go home from work. The Taoiseach said no reduction in services has taken place with the lessening of numbers of public servants. How can this be if, for example, 600 psychiatric nurses have gone with...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Transport if he plans to abolish the CIE holding company; the annual cost of this company to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42684/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 352: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if area aid payments have been continuously issued to a herd number (details supplied) since the start of 2008; if area payments are still being made; the method of payment and if payment is still being claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42450/10]

Financial Stability Development in Ireland and Elsewhere: Statements (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: There is nothing new in what the Taoiseach announced compared to what we have heard already. Ireland is on the front page of major international newspapers again today for all the wrong reasons. The country is on the airwaves of our nearest neighbour again today for all the wrong reasons. Let us be clear that it is not because the bond markets, the EU or the international media have lost...

Financial Stability Development in Ireland and Elsewhere: Statements (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: We are the only party with clear plans to rescue Ireland from the tsunami of misery this Government and the Taoiseach's party has visited upon the nation. We have not, would not and will not try to sweeten the bitter pill Fianna Fáil and the Green Party has forced this country to swallow. That bitter pill is the potential loss of a key aspect of our cherished freedom. This Government will...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Speaking in 1959, Seán Lemass stated "the historical task of this generation is to consolidate the economic foundations of our political independence". The Taoiseach and the Government have politically betrayed our country. They have led down the founding fathers of their own party, they have let down those who fought to achieve Irish independence and, by their actions, they have now...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: It is our job as politicians to determine what solutions exist and to make decisions accordingly. This Government's gross inability to lead the country has resulted in the most shambolic mismanagement of the people's affairs since the foundation of the State.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The outright dishonesty of what happened during the past week, with Minister after Minister proclaiming that all is rosy in the garden, is a far remove from the reality on the streets of Ireland.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Will the Taoiseach make a clear statement of truth about what has gone on during the past fortnight? The Taoiseach partially opened the books in the Department of Finance but no Opposition party has had any word from the Department of the Taoiseach about the most potentially catastrophic consequences for our country. Will the Taoiseach tell the people what has been going on during the past...