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Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: Meteorological conditions.

Code of Conduct for Office Holders (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: It is like former Deputy Gerry Collins's reply to the late Deputy Oliver Flanagan here one day, when the convent in Mountmellick was robbed, and he produced meteorological reports to that effect.

Tribunals of Inquiry (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach the costs which have accrued to date to his Department in respect of the Tribunal Into Payments to Politicians and Related Matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30240/10]

Tribunals of Inquiry (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: We had some discussions about this previously and I am aware that a joint letter was sent to the sole member of the tribunal. Mr. Justice Moriarty has formally stated that his preference is to publish a single final report. Does the Taoiseach have any information from the tribunal on when the judge might be in a position to publish the final report?

Tribunals of Inquiry (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: Does the Taoiseach have an indication of the cost to the State of the tribunal in 2010? It was €4.1 million in 2008, and my reckoning is that it will be approximately €4 million this year. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General last year indicated that the final cost, including third-party costs, could be in the region of €100 million. Does the Taoiseach have an assessment...

Order of Business (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: When will the report on PPARS, which was prepared and given to the Minister for Health and Children, be published? When will the Minister for Education and Skills publish the report on institutes of technology, which has been on her desk for quite some time? When does the Taoiseach expect the minerals development Bill to be ready for publication?

Order of Business (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: A nod or a wink.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: The health system is a failure. When the HSE was set up, the people of the country were promised a world-class health system. These were the very words spoken by the Minister for Health and Children. We have world-class doctors and nurses but we do not have a world-class system to support them. We are now told by the Minister for Health and Children that the cut expected in the budget...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: That is of little consolation to the people of the country. I asked that the Taoiseach, irrespective of the cuts made in the health budget, can give a guarantee front line services will not be cut. The reason I ask is that front line services save lives. Two weeks ago, Fine Gael tabled a motion in the name of Deputy James Reilly. We listed many actions that could be taken by the...

Ministerial Appointments (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach the appointments made by him since May 2008 to the State Boards or other agencies under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30235/10]

Ministerial Appointments (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: This question relates to appointments made by the Taoiseach to State boards or other agencies. The Green Party, however, has taken this practice to a new level with the appointment of persons associated with them, party members or those who have lost their seats, to the Private Residential Tenancies Board, the Disability Authority, An Foras Orgánach, the Film Classification Office and the...

Ministerial Appointments (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: I knew the Ceann Comhairle would say that and I addressed it in the first part of my supplementary.

Ministerial Appointments (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: It is a valid question about service to the State.

Ministerial Appointments (20 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: It might not be the Taiseach's impression but there is now a situation where a person of considerable status accepted a difficult position and while doing the job to the best of his ability, he brought issues of concern to the notice of his Minister and was subsequently asked to resign.

Ministerial Staff (19 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the duties and responsibilities of the special political advisors as appointed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30227/10]

Ministerial Staff (19 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Government spent €6.2 million on special advisers, media advisers and other personally appointed staff in 2008. How much was spent in 2009 and to date in 2010? Given the truth of the figures emerging, what is the Taoiseach's view on continuing with this kind of personnel?

Ministerial Staff (19 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: I recall the appointment of political programme managers in 1992 by Fianna Fáil and the Labour Party but their remit was somewhat different in that it was to iron out difficulties between Ministers before issues arrived at the Cabinet. The programme manager remit in that regard continued between 1994 and 1997 with considerable success. A special adviser was appointed to the Minister for...

Ministerial Staff (19 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: Does that extend to being paid out of the public purse merely to offer a critique of Opposition parties and their proposals, particularly when the Department the person is supposed to be advising says it is not its responsibility? It seems as if Ministers can have persons appointed to them to spend their time dealing with proposals from other parties. The Taoiseach will know that as an...

Ministerial Staff (19 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: I understand that but he is the boss man-----

Ministerial Staff (19 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: -----and given the parlous state of our financial affairs and while he is there pro tempore, he is supposed to know what is happening here to a greater extent than some of the other figures being bandied about.