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Decentralisation Programme. (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: I have a final point. While I respect the findings of that report, without being parochial is a decision likely to be made in respect of the Charlestown position? The former Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs made a decision to move the Department to Knock. It was refused by the planning appeals board. He did send them to Tubbercurry. There is a limbo operating at the...

Decentralisation Programme. (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: -----and statistics stacked up for that location but it was not his fault that it did not go ahead at the location he had intended. It was knocked by An Bord Pleanála in the same way it knocked the N26.

Departmental Programmes. (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress of the operational review programme unit; the Departments that have been reviewed to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12960/10]

Departmental Programmes. (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: It would go to the HSE.

Departmental Programmes. (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the Department of Health and Children, for instance, the report by the organisational review programme stated that some people have little or nothing to do while other colleagues are overwhelmed. It mentioned high levels of sick leave, real frustration, on the back foot and uneven quality of leadership. Arising from that, is there any validity in the reports that there may...

Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: The late James Dillon, who led my party in a distinguished fashion for a number of years, used to say that politics is a vocation that draws people into stormy waters as well as calm. This is true. Everybody who serves in this House, for any party or none, understands that. This profession has taken a beating on many fronts - some justified and some not. I have never accepted that it is...

Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: This is not 1992; it cannot be and it is not business as usual. I have received legal advice on the Bill published by Fine Gael today which states that it is constitutional to pass the Bill now and end this practice for everybody who is currently so entitled. It can be done immediately. The members of Fine Gael are willing to give up voluntarily those pensions if Fianna Fáil does not...

Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Yes. The public at large is very angry about the mismanagement of the public finances. This is an issue which has been around for some time. It is unfair to have a situation where some do and some do not surrender their pensions. My view and that of my party is that the Government can legislate for this in the same way as the Taoiseach said property rights were affected in 1992. They...

Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Let them challenge it then.

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Has the Government considered the agreed wording of the all-party committee in respect of the proposal to hold a referendum on children's rights? Does the Government agree with that wording? Has it considered when it would be appropriate to hold the referendum? Will it be in October or November? Can the Taoiseach give an indication about when that decision will be made?

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: I accept that considerable work was done by the members of the committee. Has the agreed wording of the committee gone before the Government yet or is the Taoiseach waiting for work to be done on that by the Minister of State with responsibility for children? When does he expect the Government might be able to consider the date for a referendum on children's rights?

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (27 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department will be financially supporting a new biogas anaerobic digester in conjunction with Bord Gáis, University College Cork and Cork City Council at the Kinsale Road landfill site in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16613/10]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (22 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 39: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal position of buildings constructed in the docklands areas that were granted planning permission by Section 25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16061/10]

Order of Business (22 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: I welcome the fact that the chief executive of the Bank of Ireland has made the decision that he made in respect of his top-up pension. That is no thanks to the Government, which defended the position by stating that it was powerless to intervene until moral, political and public pressure brought about this decision. I was reminded by Deputy Flanagan that in the Taoiseach's constituency, a...

Order of Business (22 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: I thank you for that, a Cheann Comhairle, but I am asking about legislation and the need for it.

Order of Business (22 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: This is not Leaders' Questions, it is a question about legislation. I have asked the Tánaiste two questions about Anglo Irish Bank and bonus payments.

Order of Business (22 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: So Deputy Fleming is out of order.

Order of Business (22 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste has said that she is not aware, and that is exactly the problem with this Government. It is not aware because it is immune to the reality of what is happening around this country, including the unfairness and inequity that is now evident in so many areas.

Order of Business (22 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: I remind the Tánaiste that yesterday the Taoiseach said, in respect of Mr. Fingleton, the former chief executive of the Irish Nationwide Building Society, that this matter would be pursued in every respect. Mr. Fingleton said he would return the €1 million given to him.

Order of Business (22 Apr 2010)

Enda Kenny: This is one of the reasons that people are so angry in this country. If the Ceann Comhairle thinks that by talking about some regulation or having business as usual here, we will not raise these matters, then I am sorry. The Tánaiste's point about the committee on remuneration is valid because it made a recommendation in respect of the Irish Nationwide Building Society. It is set out in...