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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 308: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of persons who received payments under all REP scheme categories in County Mayo for 2007, 2008 and 2009; the amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2571/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 309: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the numbers of persons eligible for REP scheme payment in County Mayo for 2010; the projected spend under REP scheme three and REP scheme four for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2572/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 310: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason he denied access to REP scheme four for farmers for 2010; the numbers of farmers who were denied in County Mayo for 2010; his projected spend on an alternative to REP scheme four; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2573/10]

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: Doctors differ.

European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: I wish to share time with Deputies Billy Timmons and Lucinda Creighton, by agreement of the House.

European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: I believe Herman Van Rompuy will do a good job as President of the European Council. He strikes me as a person with common sense and a practical politics which will pay dividends in his new role. I wish Baroness Catherine Ashton the best of luck as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs. She had a difficult time during the hearings but her appointment has now been...

European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: We must concentrate our efforts on reducing competitive costs and increasing exports by availing of new market opportunities. In preparing for the 2020 strategy, we should consider what structure the Joint Committee on European Affairs should take. The Government also needs to address the problem that faces the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny in regard to the lack of storage space for...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: He is counting frogs.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: I note the comments made yesterday by the Minister for Health and Children when she stated she believed that in time the VHI would be subject to regulatory control, as is the Government's commitment. European Commissioner McCreevy has written about his concern that the VHI is not subject to regulatory control. Yesterday, the Minister pointed out that a number of difficulties arise with...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday we had a number of questions, statements and the debate on a Labour Party motion in respect of the banking crisis and an investigation into that. The Government has published its proposals. Those proposals do not take into account the extent of public anger that is out there. I agree with the words of the Minister for Finance this morning when he said that what the public want to...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: It may well be that the governor of the Central Bank, a person to whom no fault can be imputed, wants an inquiry because the Central Bank was obviously centrally involved in this. I want to ask the Taoiseach two further questions. First, he said that when the commission of investigation completes its work, it will all be done in private. The findings of the commission of investigation, as...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: Will the Taoiseach direct that the terms of reference specifically-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: Will the Taoiseach specify that they will be held in public?

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: So they will be public hearings.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons claiming rent supplement more than 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1688/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (19 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 914: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the electoral division of a location (details supplied) in County Mayo under the national broadband scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of persons are unable to receive landline broadband in that area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48269/09]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (19 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 1098: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the options available in respect of pursuing a higher diploma in education in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1622/10]

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: No issue in the past 30 years has consumed the minds of the Irish public like the crisis that has arisen because of the catastrophic failure of our banking system. It is necessary that we conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the reasons for regulatory failure, the adoption of policy positions which amounted to an endorsement of that failure and the fact that hundreds of thousands of Irish...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: The only type of inquiry that will be fruitful, beneficial, transparent, accountable and that will be seen to work is one that has cross-party support in the Houses of the Oireachtas. I challenge the Taoiseach as Head of Government, if he is serious about sorting these matters out in such a way that the system will then be watertight and the same problems cannot recur, to leave aside his...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2010)

Enda Kenny: There is no mention in the Government's publication of further hearings. It refers to the Oireachtas being briefed and reports being laid before the Houses for their consideration. In the public mind, the Government's publication is the response of insiders for insiders designed to protect insiders.