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Order of Business (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: If we cannot do this, we will fail in our democratic duty to the thousands of people who are seeking a response and some degree of leadership from this House. They know, as we do, that on an occasion like this a Private Members' debate does not deal with the issue because the Minister will not answer questions in that debate.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: I would like to hear the advice the Minister gave to the Cabinet. I would like him to hear the views of all Deputies so that he is properly and fully informed of the situation when water and sewage have risen in house after house, town after town and city after city.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: We do not want to give the impression that the Government or the House do not care. I ask the Ceann Comhairle and the Government to accept my amendment as it in everybody's interest to do so. We should set aside the business planned and deal with the issue that has most relevance for people, even as the rain continues to pour from the sky as we speak.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: I have proposed an amendment to the Order of Business.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: The amendment is in order because it proposes that the Dáil should sit longer than is proposed on the Order of Business. Private Members' business today is in the name of the Fine Gael Party. We are prepared to set that aside in the interest of a complete, thorough, full and open debate where the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government can answer questions in respect of...

Order of Business (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach has come part of the way. However, if we have statements, these should be followed by a 30 minute session of questions and answers with the Minister. I will accept the Taoiseach's proposal if that is done.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: I suggest the Ceann Comhairle might adjourn the House for ten minutes so the Whips can make arrangements. I thank the Taoiseach for his concessions so far. I suggest that following the statements we should have 30 minutes of questions and answers with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. That would satisfy the demands of all Deputies and it would be a more...

Order of Business (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: So long as the Taoiseach shows a willingness to have a question and answer session at the end of the statements, then there will be no difficulty. I suggest we begin with statements on the industrial dispute.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Is the sitting suspending for five minutes?

Business of Dáil (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Government Whip for the Government's response to this unprecedented situation. This is as it should be. At least it displays willingness on the part of the House to reflect on and respond to something that is of very serious concern to people. I recognise the generosity of the Government response in this matter.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: The events of the past week in respect of weather conditions and the havoc wreaked on thousands of homes, lives, careers and opportunities have been unprecedented. While the Government is not responsible for the extent of the rainfall, it is responsible for the response to this calamity. As I understand from reports from the ESB, this is a once in 800 years event and water levels on the...

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: The indications are that weather conditions may well deteriorate again this evening. The Government has pumped hundreds of millions of euro into loans that did not perform and which have now ended up in a black hole. In this case, thousands of people who were prepared to put their money where their mouths were have had their lives destroyed. They followed their own initiative to follow a...

Agreements with Members. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the nature of the agreement between the Government and a Deputy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30635/09]

Agreements with Members. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the nature of the agreement between the Government and a Deputy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30636/09]

Agreements with Members. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the arrangements in place in his office for providing special assistance for certain Independent Members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30637/09]

Agreements with Members. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: This is the sort of nonsense that goes on here. We are all into accountability and transparency and holding the Government to account, yet we are asked to believe in 2009 the sovereign Government of Ireland has a secret deal with a number of Independent Deputies. I would like the Taoiseach to clear this up once and for all. Is there an unpublished deal between the Government and Deputies...

Agreements with Members. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Therefore, none of them is more equal than others.

Agreements with Members. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: What about the other two Deputies?

Ministerial Appointments. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the responsibilities of the Ministers of State at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30638/09]

Ministerial Appointments. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Is it intended to change the Ministers and Secretaries (Ministers of State) Act 2007 to reduce the numbers of Ministers of State? The Taoiseach is aware that Deputy Shatter published a Private Members' Bill allowing for a reduction of numbers to 12. The Government has reduced the number to 15 but this does not restrict it in increasing it again to what it was. Is the current number...